The winners of the second News UK Motor Awards, sponsored by Bridgestone Tyres, were announced last night at an exclusive gala awards ceremony held at The News Building at London Bridge.

The awards recognise innovation across all motoring segments from luxury to LCVs, city cars and SUVs and are judged by readers and listeners as well as automotive journalists across The Times, The Sunday Times, The Sun and talkSPORT.

Over 270,000 reader votes were cast, choosing from shortlists selected by our motoring experts.

Jeremy Clarkson, key reviewer for The Sunday Times and presenter of The Grand Tour, named his SuperCar of the Year as the Ferrari Pista and his People’s Car of the Year as the Bentley Continental GT V8. Guy Martin, motorcycle racer turned television presenter, was named Motoring Personality of the Year. Other winners include the Porsche 911, which was named The Sunday Times Car of the Year, and the Land Rover Defender, which was named The Sun Car of the Year. All winners will be featured tomorrow in The Sun and The Sunday Times Magazine and The Sun on Sunday on 6th October.

Rob Walsh, Motors Category Director, News UK, said: “Our collective audiences and expert journalists know their cars inside and out, making our winners the deserved victors in their respective categories. The aim of The Motor Awards is to champion motoring excellence and we’re delighted to recognise the UK automotive industry’s best-in-class from the last twelve months. Congratulations to all and our thanks to our partners at Bridgestone.”

Andy Mathias, Marketing Manager, Bridgestone North Europe region, said:

“Our collaboration with News UK on The Motor Awards 2019 has been a great partnership for Bridgestone. Together we've co-created engaging content centred on the exciting future of mobility, from autonomous driving to electric vehicles. The campaign has also helped us reach our target audience across News UK's portfolio of media brands and we're delighted to be partnering on this overarching celebration of automotive excellence."

In full, the award winners are:

• Family SUV of the Year: Range Rover Evoque
• Small SUV/Crossover of the Year: Volvo XC40
• Adventure Car of the Year: Ford Ranger Raptor
• Family Car of the Year: Volvo V60
• City/Small Car of the Year: Ford Fiesta
• Sports Car of the Year: Aston Martin DBS Superleggera Volante
• Dog friendly Car of the Year: Nissan X Trail
• Green Car of the Year: Tesla Model 3
• Car Tech of the Year: Nextbase Series 2 Dashcam
• Best Designed Car of the Year: McLaren GT
• Hot Hatch of the Year: Mercedes AMG A-35
• Value Car of the Year: Kia Picanto
• Van/Pick-up of the Year: Mercedes Sprinter
• Motoring Personality of the Year: Guy Martin
• British-built Car of the Year: Bentley Continental GT V8
• Manufacturer of the Year: Volvo
• The Sun Legend Award: Renault Clio
• The Sun Car of the Year: Ford Land Rover Defender
• The Sunday Times Car of the Year: Porsche 911
• Luxury Car of the Year: Mercedes S 63 Cabrio
• Jeremy Clarkson SuperCar of the Year: Ferrari Pista
• Jeremy Clarkson People’s Car of the Year: Bentley Continental GT V8

The judges for this year’s awards were:

• Rob Gill, Motors Editor, The Sun
• Nick Rufford, Motoring Editor, The Sunday Times
• Will Dron, Editor, driving.co.uk
• David Green, Motoring Editor, Luxx magazine