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WATCH LIVE: 2024 North American Car, Truck and Utility Vehicle of the Year Award Presentation - 11AM ET *AM PT


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Watch it all right here, today, Thursday, January 4, 2024
11:00am New York Time, 8:00am Los Angeles Time


Three cars, three trucks and three utility vehicles were named finalists for the 2024 North American Car, Truck and Utility Vehicle of the Year (NACTOY) Awards at the recent Los Angeles Auto Show.

The vehicles were chosen from a preliminary list 52 eligible vehicles, narrowed to the 25 Best of 2024 at the Detroit Auto Show in September, and test-driven and evaluated at NACTOY’s Fall Comparison Drive in October. Jurors then completed their evaluations over the ensuing weeks and cast their ballots before the end of the year to select the winners, which will be announced this morning at M1 Concourse in Pontiac, Mich.

NACTOY President Jeff Gilbert commented, “Electric vehicles again make up more than half of our finalists. That shows how important they are to carmakers and how many more choices car buyers now have. But there is a lot of variety in this group, including a big work truck, a hybrid and a family sedan.”

The vehicles were voted on by 50 respected automotive journalists based on criteria including outstanding innovation, design, performance, driver satisfaction and value. NACTOY jurors, who write for a wide variety of print, online and broadcast media outlets from across the U.S. and Canada, each test and evaluate NACTOY contenders in their own way. This unique process and level of expertise involved makes being named a NACTOY finalist—and even more so a winner—a highly coveted achievement.

Presentation begins at 1:40