BMW picks up three top honours

BMW has won three accolades at the Environmental Transport Association’s Green Car Awards 2010.

This year the Environmental Transport Association examined over 5,000 vehicles to establish the greenest cars on the market for the Green Car Awards 2010.  With class wins in the large family, off-road and luxury car categories, BMW ended up as big winners.

The 7 Series took the award for greenest luxury car, thanks to the fact that despite its opulence it produces emissions of only 181g/km CO2 and fuel consumption comes in at 6.9 l/100km (combined) – which for a car of its size ain’t half bad.

The BMW 320d Touring took the plaudits in the ‘greenest large family car’ category. The third gong to go to the German automotive giants went to the X1, which won the award for ‘greenest off-road car’.

BMW have gone to great efforts to up their green credentials, and all of the winning models benefit from BMW’s already award-winning EfficientDynamics wizardry under the bonnet which help ensure the cars provide the double whammy of excellent fuel economy and low emissions.

Stephen Chater, BMW Group corporate operations manager, said: “To have three wins in the Green Car Awards is a phenomenal achievement.  It is a testament to the measures that we’ve implemented within our EfficientDynamics strategy into every BMW, meaning that we’re able to provide customers with the driving pleasure they expect from a BMW, while still meeting the stringent requirements for fuel-efficiency and low emissions.”

Andrew Davis, director at the Environmental Transport Association, said: “With the price of petrol at record levels and greater understanding about the threat to the environment there has never been a more important time to make fuel efficiency a deciding factor when choosing a car.”

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