The Results Are In: 2019 AutoWeb Buyer’s Choice Award Winners

We get a lot of traffic through AutoWeb’s network of automotive websites, as car buyers use our tools to research cars and track down the best prices. It's these informed consumers who actually shape the 2019 AutoWeb Buyer's Choice Awards — not the musings of automotive journalists, or responses to surveys, but the vehicles our users research the most carefully by requesting price quotes. We identified the winners in three broad categories and 17 smaller market segments, everything from compact cars to heavy-duty pickup trucks. Honda won the most categories (five), closely followed by General Motors (four), and then a wide variety of other brands.

Read on to find out who won Best Car of the Year, Best Truck of the Year, Best Utility Vehicle of the Year and the Buyer's Choice Awards in the following categories:

1. Best Wagon
2. Best Convertible
3. Best Luxury Car
4. Best Luxury SUV
5. Best Hatchback
6. Best Heavy-Duty Truck
7. Best Coupe
8. Best Van
9. Best Alternative Fuel Vehicle
10. Best Sports Car
11. Best Sedan
12. Best Compact
13. Best Small Truck
14. Best Full-Size Truck
15. Best Small SUV
16. Best Midsize SUV
17. Best Large SUV/Crossover

The 2019 Honda Accord won not only the Best Sedan Award but also the Car of the Year Award. This stylish, luxurious, fun to drive, and reasonably priced mid-size sedan is still fresh off last year's stunning redesign, and AutoWeb users are still loving it. It exemplifies what people like about cars in an era of SUVs by offering superior driving dynamics and fuel economy — for less money. 

To read more about why the 2019 Honda Accord won the Best Car of the Year and Best Sedan awards, read the full article.

The 2019 Ford F-150 is the best-selling version of America's best-selling vehicle: the F-Series pickup line. And for the third year in a row, it captures AutoWeb's awards for Best Full-Size Truck and Best Truck of any size. The F-150 combines an enviable heritage with modern-day luxury, comfort, and safety, providing traditional values alongside useful innovations to rule the pickup world.

To read more about why the 2019 Ford F-150 won the Best Truck of the Year and Best Full-Size Truck awards, read the full article.

Once a novelty in a world that favored bigger vehicles, the small SUV class is the industry's highest-volume market segment, and the 2019 Honda CR-V is among its reliable best-sellers. Not surprisingly, it has won our awards for Best Utility Vehicle of the Year and Best Small SUV for the second straight year. Like the market at large, AutoWeb users are smitten with the CR-V's combination of big-car roominess with small-car drivability and fuel economy, along with its sterling safety and sharp styling. 

To read more about why the 2019 Honda CR-V won the Best Utility Vehicle of the Year and Best Small SUV awards, read the full article.

Many of today's station wagons focus more on luxury and sporty handling than on maximum cargo space. But one of them checks all three boxes — and at a base price of just $21,685. That's the 2018 Volkswagen Golf SportWagen, which wins this year's Buyer's Choice Best Wagon award. Even better fuel economy is on its way for the 2019 model year, but AutoWeb users are already enjoying this well-rounded package. 

To read more about why the 2018 Volkswagen Golf SportWagen won the Best Wagon award, read the full article.

The 2019 Mazda MX-5 Miata is designed to delight, with joyfully eager handling and a choice of two open-top designs. What's more, this year brought a welcome horsepower boost to an already stellar two-seat roadster. Overall, the iconic Miata is an affordable car whose driving enjoyment is tough to match at any price, and it's this year's Buyer's Choice Best Convertible. 

To read more about why the 2019 Mazda MX-5 Miata won the Best Convertible award, read the full article.

The newest luxury car brand on the market is already catching shoppers' attention. That's Genesis, the recently launched luxury division of South Korean carmaker Hyundai, whose G80 mid-size sedan won our Best Luxury Car award. The 2019 G80 promises the upscale styling, long list of features, powerful engines, and coddling interior of a traditional luxury brand — along with the lower prices and longer warranty you'd expect from Hyundai. 

To read more about why the 2019 Genesis G80 won the Best Luxury Car award, read the full article.

Whether you're a celebrity, a business executive, a politician, or just part of a big family, there's a good chance you want a 2019 Cadillac Escalade. AutoWeb users certainly do, helping the full-size Escalade win our Best luxury suv award. It has the interior space of a van, the trappings of a premium sedan, and the robust capability of a pickup truck. Overall, this unmistakable luxury icon represents Cadillac's onetime "Standard of the World" slogan. 

To read more about why the 2019 Cadillac Escalade won the Best Luxury SUV award, read the full article.

