The AUTOBEST organization is the independent group of Automotive Media Experts with the largest representation in Europe. In 2024, the AUTOBEST organization and network with its 31 active members covers 31 countries, representing the interests of more than 665 million car users across Europe – and the majority of the population of the European continent.

Two founding philosophy principles of AUTOBEST are that:
• in order to remain fully independent, each of its members represents the car users of their country, not the publisher they work for.
• only one active AUTOBEST member represents each country, in order to reflect the fact that each car user is equally important, wherever they come from.

The 31 countries are: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Holland, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Former Yugoslavian Republic of Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom and Ukraine. Russia (representing 144.7 million additional users) remains suspended until further notice.

MISSION & VISION

Founded in 2000, AUTOBEST is a non-governmental organization and a network of 31 independent automotive experts from the media. They are extremely well-informed, able to assess current and advanced technologies, aware of car users’ needs, anxieties and aspirations and influential in 31 different countries across Europe. They represent the interests of more than 665 million car users. As a network, AUTOBEST permanently receives and distributes a wealth of information from all over Europe
and the world.

AUTOBEST missions are:

• to INFORM, ADVISE AND GUIDE CAR USERS in their car choices and usages in the complex context of massive economical, ecological and societal changes
• to reflect the VOICE OF MORE THAN 665.8 MILLIONS OF USERS they represent towards the major managers of the car industry in Europe and the institutions.

AUTOBEST vision is to permanently serve the users they represent in finding answers to their usually similar questions under very different situations and local contexts. AUTOBEST wants to further improve their services to these users in being a CAREFUL, COMPETENT AND INDEPENDENT INTERFACE between these and the car manufacturers present in the European marketplace.

AUTOBEST AWARDS

Every year since 2001, AUTOBEST’s members are also the jurors who award the Best Buy Car of Europe amongst all cars that have been launched over the previous 12 months, advising potential buyers in a transparent and relevant way which vehicle might offer them the most for their money and car users about the most relevant trends and available functionalities to operate and to look for.

While the AUTOBEST winner is the best all-rounder, users may be interested in very specific criteria for themselves (comfort, connectivity, powertrain efficiency, interior space and functionality etc); this is why the jurors’ voting grid is published on AUTOBEST’s website www.autobest.org, enabling everyone to look for the best performing car according to their own needs, as well as the particular point attribution of their respective country representative.

As a jury, AUTOBEST also awards each year 12 personalities, top managers, brilliant car designers, motorsport legends, companies, best technologies, eco-friendly initiatives, best on-board connected technologies, safety and more for their contribution to the automotive progress and improvements as well as for the way they nurture people’s passion for the automotive world.

Every year since 2021 and the massive arrival on the market of pure electric cars, AUTOBEST also organizes the ECOBEST Challenge, which mission it is to evaluate under real life, similar and reproductible conditions the true efficiency of a sample of relevant electric cars available in the market. The aim of this Challenge is not to determine which electric car is the best in the marketplace, but to test electric propulsion systems while charging batteries and driving and to provide the public and the manufacturers with the TRUE TRUTH BEYOND THE OFFICIAL FIGURES GENERATED IN LABORATORY TEST CYCLES. Based on the data provided by AUTOBEST, users can decide if they feel at ease with the switch from a traditional to an electric vehicle and evaluate if the one they would envisage to buy might fulfill their true needs.

The unique, real life methodology developed and refined by AUTOBEST has been certified by the independent Bureau Veritas.

PERSONALITY

TRUSTWORTHY: Gathering 31 well-informed tech experts and automotive journalists from
31 countries across Europe, AUTOBEST represents the interests of more than 665 million users. AUTOBEST members provide expert information to help these to make the best possible usage of their vehicle and the best possible choice when looking to buy a modern, affordable car.
INDEPENDENT: AUTOBEST members are active automotive journalists working for various media outlets across Europe. But when talking as AUTOBEST members, they do not represent their publishers’ voice nor any commercial interest: they represent the interests, aspirations, questions, anxieties and the voice of the car users of their respective countries.
TRANSPARENT: When assessing a car, the 31 AUTOBEST members think as car users of their respective countries and reflect car users’ needs and desires. When electing each year the AUTOBEST Best Buy Car of Europe, they use a precise voting grid based on different users’ relevant criteria. Each vote and point attribution from each juror can be consulted anytime on AUTOBEST’s website www.autobest.org.
NETWORKED: The AUTOBEST organization fosters the fast and efficient exchange of relevant information between its 31 members. This widest and most efficient automotive information network in Europe raises the level of expertise of each member, while opening minds and a wealth of perspectives .
INSPIRING: AUTOBEST is the users’ voice and a unique source of inspiration for the automobile industry. AUTOBEST members’ mission is to represent the users of their respective countries when talking to car manufacturers and to inform these about deep-rooted trends that might not be reflected in the marketing data they are provided with.
PASSIONATE: No doubt, AUTOBEST members love cars, often also other mechanical and electronic devices, but they are passionate about their mission of representing car users’ interests.

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