{"id":46960,"date":"2026-05-29T05:07:58","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T03:07:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/south-africas-best-on-four-wheels-celebrated-at-2026-car-of-the-year-awards\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T05:07:58","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T03:07:58","slug":"south-africas-best-on-four-wheels-celebrated-at-2026-car-of-the-year-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/south-africas-best-on-four-wheels-celebrated-at-2026-car-of-the-year-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"South Africa\u2019s best on four wheels celebrated at 2026 Car of the Year awards"},"content":{"rendered":"

South Africa’s evolving automotive future took centre stage at the 2026 South African Car of the Year (COTY) awards, held at the VRTUOSUS Studios in Johannesburg, where innovation, performance, safety and advanced mobility technology once again defined the country’s most prestigious motoring competition.<\/p>\n

The awards are organised under the auspices of the South African Guild of Mobility Journalists (SAGMJ) and proudly sponsored by Old Mutual Insure.<\/p>\n

In a year that reflected the marked transformation of the global automotive industry, the Jetour T2 was crowned the 2026 South African Car of the Year, standing out for its bold design, advanced technology, refined driving experience and growing appeal within South Africa’s increasingly competitive adventure SUV market.<\/p>\n

The Volkswagen Golf 1.4 TSI secured second place overall, while the high-performance Audi RS Q8 claimed third place, reflecting the diversity of South Africa’s modern motoring landscape, from practical…<\/p>\n

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South Africa’s evolving automotive future took centre stage at the 2026 South African Car of the Year (COTY) awards, held at the VRTUOSUS Studios in Johannesburg, where innovation, performance, safety and advanced mobility technology once again defined the country’s most prestigious motoring competition. The awards are organised under the auspices of the South African Guild […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":46961,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/\/ckfinder\/userfiles\/images\/17632026COTY.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2149],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-accidents"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/\/ckfinder\/userfiles\/images\/17632026COTY.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46960","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46960"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46960\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}