

The ride and handling category is where the Kona gets its gold medal, thanks to a top-flight rating for the brakes, a stellar score for ride quality, highly rated steering, and an excellent mark for the pleasure it gives you at the wheel.Įverywhere you look, the Kona’s scores impress. It’s available as a conventional petrol car, a standard Prius-style hybrid, or as a full EV, but it seems that whichever model you choose, you could hardly be happier.

Taking one category win, five podium finishes and coming at the top of our 2021 new-car survey is the Hyundai Kona.

Driver Power 2021: the top 10 best cars to own 1. Click on to page two for the best cars to own in each market segment, from city cars to SUVs. Click here to take our Driver Power survey right nowīelow are the full results of the 2021 Driver Power new car survey.I hope you find Driver Power 2021 a useful and enjoyable read, and thank you once again to everyone who completed the survey, took part in our interviews and photoshoots, and made Driver Power possible this year. This has resulted in a more robust, valuable and detailed set of results than ever. We’ve added new questions to the safety and infotainment sections, created a category asking how much value for money your cars offer, while rigorous statistical analysis means the experiences here are representative on a national level based on respondents’ age and gender. We normally aim to bring you this rundown of the 75 best cars on the market in April, but you-know-what meant things took a little longer than usual for us to pull together.īut now we’re here, I’m pleased to say that as well as being the 20th anniversary of Driver Power, the survey is more comprehensive than ever. Here, a little later than planned, is the Driver Power 2021 new-car survey.
