The Newsweek 2022 Autos Awards highlight the industry's best in 33 individual vehicle and brand categories.
This second annual list includes family favorites, recently refreshed models and electric vehicles. All of the cars, trucks, SUVs and minivans that are ranked are on sale today.
We rated vehicles in two ways: by test driving them and by comparing their standard and available features and specifications to those of other vehicles in the same category. Over the last year, the Newsweek autos team drove about 200 vehicles, rating them in seven categories: performance, handling and braking, technology, cargo area, seating, interior appointments and pricing. We focused on how well the vehicles lived up to the expectations of the target customer. Automakers were asked to provide vehicles for testing and only models that were available were test driven.
Best Car, SUV, Truck and Minivan category winners had 40 percent of their total rating determined by the test drive score and 60 percent by features and specifications. Brand awards were more subjective. In addition to vehicle scores, we looked at changes to the model lineup and other company activities to determine our winners.