Shortlist Announced for the TOP-5 AUTO 2026 Award

Today at a business breakfast, the organizing committee of the national automotive business experts' award "TOP-5 AUTO" announced the shortlist of nominees for the fourteenth season of the "TOP-5 AUTO" award in five automotive categories, as well as in the nominations "Best PR Department of an Automaker," "Best Marketing Department of an Automaker," and "Auto Person of the Year."

The award jury, consisting of Russian automotive journalists, evaluated all new models introduced to the market during 2025 (over 60 vehicles in total) based on five key criteria: price-quality ratio, design, technical innovations, comfort, and practicality. Based on these evaluations, finalists with the highest average scores were identified in each nomination.

The shortlist for the 14th season of the "TOP-5 AUTO" 2026 award includes:

In the "Compact Car/SUV" category:

• Belgee X70
• Jaecoo J7
• Lada Iskra
• Omoda C7
• Tenet T7

In the "Midsize Car/SUV" category:

• Changan CS75 Plus
• GAC GS4
• Jetour T1
• Tank 300
• Moskvich M70

In the "Large Car/SUV" category:

• Bestune B70
• GAC GS8
• JAC RF8
• Tank 400
• Moskvich M90

In the "Electric Car/Hybrid" category:

• Avatr 12
• Exeed Exlantix ES
• GAC GS8 HEV
• Geely EX5 EM-i
• Rox 01

In the "Commercial Vehicle" category:

• Changan Star Truck
• Foton Tunland V9
• Oting Palasso
• Sollers ST9
• Huanghai N7

In the "Best PR Department of an Automaker" category:

• AVTOVAZ
• Moskvich
• Geely
• Haval
• JAC
• Jaecoo/Omoda

In the "Best Marketing Department of an Automaker" category:

• AVTOVAZ
• Changan
• Chery
• GAC
• Haval

In the "Auto Person of the Year" category:

• Svetlana Vinogradova, General Director of GC "Rolf"
• Sergey Kogogin, General Director of PJSC "KAMAZ"
• Andrey Olkhovsky, General Director of JSC "Avtodom"
• Alexey Podshchekoldin, President of ROAD (Association "Russian Automobile Dealers")
• Maxim Sokolov, President and General Director of "AVTOVAZ"
• Sergey Tselikov, General Director of the agency "AVTOSTAT"

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