Product Awards 2020

After testing more than 240 products, we reveal the best

IN these difficult times we all need something to look forward to and, since you’re reading this magazine, that’s likely to involve cars. While some will be looking forward to dealerships opening, many more will be planning maintenance and cleaning.

If your experience is anything like mine, then the car you cleaned at the start of lockdown will be covered in dust and pollen by now, and need further attention. So over the next 25 pages, we celebrate the aftermarket and provide you with the top products for cleaning, maintaining and protecting your car.

Unlike some outwardly similar awards, ours are backed by an extensive test programme that’s unmatched by any other UK car magazine. Over the past 12 months, we’ve tested just over 600 products – 619 to be precise – and an increase on 2019. Our weekly multi-tests account for just over 500 of those, and all the results are on our website. More than 100 were assessed in mini tests, with the results fed into the online coverage where possible. And, finally, 15 products were tested individually in our First Test programme.

When we say something is good, it’s backed up by the decades of experience our product testing team brings to the programme. Every single product will have been thoroughly scrutinised, and the class winners here are the best picks from a total of 248 products tested over 20 categories.

Armed with our test winners, you’ll be giving your car a great start as you prepare to head back onto the road.