Not just in it's own category. It beat them all!
From Canada.com
"Niagara-on-the-Lake, ONT. • Let’s cut right to the burning question of which car will win the title of AJAC’s Best New Car for 2012. It’s no contest, really — the BMW 1 Series M Coupe deserves every accolade already lauded upon it, as well as those yet to come.
The winner of its category (Best New Performance Car over $50,000) in the 2012 Canadian Car of the Year contest held at Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont. by the Automobile Journalists Association of Canada (AJAC) last week, the 1 M not only summits every measurement in this contest, it also trumpets everything that a great automobile should be."
Here's the link
http://www.canada.com/cars/best+Toua...838/story.html
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