BMW current 3 Series saloon wins What Car? magazine title

BMW’s current 3 Series saloon, introduced in 2019, has just topped What Car? magazine’s Used Car of the Year Awards.

The publication’s used car editor Mark Pearson said: “The task of picking just one winner seems to get more and more daunting with each passing year. In the end, though, the 3 Series stood out.

“It is a desirable choice that does almost everything exceptionally well, which means you buy it with your head as well as your heart, and its versatility means that it won not one but two of our classes this year.

“It was the variety of options it offers the used car buyer, from swish petrols to frugal diesels and a highly tempting hybrid, that gave it the victory. That this immensely appealing executive car should also be such great value when bought used just sealed the deal for us.”

The 3 Series won the executive car class and the hybrid category for the 330e plug-in model before being crowned What Car? Used Car of the Year.

Tesla’s Model 3 took the electric car award for the second year running.