The South African Guild of Mobility Journalists has announced the winners of its Car of the Year competition, which includes the best vehicles across a range of vehicle categories.
The winners were selected from 25 semi-finalists and 49 entrants, with jurors test driving and evaluating the vehicles daily to select the eventual winner of each sub-category. After a four-week scoring process, the Toyota Corolla Cross was selected as the South African Car of the Year. Mercedes Benz C-Class won this year’s prestigious Juror’s Excellence Award. Introduced in 2021, the award only considers the raw scoring of the expert jurors without automated scoring factors. The overall winner includes additional scoring criteria like sales, segment share, and spec-adjusted pricing.