The BMW 5 Series has been announced as the What Car? Car of the Year 2017, beating an illustrious shortlist of cars including the Seat Ateca, Porsche 718 Cayman and Skoda Kodiaq.
The 5 Series fended off stiff competition from Mercedes-Benz and Rolls-Royce to win the Luxury Car of the Year award, before beating all the other category winners to be named the best new car of the past 12 months.
A team of judges representing Autocar’s sister brand What Car? commended the 5 Series for its efficiency, handling, refinement, technology and sense of luxury.
BMW Brand senior vice-president Hildegard Wortmann collected the Car of the Year Award at an awards ceremony in London this evening. He said: “For the BMW 5 Series to win the prestigious ‘Car of the Year’ award is an honour and testament to the hard work that goes into producing one of BMW’s core models.
“The BMW 5 Series is a brand-shaping saloon and in times of rapid change within the automotive industry we believe the seventh generation model points the way into the future. It is a truly outstanding car and I am very grateful to What Car? for this great recognition.”
What Car? editor Steve Huntingford added: “The BMW 5 Series is no stranger to success at the What Car? Awards; it’s something of a dynasty that has always stood for excellence, but the latest model moves things on again in all the areas that matter most to buyers.”
Other notable winners during the night included the Peugeot 3008, which won the Nexcel-sponsored Technology prize for its i-Cockpit interior layout, and the Toyota Prius, which was awarded the Safety award presented by What Car? and Thatcham. A full list of winners can be found at the What Car? Awards microsite.
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pa1nkiller
Announcing awards for 2017 by
LP in Brighton
2017 Car of the Year
Interesting to note that with nearly 20 awards up for grabs, there are no recipients from Vauxhall, Nissan, Jaguar Land Rover - and just one (for an 8-year old product) from Ford. Maybe their cars really aren't that good any more?
artill
It appears to get onto the
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All German?
Apart from the 7 that aren't German owned of course.
odie_the_dog
What is even more telling is
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It does feel like awards such as this are granted in direct proportion to the amount of advertising and freebies made available by the manufacturers.
It's interesting to look at the runners up - not least because some of those are easily more deserving of a win than the actual winner.
Take the small family car for example - the winner was the A3, list price well north of £ 20k.
The runner up? The Astra, list price £ 18k but a quick scan of Autotrader will find you ex-demo with sub 10,000 miles for a little over £ 10k. Many people don't have £20k to blow on a car, quite alot of people will spend £ 10k on a car - and for that a nearly new, current Astra looks damn near unbeatable.
Jimbbobw1977
Your right - the A3 really
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Astra
Lanehogger
What no winner from either
Jimbbobw1977
How else are VAG going to pay
Reality is somewhat different to what you read from the owners though on the forums.
odie_the_dog
Quoting from "What Car"'s own
" but in some ways the 5 Series is even more sophisticated: a semi-autonomous driving mode is available that lets you take your hands off the wheel for up to 30 seconds."
Excellent - so the twats that routinely pilot Beemers will be able to be even more arrogant and careless than usual.
It would have been so much better if they'd included mandatory training on driving with good manners and reminders about the use of indicators and tailgating rather than giving the drivers even more excuses to behave like utter twats.
Frankly an XF or Volvo S90 would be a much better choice.
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