2026 COTY is six crossovers and a punch line—here's who actually deserves it
Autocar's annual award season landed with the expected lineup: a sea of crossovers and one saloon that somehow stands above the noise. The real story isn't which one won—it's that testing methodology matters when everything else looks the same. One model actually proved something worth knowing.
COTY awards died when crossovers became the only thing manufacturers would fund to make. The one saloon winning tells you everything about what's left worth driving.
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