BMW 3 Series (E90) - Awards

Awards

• The British motoring magazine What Car? awarded the BMW 320d Efficient Dynamics the Overall Winner Green Car of the Year 2012. The clean diesel BMW 320d has a UK combined fuel economy of 56 mpg (5.0 L/100 km; 47 mpg) and low emissions of just 110g/km of CO₂.

• In April 2011, the E90 335d sedan won the 2011 Diesel Car of the Year award, an honor bestowed by The Diesel Driver magazine's readers, receiving 29.6% of the vote.
• In April 2006, the E90 was awarded the World Car of the Year title. The car was praised for its balance between performance and practicality, as well as between style and seriousness. The jury also praised the new diesel engines and the all-wheel-drive variants.
• Car and Driver magazine listed the E90 3 Series on their Ten Best list for the 16th time in 24 years of the list's publication.
• The E90 was named "Best New Sports Saloon" in the 2006 Canadian Car of the Year awards.
• It was Japan's Import Car of the Year for 2005–06.
• The British motoring magazine What Car? awarded it Car of the Year 2006. From 2006 to 2011, they also awarded it Compact Executive of the Year.
• However, in the 2006 European Car of the Year awards, the E90 was pushed into fourth place by the Renault Clio (first), Volkswagen Passat (second) and the Alfa Romeo 159 (third).