NACTOY was founded in 1994 by automotive journalist Christopher Jensen and embraces the idea of diversity among its jurors. Formerly only evaluating cars and trucks with individual awards, ...

Honda, Ford, and Volkswagen all took home awards in 2025. It's the second year in a row that a Ford truck was honored with a NACTOY award. Last year, the Ford Super Duty won.

NACTOY jurors have already begun evaluating vehicles for the 2026 awards—expect the initial round of nominees to be announced later this year. Editorial Standards Reprints & Permissions.

NACTOY finalists reflected the jurors’ practical streak as the nominees offer affordable transportation in a market saturated by high-priced EVs, SUV and an average transaction price approaching ...

The NACTOY board selected the 2024 Hyundai Kona/Kona Electric to fill its slot. In fact, the EX30 was never intended to be delivered in 2023, a Volvo spokesperson confirmed to Autoblog.

NACTOY says that for this reason the Awards are often viewed as more unbiased than usual by the automotive industry, the media, and the public. The 2020 Corvette was named the North American Car ...

Understandably, the NACTOY jury chose two EVs for the finals, but I disagree that the Volkswagen ID. Buzz deserves the nomination. As you can see below, there are better EVs in this category, ...

Los Angeles — And then there were nine. Finalists for 2025 North American Car, Truck and Utility Vehicle of the Year (NACTOY) were announced Thursday to kick off the Los Angeles Auto Show. In a ...

NACTOY shows the 25 semifinalists in a new video: As a reminder, the 2024 Chevy Silverado rides on a narrow-body variant of the GM BT1 platform , which also underpins the GMC Sierra EV .

NACTOY Names 26 Semifinalists For 2023, Who Do You Think Will Win Each Category? Unsurprisingly, many of the vehicles in the running for next year's competition are electric ...