I Voted: Western Automotive Journalists' Best of the Bay 2024

I'm just back from just shy of two days in beautiful Santa Cruz, California for Western Automotive Journalists' Best of the Bay 2024.

Seventeen journalists drove 14 vehicles for half an hour each, and then at the end of the event voted for their choice among the contenders in four different categories:

Best EV: Acura ZDX, Fiat 500e, Hyundai IONIQ5 N, Lucid Air Pure

Best SUV: Dodge Durango SRT Hellcat, Genesis GV80 3.5T Prestige, Genesis GV80 3.5T Coupe, Kia Sorento PHEV, Lexus GX 550 Premium+, Range Rover SE 7 Seat LWB

Best Passenger Vehicle: Genesis G80 3.5T Sport Prestige, Hyundai Elantra N, Kia Carnival Hybrid, Toyota Camry Hybrid XSE

And, among all of the contenders, Best Overall. There's also a category for Best Tech in the vehicles.

I'll post the winners here as soon as the results are announced.

Big thanks to the folks at Acura, Stellantis (Dodge and Fiat), Hyundai, Genesis, Kia, Lexus, Range Rover and Toyota for bringing their vehicles this year and for the fleet management people at DriveShop and Page One Automotive as well as the Board of Directors and members of WAJ.