This year’s event takes place on January 7, 2015 at the Grosvenor House, Park Lane, London and will see 16 awards across separate categories, as chosen by the public and What Car? industry professionals, as well as the overall Car of the Year Award.

For 2015, individual categories are: city car, small car, family car, electric car, coupé, estate car, MPV, hot hatch, convertible, small SUV, large SUV, executive car, sports car, luxury car, reader award and a safety award. This last award is sponsored by the Thatcham research centre and open only to vehicles that have achieved five Euro NCAP stars and come fitted with Autonomous Emergency Braking (AEB).

The full list of nominees:

City Car (sponsored by Warranty Direct)

• Hyundai i10
• Renault Twingo 
• Seat Mii
• Skoda Citigo 
• Smart Forfour
• Smart Fortwo
• Volkswagen Up

Small car

• Dacia Sandero
• Ford Fiesta
• Hyundai i20
• Mazda 2
• Mini 5dr
• Skoda Fabia
• Vauxhall Corsa
• Volkswagen Polo 

Family car (sponsored by Reevoo)

• Audi A3 Sportback
• Ford Focus
• Ford Mondeo
• Kia Cee’d
• Nissan Pulsar
• Skoda Octavia

Electric car (sponsored by Hankook)

• Audi A3 e-tron
• BMW i8
• Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV
• Renault Zoe Expression
• Tesla Model S
• VW e-Golf
• VW Golf GTE

Coupe

• Audi TT
• BMW 2 Series
• Jaguar F-type Coupe
• Mercedes S-Class Coupe
• Peugeot RCZ R
• Seat Leon SC
• Volkswagen Scirocco

Estate car

• Audi A6 Avant
• BMW 5 Series Touring
• Ford Mondeo Estate
• Kia Cee'd Sportswagon
• Volkswagen Golf Estate
• Volkswagen Passat Estate

MPV

• BMW 2 Series Active Tourer
• Citroen C3 Picasso
• Citroen Grand C4 Picasso
• Fiat 500L MPW
• Seat Alhambra
• Volkswagen Golf SV

Hot hatch

• BMW M135i
• Ford Fiesta ST
• Suzuki Swift Sport
• Volkswagen Golf GTI
• Volkswagen Polo GTI

Convertible

• Audi A3 Cabriolet
• Citroen DS3 Cabriolet
• Fiat 500C
• Mercedes E-Class Cabriolet
• Mercedes SL
• Volkswagen Beetle Cabriolet

Small SUV

• Audi Q3
• Citroen C4 Cactus
• Kia Soul
• Land Rover Evoque
• Nissan Qashqai
• Renault Captur

Large SUV

• BMW X3
• Land Rover Discovery Sport
• Lexus NX
• Mazda CX-5
• Nissan X-Trail
• Porsche Cayenne
• Porsche Macan
• Range Rover Sport –
• Volvo XC90

Executive car (sponsored by Allianz Global Assistance)

• Audi A3 Saloon
• Audi A6
• Audi A7 Sportback
• BMW 3 Series
• BMW 5 Series
• Mercedes CLS
• Porsche Panamera
• Volkswagen Passat

Sports car

• BMW M3
• Ferrari 458 Speciale
• Lamborghini Huracan
• Porsche 911 Carrera
• Porsche 911 GT3
• Porsche Boxster
• Porsche Cayman GTS
• McLaren 650S Spider
• Mercedes AMG GT

Luxury car

• Bentley Flying Spur
• Mercedes-Benz S-Class
• Land Rover Range Rover
• Rolls-Royce Ghost II
• Rolls-Royce Phantom

Reader Award (sponsored by HPI)

• Audi A4
• Bentley SUV
• Fiat 500X
• Ford S-Max
• Honda HR-V
• Jaguar XF
• Kia Sorento
• Mazda MX-5
• Mercedes MLC
• Nissan Murano
• Range Rover Evoque cabrio
• Skoda Superb
• Suzuki Vitara
• Toyota FCV
• Vauxhall Viva
• Volvo XC90