The 2017 Auto Trader New Car Awards was held with the Jaguar XF taking the Car of the year.

• 10,000 car buyers have their say on the UK’s best new cars
• Jaguar XF takes New Car of the year Award
• Volvo, Mercedes-Benz and Skoda scoop two awards each

Auto Trader, the UK’s largest marketplace for new and used cars, launched the inaugural Auto Trader New Car Awards in London yesterday, unveiling 10 new cars which can truly be described as consumer car champions.

Ditching the traditional ‘expert panel of judges’ and replacing them with 10,000 genuine car owners, the Auto Trader New Car Awards relies on the honest opinions of consumers who have bought, driven and lived with their new vehicles, giving them an ultimate authority in shortlisting the UK’s most highly-recommended new cars.

The car owners that powered the Awards were asked about the criteria that governs each of Auto Trader’s editorial reviews, which covers car ownership and driving aspects such as: running costs, handling, reliability, practicality, performance, equipment, interior and safety.

And it’s not just the judging process that has had a refreshing revamp. The Auto Trader New Car Awards celebrates the cars that champion the specific and current drivers for car purchasing, covering areas such as family life, city driving, buying your very first car or just opting for something a little greener.

Auto Trader research reveals that almost half (45%) of car buyers claim they don’t know what the traditional car type categories mean (e.g. SUV). And a third are open to buying new or used car, so providing guidance for consumers is key to helping in their decision making.

Auto Trader Cars Editor, Andy Pringle, said: “the aim of Auto Trader’s New Car Awards was to make car awards simpler and easier to understand for car buyers, but also to put the power in the hands of the consumer, providing an accurate reflection of the cars that are true consumer champions.”

The winners of the Auto Trader New Car Awards are:

1. Best car for families - Mercedes-Benz E-Class
2. Best car for city drivers - Mini Hatch
3. Best value new car - Skoda Yeti
4. Best car for long distances - Mercedes-Benz C-Class
5. Most fun car to drive - Audi TT
6. Best car for new drivers - Ford Fiesta
7. Car brand with best features - Volvo
8. Green Car of the Year - Volvo XC90 Hybrid
9. Best car launched in the last year - Skoda Kodiaq
10. New Car of the Year - Jaguar XF

Pringle, adds: “our New Car of the Year award winner, the Jaguar XF, deserves special recognition, as it came out on top scoring highly in categories such as comfort, safety, power, and good features and accessories.”

Jeremy Hicks, Jaguar Land Rover UK MD, said: "We're extremely proud of any award for our products, but this latest Auto Trader Car of the Year title for the Jaguar XF is a real highlight. Voted for by 10,000 members of the UK car-buying public, it's a clear indication that we're producing cars that speak to everything modern drivers are looking for. That was always our target with the XF – we wanted it to be capable of everything without compromise; stylish, dynamic, luxurious, comfortable and affordable to run. I'm extremely pleased to see that car-buyers agree we've succeeded."

The Auto Trader New Car Awards follows the addition of over 6,000 brand new ‘virtual’ cars now available on Auto Trader. As well as the new car reviews and rich media content the marketplace, consumers can now choose a brand new car and order it from a local franchise dealer.

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

Ford Fiesta wins Car of the Year from Daily telegraph readers poll.

The Ford Fiesta has been crowned The Telegraph's Car of the Year, beating a variety of more expensive models.

The accolade follows voting by Telegraph readers to decide their favourite cars in seven categories in the run-up to the newspaper and website‘s Festival of Motoring last week.

After reader votes had been counted, the Telegraph’s motoring experts decided which category winner deserved the Telegraph’s overall Car of the Year award.

Steve Huntingford, the Telegraph’s head of motoring, said:  “It’s easy to see why the Ford Fiesta is so popular – it’s a sensational all-rounder. 

“There is no small hatchback that you can buy that’s as enjoyable to drive as the Fiesta. It feels wonderfully sharp and agile, which is obviously great news on a winding back road. But the Fiesta is also a pleasure on the mundane journeys that most of us do every day, thanks to its beautifully weighted controls, comfortable ride and good visibility.

