A german carmag Autozeitung just had a survey where 90 781 people decided the best car in different categories.
Every category is divided in "Germans" and "Foreign cars".
The "Germans" comptete with only german cars. Category "Foreign cars", no germans are involved.

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Germans

Tiny cars:
1. Mini
2. VW Polo
3. VW Fox


Small cars:
1. VW Golf
2. Audi A3
3. BMW 1er

Middle cars:
1. BMW 3er
2. Audi A4
3. VW Passat

Upper Middle cars:
1. Audi A6
2. BMW 5er
3. Mercedes CLS
4. Mercedes E class

Luxury cars:
1. Audi A8
2. new Mercedes S-Klasse
3. BMW 7er

Cabriolets:
1. BMW 6er Cabrio
2. Porsche 911 Cabrio
3. Mercedes SLK

Sportcars:
1. Porsche 911 Carrera
2. Porsche Cayman S
3. Mercedes SL

Supercars:
1. Porsche Carrera GT
2. Mercedes SLR
3. Bugatti Veyron

Minivans:
1. VW Touran
2. Mercedes B-Klasse
3. Opel Zafira

Vans:
1. Mercedes R-Klasse
2. VW T5
3. VW Sharan

SUV:
1. Audi Q7
2. VW Touareg
3. Porsche Cayenne

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Foreign cars

Middle cars:
1. Alfa 159
2. Toyota Avensis
3. Mazda 6

Upper Middle cars:
1. Lexus GS
2. Jaguar S-Type
3. Chrysler 300C

Luxury cars:
1. Maserati Quattroporte
2. Bentley Continental Flying Spur
3. Lexus LS 430

Cabriolets:
1. Ferrari F430 Spider
2. Aston Martin DB9 Volante
3. Mazda MX-5

Sportcars:
1. Aston Martin V8 Vantage
2. Nissan 350Z
3. Alfa Brera

Supercars:
1. Ferrari F430
2. Lamborghini Gallardo
3. Aston Martin Vanquish

SUV/Jeep:
1. Volvo XC 90
2. Hummer H3
3. Range Rover Sport

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Best advertising

1. Audi


2. BMW


3. Citroën

MINI is not german.
*** are germans considering MINI as a german (BMW) car, but Seat, Skoda, Bentley, Lamborghini, Chrysler, Jeep and Dodge are foreign ?!

Audi = takes 3 categories
BMW = takes 2 categories
Porsche = takes 2 categories
MB = takes 1 category

Surprising to see that A8 is ranked higher than new S-class

I agree with many of the choices but I'm really suprised that Hummer H3 got ranked higher than the Cayenne. The Hummer H3 is one of the worst SUVs out there.

Why is it surprising?

Cause every time I read on the internet, its always S-class here and there and people mention its the best luxury car and so on.
Besides its a brand new S-class so I thought it would take the first place.

To me it isn't that suprising, the result is from a public survey and very opinionated and therefor suprises are inevitable. Just like The H3 got a better ranking like the RR sport.

Mini and Ford (European Models) are considered German here in Germany. I've seen TV report about the Mini Frankfurt Concept and almost every one was working on it was German. So actually just a little of the English identity of Mini remained since BMW has taken over Mini.

I wasn't that surprised. The first two places were clearly taken by either the new S or the A8. The A8 has gained an extremely strong image in the last few years, not only because it's an amazing car but also because of the "mistakes" BMW and Mercedes made in that period. BMW with its shoking 7er design and the S (w220) with its Quality problems.

Q7 FIRST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!WOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOO

No surprise for me. Audi set so high standards with the A8 that S class failed to beat them.

Also nice to see that A6 won and A4 second behind 3 series.

Mercedes only won in the van segment.