DieselCar Magazine has announced it's Top 50 best cars in the UK, there are some surprises in the top 10.

DieselCar Magazine has been championing economy motoring for more than 28 years and is proud to announce the DieselCar Top 50. In a departure from previous years where we name Car of the Year winners across ten key categories, we’ve torn up the rule book and come up with something altogether more meaningful, announcing the best 50 new cars on sale today.

In this month’s issue, which goes on sale at Newsagents today, we kick off the DieselCar Top 50 by counting down from 50, all the way to the number one spot. Our team of talented writers have tested more than 200 new cars over the past twelve months, in addition to thousands over the preceding years, and each of these results have been utilised to deliver this definitive new car verdict.

Explaining the changes, Editor and Publisher Ian Robertson commented “we are very pleased to announce a new format for 2016, eschewing the familiar, and overused, Car of the Year Awards format in favour of a more measured approach”. He went on to say “Every single car that has been evaluated by the DieselCar test team have had their results utilised to compile a comprehensive list of the top 50 best cars on sale today.”

In announcing the results of the first DieselCar Top 50, Ian Robertson first commended the winner for its generous equipment levels, keen prices and excellent road manners, not to mention the industry leading seven-year warranty. Of course those clues could only point to one car securing the top spot, and that’s the Kia Sportage. Editor Robertson added “this medium SUV leapfrogs the competition to sit at the very top of the class.”

The newly launched Jaguar XF grabbed second place and the title of our favourite Executive Car, while the Volvo XC90 achieved third place, and becomes our Best Luxury SUV. Skoda’s Superb sits in fourth place, while the Ford Focus at number five is rated as our favourite medium car, and in sporty ST diesel guise, the best hot hatch on sale today.

Citroën’s C4 Cactus – last year’s winner – achieved sixth place and the title of Best Compact Crossover, with Nissan’s Qashqai at number seven. One of the newest vehicles to hit the showrooms, Jaguar’s F-Pace, sits in eighth place, while the Tesla Model S achieved the award of Best Electric EcoCar and secured ninth position. And at number ten, the Skoda Octavia also grabs the gong for Best Estate Car. The full list of top 50 placings and category winners can be found below.

Ranking	Make and model	Class winners
1	Kia Sportage	Best Medium SUV
2	Jaguar XF	Best Executive Car
3	Volvo XC90	Best Luxury SUV
4	Skoda Superb
5	Ford Focus	Best Medium Car / Best Hot Hatch
6	Citroën C4 Cactus	Best Compact Crossover
7	Nissan Qashqai
8	Jaguar F-Pace
9	Tesla Model S	Best Electric EcoCar
10	Skoda Octavia	Best Estate Car
11	Range Rover Sport
12	Ford Fiesta	Best Small Car
13	Hyundai i10	Best sub-100g/km Petrol EcoCar
14	Audi A4	Best Compact Executive Car
15	MINI Clubman
16	Citroen C4 Picasso/Grand C4 Picasso	Best Medium MPV
17	Mercedes-Benz E-Class
18	SEAT Leon
19	Jaguar XE
20	Volkswagen Golf
21	Kia cee’d
22	Mazda CX-5
23	Porsche Macan
24	Audi TT	Best Sports Car
25	Ford S-MAX	Best Large MPV
26	Mercedes-Benz S-Class	Best Luxury Car
27	Range Rover
28	Ford Galaxy
29	Land Rover Discovery Sport
30	Skoda Yeti
31	BMW 3 Series
32	Ford Mondeo
33	Mazda2
34	Renault Kadjar
35	BMW 5 Series
36	Mazda CX-3
37	Audi A3
38	Volkswagen Passat
39	Mazda6
40	MINI Hatch
41	Mazda3
42	Toyota Prius	Best EcoCar Hybrid
43	DS 3
44	Audi Q7
45	Nissan NP300 Navara	Best Pick-Up
46	BMW X1
47	Volkswagen Polo
48	Peugeot 308
49	Ford C-MAX/Grand C-MAX
50	Kia Sorento