The 2025 Donut Awards: Best, Worst, and Most Cursed Cars of the Year

The 2025 Donut Awards Kick Off

• 🏆 Welcome to the first annual Donut Awards, celebrating the best, worst, and most cursed cars of 2025.
• 🎤 Hosts Nolan Sykes and Justin Freeman guide viewers through various categories, joined by special guests.

Ugliest Car of 2025

• 🚗 Nominees included the Hyundai Santa Fe, Tesla Cybertruck, BMW i7, and Ferrari F80.
• 👽 The Tesla Cybertruck was crowned the ugliest car of the year.

Most American Car of 2025

• 🇺🇸 The award for the most American car went to the Kia EV6, recognized for having 80% of its parts made in the US and Canada.
• 🐎 Other nominees were the Chevy Corvette ZR1X, Ram 1500, and Ford Mustang GTD.

Best Affordable Enthusiast Car

• 💸 The Toyota GR86 took home the award for the best affordable enthusiast car.
• 🏎️ Nominees included the Mazda Miata, Ford Mustang EcoBoost, Honda Civic SI, and Volkswagen Golf GTI.

Most Innovative YouTube Build

• 🛠️ The Grinhard trike was recognized as the most innovative YouTube build of the year.
• 🤯 Other innovative builds nominated were the Throttle 4GT, Nightrides 4 EK Civic Gang, Weston Champlain's backwards pickup truck, and Whistle and Diesels 17 turbo pickup.

Best Used Bargain

• 💰 Doug DeMuro presented the award for the best used car bargain to the BMW E92.
• 💎 Other contenders were the Mazda RX8, Porsche Cayenne, and C5 Chevrolet Corvette.

Best Car in a Movie or TV Show

• 🎬 The Nissan Sentra SE from 'One Battle After Another' won the award for best car in a movie or TV show.
• 🌟 Nominees included the Plymouth Duster from 'Duster', the 1975 Toyota Corolla from 'Pluramus', and the Volvo S90 from 'Severance'.

Best Car Not Sold in America

• 🌍 The Renault 5 Turbo 3E was awarded the best car not sold in America.
• 🚀 Other notable international vehicles were the Toyota Hilux Champ, Suzuki Jimny Nomad, BYD Dolphin, and Toyota Yurus RZ Arrow.

Biggest Whiff of the Year

• 📉 The Dodge Charger EV was named the biggest whiff of the year, primarily due to its high price point and lack of family-friendly features.
• 🚗 Other nominees for the biggest whiff were the Honda Prelude, the new Subaru Outback refresh, and Nissan's prolonged GTR production.

2025 Donut Car of the Year

• 🏆 In a surprising twist, the 1997 Honda Civic DX was announced as the 2025 Donut Car of the Year.
• 💥 This followed an initial announcement of the Corvette ZR1X, which was corrected due to a mix-up.