Munich. With a brace of victories within the “Best Cars” competitors, BMW has backed up its profitable finish to 2023 with a equally fruitful starting to 2024. The BMW 2 Series Coupé wrapped up class victory within the compact phase for the third time in succession, whereas the BMW X1 led the way in which within the “compact SUV” class. The “Best Cars” award – voted on by readers of German motoring journal “auto, motor und sport” and in its forty eighth version this 12 months – is without doubt one of the most prestigious within the European automotive business. Almost 100,000 respondents took half within the survey, deciding on one general winner and one “imported car” champion from a subject of 455 fashions throughout 13 automobile classes.
The begin of 2024 was additionally marked by class victory for the brand new BMW 5 Series Sedan within the “Large Car” class of the “Women’s Worldwide Car of the Year” award. 75 feminine automotive journalists from 52 international locations picked out their favourites from a complete of 62 automobiles in 5 classes. Intended to showcase the affect of girls within the automotive business and introduced for the 14th time this 12 months, this prize takes into consideration components resembling security, high quality, worth, design, experience consolation, on a regular basis usability and environmental influence. The new BMW 5 Series Sedan received over the jury members with its electrified drive system line-up (together with the totally electrical BMW i5), in addition to its spaciousness, superior know-how and now totally vegan inside.
This profitable starting to the 12 months noticed BMW constructing on its run of success in a lot of awards in 2023. Models from the premium model’s present vary claimed quite a few prizes in each its residence market of Germany and its most necessary gross sales areas internationally. The winners stretched throughout all of the related classes, with compact fashions, luxurious automobiles and high-performance sports activities vehicles from BMW M GmbH all making waves. As properly as automobiles powered by combustion engines, the readers and juries additionally recognised a strikingly excessive variety of representatives from BMW’s consistently increasing electrical mobility vary.
“We’re very proud that our various BMW vehicles have won awards in so many national and international competitions. This also shows that we have attractive models in all segments that excite people,” says Jochen Goller, Member of the Board of Management of BMW AG, Customer, Brands, Sales. “The response to our models with all-electric drive systems is particularly pleasing. This ties in with the strong demand from customers and supports the BMW Group’s commitment to ramping up electric mobility in all areas.”
Newcomer to the ranks of high-performance fashions and a totally electrical Sports Activity Vehicle each win a “Golden Steering Wheel”.
The “Golden Steering Wheel” introduced by German publications “Auto Bild” and “Bild am Sonntag” is without doubt one of the most prestigious distinctions within the European automotive business. BMW took two of those coveted trophies again to Munich in 2023. The BMW M3 Competition Touring with M xDrive (gas consumption, mixed: 10.4 – 10.1 l/100 km [27.2 – 28.0 mpg imp]; CO2 emissions, mixed: 235 – 229 g/km within the WLTP cycle) ranked first within the “sports cars” class and the totally electrical BMW iX1 topped the “compact class”.
Both fashions added a string of different worldwide awards to their collections over the course of 2023. For instance, the primary ever BMW M3 Touring – which mixes the dynamic prowess of a high-performance automotive with spectacular ranges of practicality – was elected sports activities automotive of the 12 months within the class for automobiles costing as much as 120,000 euros by readers of “Auto Bild Sportscars” journal. And acclaimed British TV programme “Top Gear” honoured the BMW M GmbH newcomer with the title “All The Car You’ll Ever Need” in its “Car of the Year” awards.
The BMW iX1 collected a trio of awards in China, together with “All-Electric Premium SUV of the Year”. It additionally received the French “Automobile Award 2023” within the “Green Tech” class and the “autonis Award” bestowed by readers of “auto, motor und sport” to the 12 months’s most engaging new design.
Fully electrical BMW i5 enjoys quick success all over the world.
The new BMW 5 Series Sedan and BMW i5 additionally claimed an “autonis” prize. Now additionally accessible with a totally electrical drive system for the primary time, the brand new version of the world’s most profitable enterprise sedan was additionally named “Car of the Year” by Portuguese journal “Frontline”. The BMW i5 was additionally introduced with equal awards in Norway and Denmark, each notably necessary markets for electrical automobiles. Norwegian every day “Dagbladet” teamed up with on-line portals “DinSide” and “Elbi24” to have fun the BMW i5. While in Denmark, the i5 fought off competitors from six different fashions to achieve probably the most votes for “Car of the Year” in a last spherical made up solely of totally electrical fashions. The jury of 20 Danish motoring journalists selected the BMW i5 as their winner by a big margin.
Chinese publication “Auto World” topped the BMW i5 as “Most Anticipated Premium Executive Sedan of the Year”, and the totally electrical enterprise sedan additionally collected three awards in Great Britain: “The Car Expert” put the BMW i5 in prime spot in its “Best Large Car Award”, it was named “Premium Car of the Year” within the “2024 Electrifying.com Awards” and the “Comfortable Cruiser” topped its class in Carwow’s “Car of the Year Awards 2024”.
The awards underscore the flexibility of the brand new BMW i5 Sedan to win individuals over with quite a few totally different qualities: from character-rich design, a novel stability between sportiness and luxury, revolutionary tools options and progressive digital providers to a drive system whose energy is matched by its functionality over lengthy distances. And it additionally makes use of latest-generation BMW eDrive know-how to switch the model’s signature dynamic potential to the street with zero native emissions. In addition, adaptive recuperation and an clever mixture of warmth pump know-how for heating and cooling the inside, drive system and high-voltage battery assist to offer the BMW i5 eDrive40 Sedan (electrical energy consumption, mixed: 18.9 – 15.9 kWh/ 100 km within the WLTP cycle) a spread of 498 – 582 kilometres (309 – 362 miles) within the WLTP cycle.
