Car of the Year in Norway 2023

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ONLY ELECTRIC CARS: For the first time, only electric cars are in the final.

In Norway, we have awarded “Car of the Year” since 2008 and the Electric Vehicle Association is on the jury for the eighth year. Now the finalists have been chosen, and all of them are electric.

29.11.2022 09:56 | Updated 10:23

Dagbladet and the websites Dinside.no and Elbil24.no have for a number of years voted “Car of the Year” in Norway.

So this time too, and the Norwegian Electric Vehicle Association is still on the jury, represented by senior advisor and test manager Ståle Frydenlund.

Incidentally, here is the car that won in the corresponding award last year:

Car of the Year 2022:

Today this was named car of the year in Norway

Fewer cars – much more electric

There were historically few participants on the list of candidates this year, only 19 car models.

This is due to delivery problems and the Norwegian importers prioritizing electric models – and thus the car buyers have also had a lower number of cars to choose from than they have had for several years.

For us, it is particularly pleasing that there are more and more electric cars to be seen among the finalists and winners.

No less than 17 of the nominees are electric. The others are rechargeable hybrids.

A DAY ON THE TRACK: The Electric Vehicle Association’s Ståle Frydenlund has been on the “Car of the Year” jury for seven years. He thinks the BMW i7 impresses. Among other things, it is the first electric car to come in an armored version.

– In the first years, I was probably the somewhat tiresome member of the jury. I worked hard to talk the electric cars into the top three. Over the years, it has required less and less effort, and there are not so few electric cars that have won either, says Ståle Frydenlund.

Since 2015, in fact, all the winners of the “Car of the Year” award in Norway have electric cars. Check the list below:

Previous winners of “Car of the Year”

  • 2022: BMW i4
  • 2021: Polestar 2
  • 2020: Tesla Model 3
  • 2019 Jaguar I-Pace
  • 2018: Opel Ampera-e
  • 2017: Hyundai Ioniq
  • 2016: Volvo XC90
  • 2015: Kia Soul Electric
QUEUE: Various exercises are planned for the jury members. Evasive maneuvers, braking, slalom and dynamic driving on the track provide many answers.

19 becomes seven

The 19 nominated car models continued in the competition to fight for a place in the final.

Now the seven jury members in “Car of the Year 2023” have worked their way through the nominees and voted for the seven cars that will go to the final.

These would turn out to be eight, as the Toyota bZ4X and Subaru Solterra stand as one candidate, since the cars are in practice the same. They are therefore counted as one, but both are on the list.

These are the finalists:

  • BMW i7
  • Nine ET7
  • Nissan Ariya
  • Mercedes-EQ EQE
  • Renault Megane E-Tech
  • Toyota bZ4X/Subaru Solterra
  • Volkswagen ID.Buzz

The most special thing about this year’s award is that all seven – or eight, if you like – finalists are electric cars.

The jury is a mixture of car experts and journalists from different media. Check the jury composition below.

The jury

  • Turid Næss – journalist at Dagbladet
  • Ståle Frydenlund – senior advisor and test manager Norwegian Electric Vehicle Association
  • Anders G. Hovde – senior advisor and Kantar’s car market expert
  • Bård Eker – founder and industrial designer, Eker Group
  • Børre Skiaker – general secretary KNA
  • Rune Korsvoll – motor journalist for Dagbladet/Dinside
  • Fred Magne Skillebæk – subject editor Elbil24

The seven finalists were gathered at Rudskogen Motorsenter last week.

There, the jury members got to know the cars properly, both on the track and through various courses up in the depot.

In addition, they were given a thorough review of the cars by representatives from the various car manufacturers.

Two awards

This year’s car consists of two awards. The readers of Dagbladet, Dinside and Elbil24 vote for their favourites.

The winner is called “People’s favourite” and will be chosen on 1 December.

“Car of the Year” is chosen a few days later by the jury, based on previous experience of the cars and experiences on the track.

The winner is chosen after a jury meeting with arguments and voting, and on 6 December it will be announced which of these seven can claim the title of “Car of the Year” in Norway 2023.

The “Car of the Year” award in Europe:

Six out of seven are electric cars

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