One of these will be the most beautiful car of 2025, who would you vote for?
Also competing for the Car Design Award 2025 is the Fiat Grande Panda. The award ceremony will be held on 8 April in Milan
The Car Design Award is an international prize organised by Auto&Design magazine, which is celebrating its 41st anniversary this year. It has become a point of reference for the authors of the best production and concept car designs, as well as the best brand design language.
In 2024, the awards went to Volvo, BMW and Kia, and this year's winners will be announced on Tuesday 8 April during the awards ceremony at the ADI Design Museum in Milan during Milan Design Week 2025. The finalists have just been announced, along with Alcantara, and are divided into three categories.
The Car Design Award 2025 finalists
In accordance with the rules, the judges selected ten projects for the Production Cars category and ten projects for the Concept Cars category that were presented between 1 January and 31 December 2024, as well as five brands that stood out across their entire product range in the Brand Design Language category.
The Fiat Grande Panda is among the finalists for the Car Design Award 2025
MG EXE181 is among the finalists for the Car Design Award 2025
| Production Cars | Concept Cars | Brand Design Language |
| Alfa Romeo Junior | BMW Skytop | Cupra |
| Aston Martin Vanquish | DS SM Tribute | Dacia |
| Bugatti Tourbillon | GAC Motor City Pod | Genesis |
| Dacia Bigster | Genesis Neolun | Hyundai |
| DS N°8 | Hyundai Initium | Renault |
| Ferrari 12Cilindri | Italdesign Quintessence | |
| Fiat Grande Panda | Jaguar Type 00 | |
| Hyundai Inster | Lotus Theory 1 | |
| Kia EV3 | MG EXE181 | |
| Renault 5 E-Tech Electric | Renault Emblème |
Production cars in the running include the Italian Alfa Romeo Junior, the Ferrari 12Cilindri and the Fiat Grande Panda. Also in the running is the Renault 5, voted Car of the Year 2025.
Gallery: Car Design Award 2025, Production Cars (the finalist)
Among the concept cars, along with the Italian Italdesign Quintessenza, is the Jaguar Type 00, which represents a very significant (and controversial) turning point for the British marque towards an even more luxurious future.
Gallery: Car Design Award 2025, Concept Cars (the finalist)
The Jury 2025
The international jury that will elect the winners of the Car Design Award 2025 consists of journalists from renowned automotive and design magazines worldwide:
- Brazil: Paulo Campo Grande, Quatro Rodas, Editor
- China: Jun Miao, MJ CarShow, Chief Editor
- South Korea: Kibeom Kim, Roadtest, Publisher & Editor in Chief
- Europe: Luca Ciferri, Automotive News Europe, Editor & Associate Publisher
- France: Stéphane Meunier, L'Automobile Magazine, Editor in Chief
- Germany: Michael Köckritz, Publisher, Editor-in-Chief and Creative Director Ramp.Space
- Japan: Tetsuya Kato, Car Graphic, Publisher
- India: Dhruv Behl, AutoX, Founder & Managing Editor
- Italy: Silvia Baruffaldi, Auto&Design, Editor
- United Kingdom: Andy Franklin, Top Gear, Creative Director
- Spain: Juan Carlos Payo Calderon, Mobilitas Group, General Director
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