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BMW 3-Series Voted Britain’s Safest Car

BMW and Citroen apparently manufacture the safest family cars according to a recent study published in the United Kingdom recently. The study which apparently covered all major automobile manufacturers was carried out by the magazine Auto Express and Euro NCAP, an independent automobile safety institute.

The particular cars in question were the BMW 3 - series and the Citroen C4.

This was a major study and involved hundreds of cars which were put through a massive series of passenger and pedestrian protection tests.

There were a whole series of accident avoidance procedures that were looked at and there were nine overall categories of vehicle from which the top three cars in each category were chosen.

A rating system of stars was used and each winning car was awarded up to a maximum of 14 stars.

The BMW three series scored 10 styles and was the best, in the large family car section. It was commended for its protection for child passengers and scored well in head on collision tests.

Matt Johnson of the joint sponsors of the study Auto Express said “if the worst does occur to count on the road, you’ll want to be in the homework will protect you and your family.” Makes sense to me.

“Cars have got significantly safer over recent years thanks to these independent crash tests. A models safety rating is a major factor people consider when choosing a new car.”

“Many cars now score a full five stars [in eight categories]. But within this band some do better than others and our list separates out the very top performing cars.”

“These are the ones which Euro NCAP reckons offers the very highest level of safety for their class and is something car buyers should be aware of.”

As was mentioned before there were nine categories of Britain’s safest cars. The first category was the “super minis”. Winners here included the Peugeot 207, the Fiat Punto and the Toyota Yaris.

The second category was small family cars; winners here included the Citroen C4, Ford focus, Mercedes A- class. Next came the large family cars in which the BMW three series Volvo S-40 and Volkswagen Passat came out as winners. The Lexus GS300 triumphed in the executive Cars, the Honda S2000 won the roadsters section. The Volkswagen Touareg was voted best large off roader and the Land Rover Freelander was the best small off roader.

The best small and MPVS wants the Toyota Corolla Verso and the Ford Galaxy was voted best large MPVS.

As had been discussed in the media, both sponsors of this study were concerned that safety is now of such paramount concern that it is essential that as many prospective buyers of cars are aware of safety issues overall.

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Bulgaria, a former communist country is one of the new and rapidly developing economies and new democracies within Eastern Europe Bulgaria is now a fully fledged member of the European Union having gone through the full process of admission in the so- called latest “in-take.” Economically Bulgaria like a lot of the former communist countries of Eastern Europe has seen good times and bad times and at the moment things appear to be on the good side.

Well Kerry and an experienced what could be described as a macro economic stability and strong growth since the major economic downturn in 1996 led to the downfall of the then socialist government. As the result of political upheaval the ensuing government became committed to economic reform planning and more importantly responsible fiscal planning.

Traditional economic interests and industries are important still in Bulgaria and basic minerals including coal, copper and zinc etc. play an important part in Bulgarian industry.

Economically Bulgaria things took a major turn in 1997 when the foundling macro economic stability was reinforced by the imposition of a fixed rate of exchange against the German D-mark and the negotiation of a standby agreement gave the International Monetary Fund the so called IMF.

Subsequent to this steady progress on proposed structural reforms coupled with low inflation have improved a business environment; and as such Bulgaria has managed to average around 4 % growth since 2000 and has at last managed to attract significant amounts of foreign direct investment.

Though the political and economic climate has improved in all areas there are still problem areas such it is best to try and avoid. Alongside any of the other former communist regime’s corruption in public administration involved area have delayed reforms this coupled with the week judiciary and the presence off organized crime are probably combined to make the largest challenges this fledgling Democracy has had to face.

Though not technically regarded as one of the many industries in Bulgaria, the property market has now started to come of age. Property prices involved in Bulgaria rank amongst some of the cheapest in Europe. Matt having said since Bulgaria joined the European Union price is on property and real estate on now rising.

Unlike other countries it is expected to see a surge in property values in Bulgaria continue.

It was argued at the time by the international Herald entry. But they reckoned it was impossible to make losing investments in Bulgaria’s real estate sector.

Again like some of the other former communist countries of Eastern Europe Bulgaria is playing fairly serious catch up on the economic front.

In one year in the late 90s residential property allegedly went up 36.6% and it is forecast that property prices though still much lower than the rest of the Central and Eastern European countries like Romania, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic are still likely to remain buoyant.

Real Estate has turned out to be one of Bulgaria’s fasted growing economic sectors data from the National Property Association shows. International analysts said however that it is not the influx of foreign capital as the driving force that is keeping the Bulgarian market buoyant rather the growth in the Domestic Economy played an important role also.

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