Bimmer nabs Car of the Year

Diesel Exec is where it's at

By PH Staff / Friday, 20 January 2006 / Loading comments

The new BMW 320d ES Saloon was last night named ‘Car of the Year 2006’ at the What Car? Car of the Year 2006 awards ceremony in London.

The award saw BMW taking top honours for the first time. The UK’s best-selling premium saloon car also took the night’s ‘Best Compact Executive’ category. The BMW 525i SE added to BMW’s roll of honour by being awarded ‘Best Executive’ car for the third year in a row. It was the 10th time in the last 11 years that the 5 Series has won its category.

The editorial team at What Car? were unanimous in their views of the new 3 Series. Group Editor at What Car?, Steve Fowler, commenting on the Car of the Year accolade said: “The BMW 3 Series emerged as a clear winner. We’d expected BMW’s Compact Exec contender to be good, but we didn’t expect it to be this good. No other car is as great in so many ways as the 3 Series.”