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/