
AmericaJR’s Jason Rzucidlo reports from The Ace Hotel/United Artists Theater in downtown Los Angeles for the 2019 Kelley Blue Book (KBB) Best Buy Awards Ceremony. Following head-to-head testing and evaluation of 2019 model-year vehicles, the experts at Kelley Blue Book today announced the 2019 Best Buy Award winners. Kelley Blue Book’s Best Buy Awards honor the top new model-year vehicles available in the U.S. market in 14 major categories, along with a brand-new category for 2019 – Best New Model – with the Volvo XC40 taking home this top honor.
Attendees mingling in the lobby Inside the historic United Artists Theater Charlie Chaplin drove a Pierce-Arrow Model 143 Mary Pickford was in Hollywood’s first great car chase 2019 KBB Best Buy Awards Paul Whitworth, Cox Auto SVP Paul Whitworth KBB Exec. Publisher Karl Brauer Karl Brauer KBB’s Karl Brauer KBB Managing Editor Micah Muzio KBB’s Micah Muzio The first award… Compact car: 2019 Honda Civic Mid-size car: 2019 Honda Accord The next category… Electric/Hybrid: 2019 Honda Clarity plug-in Subcompact SUV: 2019 Hyundai Kona Mike O’Brien/VP of Hyundai Mike O’Brien from Hyundai Subcompact luxury SUV: 2019 Volvo XC40 Anders Gustafsson, CEO of Volvo Car Group Volvo’s Anders Gustafsson Compact SUV: 2019 Honda CR-V MId-size SUV: 2019 Honda Pilot Minivan: 2019 Honda Odyssey Compact luxury SUV: 2019 Audi Q5 Mid-size luxury SUV: 2019 Audi Q7 Full-size SUV: 2019 Ford Expedition Pickup truck: 2019 Ford F-150 New category: Best New Model Best New Model: 2019 Volvo XC40 Anders Gustafsson accepts the award Anders Gustafsson from Volvo Live entertainment on the roof The Ace Hotel rooftop The Ace Hotel rooftop A row of guitars Pool on roof of The Ace hotel Live DJ spinning the hits Downtown LA skyline The Ritz-Carlton hotel KBB’s Richard Homan The Ace Hotel rooftop Welcome to the KBB Best Buy Awards United Artists marquee KBB’s Karl Brauer
For more information about the KBB Best Buy Awards, visit https://www.kbb.com/car-news/all-the-latest/best-buy-awards/2100000577/