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20 Apr 2021, 16:45 UTC ·
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Along with the compact-sized electric crossover, World Car of the Year winners include the Mercedes-Benz S-Class for luxury, Porsche 911 Turbo for performance, Honda e for urban vehicles, and Land Rover Defender for design. It’s quite an impressive lineup, but then again, the Honda isn’t the most capable or affordable electric vehicle out there and the Defender is a shadow of its former self because of the woeful reliability record.
“We are particularly pleased about our ID.4 being named World Car of the Year,” said Ralf Brandstätter, chief executive officer of Volkswagen passenger cars.