This car of the year for 2018 may surprise you
![The Kia Stinger is Business Insider's 2018 Car of the Year.](http://web.archive.org./web/20181124231453/https://www.afr.com/content/dam/images/h/1/8/5/8/o/image.related.afrIndexLead.320x210.h1859d.png/1542755460330.jpg)
In the half-decade Business Insider has been giving out its Car of the Year award, there has never before been a vehicle that established itself as an early front-runner only to maintain its perch all year.