You’ll notice that our top-cars list for 2022 is a little different from previous years. Before, we’ve listed either our top 100 or our top 50 cars for the year, with an absolute number one car at the head of the list. Those lists encompassed every type of car on sale, from city cars to supercars and all comers between.
This year is different. The market for new cars is reshaping itself utterly. We could tell you what the best four-door family saloon is, but no one really buys those any more, so what would be the point? We could also tell you what our favourite sports car is – it’s the Alpine A110, if you’re really wondering – but ... ditto.
So here we have our picks of the cars you’re actually buying and seemingly want to buy if all the market research is correct – electric cars, hybrid and plug-in hybrids, crossovers and SUVs. Call it following market forces if you will, but while conventionally engined hatchbacks and saloons will continue to play their parts, these are the cars you really want to know about, right?
NCAP ratings were not a concern here either