BMW’s electrical mobility offensive is recognised with awards.
The BMW model’s totally electrical mannequin line-up as an entire loved a profitable 12 months worldwide in 2023. As properly because the BMW iX1 and BMW i5, this was notably true of the BMW i7 and BMW i4. In Great Britain alone, these two fashions had been each among the many winners in seven awards. Both received the “Auto Express New Car Award” of their respective automobile lessons. The BMW i4 additionally claimed the “Pocket-lint Award” and “Business Car Award”, and the BMW i7 celebrated success in each the “What Car? Electric Car Awards” and the “What Car? Car of the Year Awards”. The totally electrical luxurious sedan racked up 5 prizes in China, too, together with the “Car of the Year” distinction from main on-line journal “sohu.com”.
There was additionally a lot to have fun in France and the USA, the place the BMW i7 was given the “Best Overall and Best Value” ranking from “Money” journal and praised by “wards auto” journal for its standout luxurious atmosphere and digital person expertise with BMW Theatre Screen within the rear compartment. Renowned US journal “car and driver” named each the BMW i4 M50 (electrical energy consumption, mixed: 22.5 – 18.0 kWh/ 100 km within the WLTP cycle) and BMW i4 eDrive40 M50 (electrical energy consumption, mixed: 19.1 – 16.1 kWh/ 100 km within the WLTP cycle) among the many “Best 10” of 2023.
Top marks and distinctions for the BMW 3 Series and BMW 4 Series ranges, the BMW M2 and the BMW X3.
BMW set the seal on a profitable 12 months in Germany with a two-pronged triumph. The BMW 3 Series and BMW X3 closed out 2023 with class victory within the coveted “Auto Trophy”. The BMW 3 Series Sedan and BMW 3 Series Touring, for instance, took clear victories within the hotly contested midsize phase of the readers’ survey performed by German title “Auto Zeitung”, racking up 19.0 per cent of the vote. This was the seventh class win in a row for the three Series. Meanwhile, the rugged aura, inside spaciousness and dedication to electrification of the BMW X3 helped it account for 15.3 per cent of the votes solid and subsequently the best factors complete within the high-volume automobile phase of “SUVs costing 30,000 – 60,000 euros”.
The BMW 3 Series was a very prolific award-winner in Great Britain. In the “Business Car Awards”, the three Series received the “Best Premium Car” prize, and it additionally gained entry to the “Hall of Fame” of “Fleet News” journal because the “Most Reliable Company Car”. The BMW 3 Series received twice within the “What Car? Used Car Awards”, topping each the “Used Executive Car” class and general “Used Car of the Year”. And then there was the “Best Used Hybrid Executive Car” distinction for the BMW 330e Sedan (gas consumption, mixed: 1.9 – 1.4 l/100 km [148.7 – 201.8 mpg imp]; electrical energy consumption, mixed 20.1 – 18.1 kWh/100 km; CO2 emissions, mixed: 43 – 32 g/km within the WLTP cycle). The plug-in hybrid mannequin additionally tasted success within the USA, the place “Money” journal described it as “Best for Handling”.
Adding to the wave of success loved by the BMW 3 Series, the BMW 4 Series – with its standout sporting attraction – additionally enriched the model’s glittering worldwide fame within the premium midsize phase. The finest instance of this got here within the BMW 4 Series Coupé and BMW 4 Series Convertible’s exhibiting within the “What Car? Car of the Year Awards” in Great Britain. The closed-roof two-door received the “Coupe of the Year” for the third 12 months in succession in 2023. And this 12 months its open-top sister mannequin additionally received the “Convertible of the Year” award.
Two different British awards had been claimed by the BMW M2. It was voted “Best Performance Car” in “The Car Expert Awards”, and the compact high-performance sports activities automotive additionally took the title of “Performance Car of the Year” within the “Auto Express New Car Awards”.
Official gas consumption, CO2 emissions, electrical energy consumption and electrical vary figures had been decided based mostly on the prescribed measurement process in accordance with European Regulation (EC) 2007/715 within the model relevant. Where a spread is proven, the WLTP figures keep in mind the influence of any optionally available extras.
Only official figures based mostly on the WLTP process can be found for brand spanking new fashions which were kind examined since 01.01.2021. In addition, in accordance with EU Regulation 2022/195, the NEDC values will now not be included within the EC certificates of conformity as of 01.01.2023. Further info on the WLTP and NEDC measurement procedures will also be discovered at www.bmw.de/wltp.
Further info on official gas consumption figures and particular CO2 emission values of recent passenger vehicles is included within the following guideline: ‘Leitfaden über den Kraftstoffverbrauch, die CO2-Emissionen und den Stromverbrauch neuer Personenkraftwagen ‘ (Guide to the gas economic system, CO2 emissions and electrical energy consumption of recent passenger vehicles), which might be obtained freed from cost from all dealerships, from Deutsche Automobil Treuhand GmbH (DAT), Hellmuth-Hirth-Str. 1, 73760 Ostfildern-Scharnhausen and at https://www.dat.de/co2.
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