World Car of the Year
The multiple-award winning BMW 3 Series received its latest kudos in an awards ceremony held in conjunction with the New York International Automobile Show: it was voted the 2006 "World Car of the Year". (Aug 2006)

And again: best car of its class
The new 3 Series again is the "best car of its class". Despite strong competition from more than 300 contestants, hundred thousand readers of AMS had a clear favorite. (Mar 2006)

Just try to beat the 3 Series...
The new 3 Series (E90) is out, and the renowned American Magazine Car and Driver takes seven competing circa-$35,000 sports sedans to a comparison with the BMW, "just to try beating the 3 Series"... (Oct 2005)

Challenging the A4
The new 3 Series is out. Will it again dominate the competition? The German car magazine "Auto Zeitung" took the new top of the line model for a comparison with the face-lifted and updated A4. (Sep 2005)

Against revised competitors
While the competitors position revised models to keep pace with the upcoming 3 Series, the E90, BMW impressively demonstrates that the aging E46 can still triumph over the latest and greatest. (Mar 2004)

100 000 kilometers in a 318i
What could tell more about the quality of a car than years of experience in day-to-day usage? AutoBild took a 318i on a long-term evaluation: 100000 kilometers (about 60000 miles) in 2 years. (Nov 2001)

And again...
...this time in the class of luxery 4-wheel-drive sedans, BMW underpins its ascendancy over the strongest competitors: the 330ix wins against the new Audi A4 3.0 quattro and the Jaguar X-Type 3.0. (Aug 2001)

Meeting the Jaguar X-Type
Jaguar strives for a position in the league of top luxery and sportive sedans and presents its brand new X-Type. Read the results of a comparison with the Mercedes C-Class and the BMW 3 Series. (Jun 2001)

Meeting the Audi A4
Audi just presented the new generation of the A4, again trying to track down BMW's crown in the class of the 3 Series. And again, BMW is able to defend its supremacy. (Jun 2001)

Meeting the C Class
South summit: The brand new Mercedes C Class challenges the BMW 3 Series. In a well-founded comparison done by AMS, Mercedes was lucky to win 1 out of 6 type by type comparisons. (Apr 2001)

The BMW 3 series is the best car of its class
Once again (now for the 9th time!), more than hundred thousand readers of the premier german car magazine "Auto, Motor, Sport" (AMS) elected the BMW 3 series to be the best car of its class. (Mar 2000)