What happens when you combine stellar fuel economy with remarkable cargo capacity, then sell it for a song? You get our Buyer’s Choice Best Hatchback. That's the 2019 Honda Fit, a petite subcompact that gets 40 miles per gallon on the highway, holds 52.7 cubic feet of cargo, and costs just $16,190. This fun little car means you don't need something big just because you need to fit a lot of stuff. 

To read more about why the 2019 Honda Fit won the Best Hatchback award, read the full article.

Just one number separates the 2019 Ford F-250 from the F-150 that captured our overall Best Truck award. But the F-250 brings a higher degree of size, capability, and overall brawn — and the looks to match it. But even while you can tow up to 18,000 pounds or haul 4,200 pounds of cargo in the bed, you can also enjoy a luxurious cabin and the latest driver-assistance systems. AutoWeb users love and respect this pickup, handing it the 2019 Best Heavy-Duty Truck award.

To read more about why the 2019 Ford F-250 won the Best Heavy-Duty Truck award, read the full article.

Take one of the best-handling luxury sports sedans, style it like a 1960s muscle car, and give it crazy-powerful V8 engines. That's how General Motors created the 2019 Chevrolet Camaro, which won our Buyer's Choice Award for Best Coupe. Contemporary refinement and infotainment meet old-school brute force in the latest Camaro. Not the formula you want? No problem. You can instead opt for a fuel-efficient four-cylinder engine and still have plenty of fun. 

To read more about why the 2019 Chevrolet Camaro won the Best Coupe award, read the full article here.

For more than two decades, the Honda Odyssey has been working toward the ideal balance of comfortable, safe, and fun to drive — and AutoWeb users agree that this minivan has nailed it. With tons of room, handy class-exclusive features, elaborate entertainment options, and a responsive V6 engine, it's our 2019 Buyer's Choice Best Van. 

To read more about why the 2019 Honda Odyssey won the Best Van award, read the full article here.

Forget gasoline, and forget range anxiety. The 2019 Chevrolet Bolt EV is an all-electric car that can travel 238 miles per charge, and at the equivalent energy usage to 119 miles per gallon of gas. This winner of our Best Alternative Fuel Vehicle award also boasts a spacious interior and responsive performance, making the Bolt the electric car that can do it all. And with a $7,500 federal tax credit, Uncle Sam helps you do your part for the environment. 

To read more about why the 2019 Chevrolet Bolt EV won the Best Alternative Fuel Vehicle award, read the full article here.

Many people have considered the Chevrolet Corvette to be the best sports car for decades. Today's C7 generation is the best yet, which helped score the Corvette our 2019 Best Sports Car award. Its legendary V8 engines have more power than ever, while handling and interior quality have made tremendous strides as well. To top it off, a big trunk and decent fuel economy make the Corvette easy to live with during the times you aren't embarrassing six-figure exotic cars on the track. 

To read more about why the 2019 Chevrolet Corvette won the Best Sports Car award, read the full article here.

The 2019 Honda Civic is a good compact economy car — but it's also so much more. The winner of our Best Compact award brings extra pizzazz to the class even in the base model, and you can even turn it into a hard-edged performance machine in Type R guise. Every version has a spacious interior and appealing driving dynamics, while most models offer stellar fuel efficiency, advanced smartphone integration, and high-tech accident-avoidance features as well. 

To read more about why the 2019 Honda Civic won the Best Compact award, read the full article.

It'll go off-road, look great while doing so, and still be worth a bundle when you're done with it. It's the 2019 Toyota Tacoma, which won our Best Small Truck award. This popular pickup stands ready to work hard or play hard in any of its wide range of trims and body styles, and its history suggests it will keep running forever. 

To read more about why the 2019 Toyota Tacoma won the Best Small Truck award, read the full article.

The Subaru Forester has always won fans for its hardy all-wheel drive system and spacious interior. Newly redesigned for the 2019 model year, it has captured our Best Midsize SUV award. It marries the model's traditional ruggedness and interior volume with modern refinement, updated infotainment, superior fuel economy, and more standard safety features. Not surprisingly, such a combination is winning plenty of fans.

To read more about why the 2019 Subaru Forester won the Best Midsize SUV award, read the full article.

The 2019 Kia Sorento, winner of our Best Large SUV/Crossover award, will challenge all misconceptions you might have previously held about the brand. This seven-passenger crossover offers high-grade fit and finish, tons of available luxury features, high-end technology, and elegant design. Whatever you do, don't mistake it for a cheap SUV, even with its bargain starting price of just $25,990. 

To read more about why the 2019 Kia Sorento won the Best Large SUV/Crossover award, read the full article.