Drive Car of the Year 2024

After months of testing and assessing the near 400 new cars available in Australia, the 2024 Drive Car of the Year category winners have been announced.

Congratulations to the 2024 Drive Car of the Year - the Kia EV9 Air.

Now in its 18th year, the annual Drive Car of the Year awards program continues to be Australia's most trusted and comprehensive new car awards program.

At Drive, we test drive more than 700 new cars every year, evaluating each against its innate promise to sort the best from the rest. We divide the majority of the 400-odd new passenger cars, SUVs, 4WDs and utes into 18 price-banded categories that place a key focus on the end-user, then analyse the strengths and weaknesses of every car to find the cream of the automotive crop.