Sgcarmart celebrates the best cars of 2025!

On a chill Friday evening (30 January 2025) at Cloud9 Piazza at Jewel, Sgcarmart hosted its yearly Annual Awards ceremony to recognise some of the best cars to take to Singapore’s roads over the past year: The winners of the many individual categories in its 2025 Car of the Year awards.

Many guests and big names in the industry were in attendance, eagerly awaiting their turns to celebrate their victories. And the night kicked off with stellar performances from Jocelyn Ng - one of Singapore's top violinists - and a feather burlesque dance troupe, before commencing with the awards ceremony.

The event kicked off with performances by violinist Jocelyn Ng and a feather burlesque dance troupe

In addition, a photo booth was also provided for attendees to snap pictures together, while the lucky draw event allowed some lucky guests to walk away with exciting prizes such as $500 worth of Takashimaya vouchers and a brand-new iPhone 17 Pro.

And for this year, Sgcarmart handed out a total of 36 awards, including 32 categories and four special awards that included the Editorial Pick, Sgcarmart's Top Viewed Model, the Most Improved Car of the Year, and the coveted Car of the Year award.

All smiles as brand after brand representatives came up on stage to receive their respective awards

Each category saw a few cars ranked first and foremost based on a total of eight criteria by the panel of judges from Sgcarmart's Editorial Team. Scores were given to each model based on design, features, performance, economy, safety technologies, functionality, and - just as importantly - value for money. The judges' scores account for 50% of each model's final score, with the other half derived from public votes.

As a result, the winner of each category was chosen based on the scoring of the Sgcarmart judges and the voices of the consumers who voted. And with that, the ultimate award of the Sgcarmart Car of the Year 2025 went to the BYD Sealion 7, the first time a brand has won the title twice in a row, with last year's going to the BYD Seal.

The winners of each category are as follows:

1. Hatchback of the Year: BMW 1 Series Hatchback

2. Sedan of the Year: Honda Civic Hybrid

3. Large Sedan of the Year: Toyota Camry Hybrid

4. Premium Compact Sedan of the Year: BMW 2 Series Gran Coupe

5. Crossover of the Year: MG HS

6. Premium Crossover of the Year: MINI John Cooper Works Countryman

7. SUV of the Year: BYD Sealion 6 DM-i Plug-in Hybrid

8. Large SUV of the Year: Mazda CX-80 Plug-in Hybrid

9. Premium SUV of the Year: BMW X3 Mild Hybrid

10. Premium Large SUV of the Year: Volvo XC90 Mild Hybrid

11. MPV of the Year: Toyota Noah Hybrid

12. Large MPV of the Year: Kia Carnival Hybrid

13. Stationwagon of the Year: BMW 5 Series Touring Mild Hybrid

14. Electric Hatchback of the Year: Dongfeng Box Electric

15. Electric Sedan of the Year: Dongfeng 007 Electric

16. Electric Premium Sedan of the Year: IM 5 EV

17. Electric Compact Crossover of the Year: BYD Atto 2 Electric

18. Electric Crossover of the Year: Aion V Electric

19. Electric Compact SUV of the Year: Jaecoo 6 Electric

20. Electric SUV of the Year: XPENG G6 Electric

21. Electric Coupe-SUV of the Year: BYD Sealion 7 Electric

22. Electric Premium Compact Crossover of the Year: Zeekr X Electric

23. Electric Premium Coupe-SUV of the Year: IM 6 EV

24. Electric Premium SUV of the Year: Audi Q6 e-tron Electric

25. Electric Premium Large SUV of the Year: Mercedes-Benz G-Class Electric

26. Electric MPV of the Year: BYD M6 Electric

27. Electric Large MPV of the Year: Zeekr 009 Electric

28. Performance Hatchback of the Year: Volkswagen Golf GTI

29. Performance Coupe of the Year: Porsche 911

30. Performance Sedan of the Year: Mercedes-AMG E53 Plug-in Hybrid

31. Performance Electric SUV of the Year: Smart #3 Brabus

32. Convertible of the Year: MG Cyberster EV

33. Editorial Pick: MGS5 EV

34. SGCM Top Viewed Model: BYD M6 Electric

35. Most Improved Car of the Year: Subaru Forester e-BOXER Hybrid

36. Car of the Year: BYD Sealion 7 Electric