Women at the Paris Car Show Go for BMW's Z3 Roadster

10/11/96

Reuters has reported that BMW's New Z3 Roadster is the top choice of 5,000 women who showed up to vote on 10 new or revamped models at the Paris car show. Second place in the polling went to a Peugeot 106 with interior designing by model Ines de la Fressange, while third went to a Volkswagen Polo 100. The Citroen Berlingo and the restyled Renault Twingo filled out the women's top five choices.

The "also-rans" at the event were the new Ford Ka minicar, the Hyundai Scoupe, Fiat's Lancia Y, Nissan's Micra Plaza and the Opel Tigra. A survey of 550 women at the event found that the largest proportion of them (37 percent) said their dream cars were sports cars. The second largest voting block (34 percent) wanted small easy-to-park cars. 58 percent of the survey participants preferred to drive rather than be driven.

Paul Dever -- The Auto Channel