“Throw in a long list of standard safety kit, plus strong yet efficient petrol and diesel engines, and the Fiesta really does offer the greatest good for the greatest number of people.”

Over 120,000 new car buyers in the UK chose Ford Fiestas last year, sealing the award winner a fifth successive year as the nation’s top-selling car.

Standard features on all Ford Fiestas include Easy Fuel, which prevents filling up with the wrong type of fuel; MyKey, which enables parents to restrict speed, audio volume and other settings before loaning the car to young or inexperienced drivers, and eye-catching daytime running lights to be seen in all conditions.

The hot 139mph Ford Fiesta ST this year added a new ST3 series to its exhilarating line-up, which has seen demand running 20 per cent higher than forecast for the 182PS hot hatch.

The acclaimed 2014 Ford Fiesta range beat the VW Golf, Range Rover Evoque, Jaguar XF, Bentley Mulsanne, Toyota GT86 and Tesla Model S to take the Telegraph Car of the Year crown.

Mark Ovenden, Ford Britain chairman and managing director, said:  “The readers of the UK’s top-selling quality paper and its website, along with The Telegraph’s motoring team made a discerning choice in naming Ford Fiesta as their Car of the Year.

“They recognised the car as a sensational all rounder for the greatest number of people – achieved thanks to Fiesta’s styling, handling, styling and tech.”

Jaguar Land Rover celebrate four wins at Towcar of the Year awards 2013

• The Caravan Club names Range Rover class winner in over 1800kg class and over £51,000 class
• Jaguar XF 2.2D Luxury wins the £31,000 - £41,000 class while the XF Sportbrake 3.0D Portfolio wins the £41,000 - £51,000 class

Both Jaguar and Land Rover are celebrating double successes in The Caravan Club’s Towcar of the Year awards 2014. The All-New Range Rover and Jaguar XF and XF Sportbrake each claimed awards in the prestigious competition, the results of which were announced at The Royal Automobile Club in London yesterday.

The Range Rover  was named as best tow car in both the over 1800kg and the over £51,000 class with the judges saying: “This vehicle was described as feeling more like a sports car than a two-tonne 4x4.  With clever innovation blended seamlessly with years of 4WD development, experience and engineering, the Range Rover was described as “simply perfect for towing”; large luggage space and plenty of carrying capacity makes this an amazingly capable towcar.”

The the Jaguar XF was named winner in the £31,000 - £41,000 class and XF Sportbrake took top honours in the £41,000 - £51,000 class. The judges described the Jaguar XF as: “a car with sporty performance and frugal consumption – a great towcar. “Superb”, “brilliant”, “effortless” and “beautifully poised” were just some of the ways judges described this vehicle.  Who wouldn't want to caravan with a Jaguar, especially one that provides such an effortless performance?”

Testing for The Caravan Club Towcar of the Year awards was carried out at Millbrook Proving Ground, each vehicle being assessed to determine its towing ability, dynamics when hitched, acceleration, braking and ability to cope with demanding hill starts.

The All New Range Rover which was launched to critical acclaim in 2012, has recently received enhanced technology upgrades and increased powertrain options for 2013. The existing choice of diesel and petrol powertrains is carried over with the additional availability of the powerful 4.4-litre SDV8 diesel in the Range Rover Sport, and the introduction of V6-powered, 340hp hybrid models (with CO2 ratings of just 169g/km).

The newly available customer-focused driver assistance technologies include: Traffic Sign Recognition, Lane Departure Warning and Perpendicular Park, while the new Land Rover InControlTM will deliver a host of connectivity features, keeping drivers and passengers in touch with their world.

The XF Sportbrake combines the luxury, performance and quality of the XF saloon with an extra dimension of versatility. The larger load area can be extended to a maximum 1,675 litres using a simple one-touch folding mechanism for the rear seats, and customers can build on the XF Sportbrake’s fundamental adaptability with a wide choice of accessories that are designed and engineered for sports and leisure. The optional towing system allows for braked trailers of up to 1,850kg.