Entries for the ‘Awards’ Category

Best Compact Executive Award for BMW 3-Series

For the fifth consecutive year, BMW 3-Series was awarded “Best Compact Executive”, awarded by a prestigious profile British magazine, after it won a serious competition from other models in range. It was a total victory in the classification of the “Executive Compact” class, after the 316d sedan model, 320d and 330d have won in those [...]

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BMW – Leader at Fuel Reduction and CO2 Emissions in Europe

EfficientDynamics is the most effective program to reduce CO2 emissions in car traffic. By achieving a reduction of 10.2 percent in the last year in terms of fuel consumption and CO2 emissions, BMW Group once again achieved most progress in terms of efficiency, of all car manufacturers present on the European market.
This is the result [...]

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BMW – “Chauffeur Car of the Year” in 2009

The BMW 730Ld got the trophy “Chauffeur Car of the Year” in 2009, as a reward for quality and fuel economy (6.9 l/100 km), running costs and quality manufacturing. The calculation KeeResources’ KwikCarCost evaluated the costs for BMW 730 Ld over three years or 100,000 kilometers, proving that this model has the lowest operating costs [...]

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2009 BMW Z4 – Award: Eyes on Design

BMW won the prize in the category Eyes on Design at
Detroit Auto Show. This award was won by the 2009 BMW Z4, but still 3 other cars won it, such as Audi R8, Audi Sportback Concept and Cadillac Converj.
The jury was composed of BMW’s design head Chris Bangle, Harley-Davidson, Willie G. Davidson, etc.
I [...]

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BMW in 2009 10 Best Engines list

In its 15th year of existence, the list of Ward’s 10 Best Engines is home of two BMWs.
On 2nd and 3rd place we can see the 3.0 liter turbocharged DOHC I-6 from BMW 135i Coupe and the 3.0 liter DOHC I-6 Turbodiesel from 335d. The only engine which was considered to be better was the [...]

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Mini Cooper and 5 Series

BMW seems to be getting a lot of
awards lately. At the Mondial de l’Automobile 2008 from Paris, the Mini Cooper and the 5 Series were declared the Most Appealing Compact Car and Most Appealing Midsized Premium Car.
Apparently, all of the BMW customers are happy with their decision of buying such a vehicle and [...]

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BMW – Most reliable car in the UK

A large survey conducted in the UK states that the
BMW 3 Series was the most reliable car in the UK in 2008. Even more, the 7th car in this chart is none other than the
BMW 1 Series. The Mini hatch also managed to enter the chart, making BMW the top company when it [...]

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Best Factory 2008 Award for BMW Group

Sounds like a very good year for BMW as far as achievements and awards are concerned. First of all, BMW received the Engine of the Year Award, then the 2008 World Green Car, finishing up with the OkoGlobe award for BMW’s EfficientDynamics technology. A press release through Infibeam.com announced that the Production of Chassis and [...]

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BMW EfficientDynamics awarded the Ökoglobe

The Ökoglobe award ceremony took place on the  9th of September 2008 with the attendance of the German politician Prof. Dr. Klaus Töpfer. This is the second year in a row in which the BMW Group has won the Ökoglobe award in the category “Development of the Combustion Engine”, which was accepted by BMW’s Director [...]

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BMW became UK’s cleanest manufacturer

BMW became the cleanest premium auto maker in United Kingdom. The study was done by
Clean Green Cars Company and BMW manufacturer ambit emerged the cleanest of exceptional auto makers in the assembly of CO2 emissions.
BMW – 161.64g/km
Audi – 177.36g/km
Mercedes – 192.85g/km
Lexus – 194.85g/km
And! And! Porsche recorded the worst average of 275.64g/km Ouch!!!

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