NACTOY Announces That 38 Vehicles are Eligible for The 2022 Awards

This field includes 18 SUVs, crossovers, 12 cars and eight trucks.

This January, the 2022 North American Car, Truck, and Utility Vehicle of the Year Awards, will announce the winners in each category. To select winners, you need a list of candidates, so NACTOY today announced the eligible makes and models for this award season. There are 12 cars, 18 crossovers and 8 trucks among the candidates, as well as a mix from established and new automakers.

Gary Witzenburg, President of NACTOY, stated that 2022 will be a year filled with electric vehicles and new makers. This makes it exciting and hard to predict. There will be at most nine fully-electric models competing this year, as well as newcomers like Lucid, Rivian and Karma. There are a number of new pickups this year that do not include the Ram 1500 or Chevy Silverado. The Ford Maverick, Hyundai Santa Cruz and the Ford Maverick are two of the new compact offerings in the lineup. Both are the result a growing truck market.

The semifinalists will be chosen by jurors. They will then be announced in September. NACTOY will announce finalists in November, before announcing which makes and models were winners next January.

Contestants for Car of the Year

Audi A3

Cadillac CT5-V Blackwing

Genesis G70

Honda Civic Sedan

Karma GS-6

Lucid Air

Maserati MC20

Mercedes-Benz EQS

Mercedes-Benz S-Class

Subaru BRZ

Toyota GR 86

Volkswagen Golf GTI/Golf R

Truck of the Year Contestants

Ford F-150 Raptor

Ford Maverick

GMC Hummer EV

Hyundai Santa Cruz

Nissan Frontier

Rivian R1T

Tesla Cybertruck

Toyota Tundra

Contestants for Utility of the Year

Acura MDX

Buick Envision

Chevrolet Bolt EUV

Ford Bronco

Genesis GV70

Hyundai Ioniq 5

Hyundai Tucson

Infiniti QX60

Jeep Grand Cherokee

Jeep Wagoneer/Grand Wagoneer

Kia Carnival

Lexus NX

Mazda MX-30

Mitsubishi Outlander

Nissan Pathfinder

Toyota Corolla Cross

VW ID.4

VW Taos