Since 1994 the North American Car, Truck and Utility Vehicle of the Year (NACTOY) Awards have been presented by a group of journalists, all of whom work for a variety of outlets, print, digital, television, audio. They determine what are the most important vehicles introduced during a given year, vehicles that are deemed to be ones that consumers ought to pay attention to when they are in the market.

Last week at the North American International Detroit Auto Show the semifinalists for the 2023 awards were announced.

They are:

Car:

• Acura Integra
• BMW i4 eDrive40: Sedan
• Genesis G80 EV
• Genesis G90
• Mercedes-Benz C Class
• Mercedes-Benz EQE
• Nissan Z
• Subaru WRX
• Toyota Crown
• Toyota GR Corolla

Truck:

• Chevrolet Silverado ZR2
• Ford F-150 Lightning
• Lordstown Endurance

Utility vehicle:

• Audi Q4 e-tron
• BMW iX xDrive50
• Cadillac Lyriq
• Genesis GV60
• Honda CR-V
• Honda HR-V
• Kia EV6
• Kia Sportage
• Lexus RX
• Mazda CX-50
• Nissan Ariya
• Rivian R1S
• Volvo C40 Recharge

On this edition of “Autoline After Hours” “Autoline’s” John McElroy, Jill Ciminillo of “Pickup Truck + SUV Talk,” Bengt Halvorson of Green Car Reports and I—all NACTOY jurors—talk about the nominees, most of which all or some of us have had first-hand experience with. (The others we will when we drive them next month during a comparison drive.)

And you can see it all here.