What Car? recently published their annual car awards as voted for by their readers. This year they took into account over 30,000 reader reviews from their website and only covers car available to buy as new now but is a good indicator of which cars will be popular in the nearly new and used markets in the future.
The clear winner this year was Skoda, who claimed both Manufacturer of the year and Best Small Family Car of the year for their Octavia. Alfa Romeo claimed best Superminis, the Lotus Elise best Open-tops and the Volkswagen Passat as the best Family cars and compact executive.
The BMW 1 Series claimed the best overall car and the the best Coupes, Ford C-Max being the favoured MPV, The Landrover defender taking the best Crossovers and 4x4s and finally Mercedes-Benz CLS taking the best Luxury and executive cars.
Skoda's cars also ranked in the top 5 for every category they where eligible for. The Superb and Fabia received impressive reviews but did not reach the number of reviews needed to qualify for their category.
Vauxhall, however, will not be as pleased with the results as Skoda. Both the Insigna ranked the worst car of its class, the Zafira coming 3rd worst overall and the 2nd worst manufacturer. Nor will Ford who saw the Focus CC come in as worst overall car and worst Open-top cars.
Both Vauxhall and Ford however where both beaten to the bottom slot though by Saab who rated overall as the worst manufacturer of 2010.
It would seem from this years results that Skoda's and the BMW 1 Series may be highly desirable in the used / Nearly New car market in 2011/12. So if you're considering buying a new car today it may be worth considering these cars if you intend on selling your car while it is still relatively new.
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