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Rudratej Singh from BMW India speaking  Studiously ignoring the camera is an acquired skill  Team Hyundai collecting its awards for 2020



                                                                          Introduced

                                                                          in 2005, the

                                                                          ICOTY is the

                                                                          most prestigious


                                                                          award in the

                                                                          Indian automobile

                                                                          industry
        ‘The bar is closed, sir.’ ‘What?! Hardy, where are you?!’





           Premium Car Award 2020 by ICOTY,   year, the award recognizes and    Dhruv Behl and Ishan Raghava (Auto
           the top two contenders, the BMW 3   rewards the rigorous efforts made   X), Aspi Bathena and Sarmad Kadiri
           Series and X5, have evolved notably   by auto manufacturers in the areas   (Car India), Sirish Chandran and
           over their previous generations.    of design excellence, innovation   Aniruddha Rangnekar (Evo India),
           With affordability and accessibility   and R&D to ensure customer    Pablo Chaterji and Kartik Ware
           as the top valued factors for      satisfaction. A panel of auto     (Motoring World), Bertrand D’Souza
           assessment, the 3 Series emerged    experts from India’s top automobile   and Rohit Paradkar (Overdrive),
           as the top choice.’                publications come forward to judge   Muralidhar Swaminathan (The
             Introduced in 2005, the ICOTY is   the awards, and this year’s ICOTY   Hindu Business Line), Vikrant Singh
           the most prestigious award in the   jury consisted of Yogendra Pratap   (Carwale), Kushan Mitra (The Pioneer)
           Indian automobile industry. Every   and Rahul Ghosh (Auto Today),    and Girish Karkera (GQ India).


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