Hyundai NZ national sales manager Chris Blair and sponsor’s representative Donna Gaskin from the ANZ with the Best in Class award for the Ioniq.
The Hyundai Ioniq reached the final three places of the New Zealand Car of the Year awards last evening – the first battery electric vehicle to do so.
Earlier in the evening the Ioniq took out a new category at the awards, winning the EV/plug-in hybrid car of the year.
The awards are a joint initiative between the Automobile Association (AA) and the Motoring Writers Guild and are considered the peak annual awards for the industry.
Another success for EVs/plug-in hybrids was the BMW 5 Series 530e plug-in hybrid winning the Best in Class luxury car of the year award in that category.
Stella Stocks of AA Motoring Services says the introduction of the award for EVs/plug-in hybrids recognises the rise of EVs into everyday use.
The Skoda Kodiaq SUV won the top motoring prize, voted top of the ten finalists.
BMW Group NZ managing director Florian Renndorfer, right, and Image Centre Group sponsor’s representative Craig Polley with the Best in Class award for the BMW 5 Series plug-in hybrid.
