Second-Gen Kia Niro Hits the Sweet Spot of Style, Value and
Performance; List Boasts First-Ever 'Best SUV'
Category
CHICAGO, Feb. 7, 2023
/PRNewswire/ -- Car-shopping marketplace Cars.com™ (NYSE:
CARS) today announced the winners of its annual Best Of awards
program, which highlights winners in six categories: Best Family
Car, Best Luxury Car, Best SUV, Best Electric Car, Best Pickup
Truck, and the highest honor: Best Car of the Year. This year,
Kia's 2023 Niro has earned the coveted Best Car of 2023
honor from an evaluation pool of all-new and significantly
redesigned vehicles for the model year.
Cars.com automotive experts lauded the 2023 Niro for retaining
the best features of its first-generation model while implementing
practical and stylish upgrades, including improved efficiency, new
LED running lights and customizable rear quarter accent panels.
"With mounting consumer interest in battery-powered cars, we
named the Kia Niro — with its EV, plug-in hybrid and EV versions —
as our Best Car of 2023," said Jenni
Newman, Cars.com editor-in-chief. "The Niro boasts
impressive versatility, style, comfort and value, but it was the
hybrid version of this hatchback that really wowed our judges.
Overall, it leads an impressive pack of winners this year,
including the Jeep Grand Cherokee as our first-ever Best SUV and
the Hyundai Ioniq 5 as our Best EV. All of our winners represent
the very best in their respective categories and signal to shoppers
where to begin their search."
Cars.com's Best Of
Awards
2023
Winners
|
Vehicle
Category
|
Winner
|
Best Car
|
Kia Niro
|
Best Pickup
Truck
|
Ford
Maverick
|
Best Electric
Vehicle
|
Hyundai Ioniq
5
|
Best SUV
|
Jeep Grand
Cherokee
|
Best Luxury
Car
|
Genesis G90
|
Best Family
Car
|
Kia Carnival
|
Competition Brings out the Best in Value and Options
Emerging brands are driving innovation and value for the money
among other new entrants and legacy automakers alike, and consumers
are answering with growing demand for high quality delivered at
even higher value. Two of this year's six Best Of winners — the Kia
Niro and Ford Maverick — were also named to Cars.com's first-ever
Affordability Report, published in January. As a steady stream of
new electric models roll off the line and into the market, all
stacked with the latest technological conveniences (plus some fun
bells and whistles), it will continue to add pressure on
manufacturers to exceed shoppers' expectations of what an EV
ownership experience can provide.
Car shoppers who want to take advantage of Cars.com's Best of
2023 award-winning roster will find a plethora of these vehicles
available from their local dealership on Cars.com. When searching,
look for the "Best of 2023" badging displayed on a vehicle's
profile. Shoppers can also find an extensive library of helpful
information and tools including expert reviews, side-by-side
comparisons, vehicle price history, financing, payment calculators,
trade-in offers, area dealers and much more. Before a shopper sets
foot on a dealer lot, they can find all the education and resources
they need to prepare them for a seamless car-buying experience.
Award Methodology
When determining the Best Car award winner, Cars.com experts
consider three key criteria: quality, innovation and value. The
Cars.com's marketplace Best Of awards program includes six
different categories: Best Car, Best SUV, Best Pickup Truck, Best
Family Car, Best Luxury Car and Best Electric Vehicle. Cars.com's
experts consider all model-year 2023 vehicles in a corresponding
category for these six awards.
To find out more about the Kia Niro, why it's named Cars.com's
Best Car of 2023 and to see other 2023 award winners,
visit Cars.com/awards.
ABOUT
CARS.COM INC.
CARS is a leading automotive marketplace platform that provides a
robust set of digital solutions that connect car shoppers with
sellers. Launched in 1998 with the flagship marketplace
Cars.com and headquartered in Chicago, the Company empowers shoppers with
the data, resources and digital tools needed to make informed
buying decisions and seamlessly connect with automotive retailers.
In a rapidly changing market, CARS enables dealerships and OEMs
with innovative technical solutions and data-driven intelligence to
better reach and influence ready-to-buy shoppers, increase
inventory turn and gain market share.
In addition to Cars.com™, CARS
brands include Dealer Inspire®, a technology provider building
solutions that future-proof dealerships with more efficient
operations and connected digital experiences; FUEL™, which gives
dealers and OEMs the opportunity to harness the untapped power of
digital video by leveraging Cars.com's pure audience
of in-market car shoppers, DealerRater®, a leading car dealer
review and reputation management platform, CreditIQ®, digital
financing technology and Accu-Trade®, vehicle valuation and
appraisal technology.
The full suite of CARS properties includes
Cars.com™, Dealer
Inspire®, FUEL™,
DealerRater®,
CreditIQ®,
Accu-Trade.com®. For more
information, visit www.Cars.com
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