BICSA Awards
2007 winners of the British Insurance Car Security Awards
Since 2004 British Insurers, supported by the Home Office, Department for Transport, AA and others have given annual awards to recognise the best in new car security.
The 2007 BICSA awards were announced at a ceremony on 20 June at Thatcham, the Motor Insurance Repair Research Centre.
The awards are based on the New Vehicle Security Assessments undertaken on a continuous basis by Thatcham as part of the Insurance group rating process. Essentially the winner in each vehicle category is the vehicle with the highest combined score for 'theft of' and 'theft from' performance.
Winners must be in current production and on sale in the UK market at the end of April 2007.
The winners in each category are summarised below.
City Car/Supermini
Citroen C3
Small Family Cars
Citroen C4
Family Cars
Peugeot 407
Compact Executive Car
Lexus IS
Compact MPV
Citroen C4 Picasso
Large MPV
Ford S-Max
Open-Top Car
Audi TT Roadster
Performance Car
Audi S8
Compact 4x4
Nissan X-Trail
Large 4x4
Audi Q7
Executive Car
Citroen C6
Luxury Car
Mercedes-Benz S-Class
Best Manufacturer Award
Audi UK
Innovation Awards
Citroen UK Ltd for the Citroen Vehicle Identification System (CVIS)
Volvo Car UK Ltd for the Personal Car Communicator (PCC) with Heartbeat Sensor (HBS)
Visit our Car Buyer's Guide for specifications, prices, car reviews and other information about any of these models.
Visit the Thatcham website for more details about the BICSA awards and the qualifying/selection criteria.