BICSA Awards
2008 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 2008 BICSA awards were announced at a ceremony on 18 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 2008.
The winners in each category are summarised below.
City car/Supermini
Mini (except convertible)
2nd - Citroen C3 Exclusive
3rd - VW Polo SE
Small familly car
Citroen C4 Exclusive
2nd - Volvo C30
3rd - Audi A3
Family car
Citroen C5 Exclusive (2008MY)
2nd - Peugeot 407 Executive
3rd - VW Passat
Compact executive
Audi A4 (2008MY)
2nd - Mercedes-Benz C-class
3rd - Cadillac BLS
4th - Lexus IS
Compact MPV
Citroen C4 Picasso Exclusive
2nd - VW Touran (except S)
3rd - Mazda 5
Large MPV
Ford S-Max
2nd - Ford Galaxy (except LX)
3rd - Chrysler Grand Voyager (2008MY)
Open-top car
Audi TT Roadster
2nd - Volkswagen Eos
3rd - Volvo C70
4th - Saab 9-3 Convertible
Performance car
Audi S8 (2008 MY)
2nd - Mercedes-Benz CL Coupe
3rd - Peugeot 407 Coupe
4th - Citroen C4 VTS
Compact 4x4 (recreational)
Volkswagen Tiguan
2nd - Chevrolet Captiva
3rd - Mazda CX-7
4th - Subaru Forrester (2008 MY)
Large 4x4 (recreational)
Toyota Land Cruiser V8 (2008MY)
2nd - Audi Q7
3rd - VW Touareg
4th - Volvo XC90
Executive car
Citroen C6
2nd - Peugeot 607
3rd - Audi A6
4th - Volvo S80
Luxury car
VW Phaeton (2008MY)
2nd - Audi A8 (2008 MY)
3rd - Mercedes-Benz S-class
4th - Lexus LS
5th - Daimler Super Eight
Manufacturer Award
Audi UK (A3, A4, A5, R8, TT, Q7, A6, and A8)
2nd - Volkswagen (Eos, jetta, Passat, Tiguan, Touareg and Phaeton
3rd - Mazda (3, 5, 6, MX-5, RX-8, CX-7
4th - Volvo Cars UK Ltd (C30, S40, V50, S60 (ex S60R), C70, XC90, V70 (ex V70R), XC70, S80
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.
26 June 2008