Ten GM vehicle models are among the candidates for the 30th annual North American Car, Truck and Utility Vehicle of the Year Awards, or NACTOY, competing for the “Best of 2024” award in a collaboration between the NACTOY organization and the Detroit Auto Dealers Association.
The GM vehicles are part of the initial group of eligible vehicles, with several more rounds ahead to narrow down the choices to a single winner in each category, NACTOY said in its announcement.
Via the North American Car of the Year Awards
The Awards have consisted of three categories since 2017, with car, truck, and utility vehicle of the year segments. GM has a single candidate for the 2024 North American Car of the Year category, the hybrid-powered Chevy Corvette E-Ray that is new for the 2024 model year.
GM has three eligible vehicles in the 2024 North American Truck of the Year category. These include the all-electric, all-new Chevy Silverado EV with its available Midgate and Multi-Flex tailgate cargo features, plus a pair of ICE pickups, the midsize GMC Canyon and Chevy Colorado.
The 2024 North American Utility Vehicle of the Year category is where GM truly shines, with six candidates, including several electric models. The list includes the new-for-North America Buick Envista, the refreshed Cadillac XT4, the all-new and highly popular second-generation 2024 Chevy Trax, the Chevy Blazer EV, the Chevy Equinox EV, and the GMC Hummer EV SUV.
NACTOY will choose semifinalists from the list of eligible vehicles, including the ten models from GM, on September 13th. The Awards no longer use the term “semifinalists” for these choices, instead referring to them as “The Best of 2024.” These semifinalist entries will be chosen and announced at the Huntington Place convention center.
Two further steps are to follow. NACTOY will announce the finalists on November 16th at the Los Angeles Auto Show, while the actual category winners will finally be declared at a separate Awards event on January 4th, 2024. The winners are picked “by an independent jury of automotive journalists from the United States and Canada” according to NACTOY.
Jeff Gilbert, NACTOY president, remarked that the jurors “represent a cross section of views from fifty top automotive journalists” who “look at vehicles from their own personal perspective.” 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 of the Year back in 2020.
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That is interesting as I thought at least one of them – Equinox EV – was not going to be on sale until Fall of 23 at the earliest. And that’s assuming they meet their deadline which lately for GM EV’s has not been true. Most of the other GM cars are pretty good vehicles from what I have heard, but it has been awhile it seems since GM has win one of these trophies. Hopefully they will do well.
It’s gotta be Chevy Trax hot demand for this . Great looks and price point .
Why do they call them utility vehicles when they have very little utility. Won’t tow much and not good off-road so other than hauling people around what is the utility?A good sedan would be more fun and serve the same purpose.
Lets take a step back and think for a second, these utility vehicles hold a ton more than a car. They can tow 3-5k pounds which is plenty for most people and with awd and added ground clearance they will go where most people want them to. They are the exact definition of a utility vehicle. Go where a car can’t, carry what a car is unable to and tow what it is not rated for. Yup, all boxes checked. Nice try though, a sedan while more fun (depending on the vehicle) would not serve any of the same purpose. Haven’t seen a sedan seat 7 other than a model S and none, even with the hatch back have the same cargo capacity…
Let’s back up, they don’t all haul seven and the small ones that carry five have minimal luggage space with the back seat used. The majority of people won’t take them off road so what real difference does ground clearance make.
Trax carries 5 and has over 25 cubic feet of cargo space behind the seat, and that’s just a compact one. The bigger ones have more room than that. I wouldn’t say “minimal” luggage space unless you’re hauling Paris Hilton somewhere.
Define “utility”. noun – useful, especially through being able to perform several functions.
Able to haul people or cargo, check.
Capable of driving “off road” (i.e., dirt, mud and snow on unpaved or unimproved trails), check
Able to carry passengers in comfort over long distances and with cargo, check.
Seems like they’re utility vehicles to me.
Trax is an elevated wagon. Envista is an elevated sedan. Tour X was an elevated wagon with AWD. This is true of nearly every company yet consumers pay a $10,000 premium and then squeeze into a Honda CR-V (they can’t afford Pilot) because everyone copies the neighbor.
Tour X was the best GM vehicle in a decade yet, because it didn’t say “Sport Utility,” it’s wasn’t”cool.
I’m considering Trax or Envista because wasting money is ridiculous & GM eliminated Cruze and Verano. Almost considered going honest and buying a VW wagon–simple, low to ground–but reliability is a worry.
GM has got some fantastic new vehicles for 2024. Checked a bunch of them out today at my local dealership. Wow