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mumbo-killingmachine-jumbo · 3 years

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scene name : the deep dark

characters : martyn, ren

what happens : martyn, having just shy of 4 lives, begs ren for a deal. in exchange for one live, he’ll have martyn at his beck and call. ( starts Shadow Lord development arc )

music i used as inspo : escapism- steven universe , a crow’s trial - vane lily , our word - 36 questions ,

word count : 747

at the gates of the den, ren’s ears perk up. someone’s approaching. an enemy or a guest he does not know, but ren resolves to greet him the same either way. ( ren just hopes they don’t threaten his home. he’s been working on it for a while, dude. sure, there aren’t any rules here, but base destruction this early…)

ren lightly smacks the side of his head. don’t think about it, he chides himself.

the footsteps are louder now. whoever it is, they’re almost here. ren opens up the gate ( glorified fences, really ) and takes a peek around. he doesn’t see anyone, but he can still hear them, ( and smell them ) so he calls out.

“ yo, whoever it is skulkin’ around in here and scaring my dogs, it’s uncool. come out and show yourself, man! “

his voice echoes around the forest for a while, until someone creeps out. it’s martyn. ( ren breathes a sigh of relief ) he looks fine, with no real injuries, but his back is too straight and his smile is too wide. ren doesn’t think for one second that he’s here innocently, not exactly. but it’s good to see him nonetheless. ( he could take martyn in a fight, couldn’t he? couldn’t he? )

martyn smiles again. and some part of ren notices, remembers it. it’s his business grin. martyn wears it when he’s trying to make a deal or scam someone. often both. he shivers. his instincts are screaming at him that it’s unsafe here, he should run, but the other part of him smiles back. ( running shows weakness. and the last thing he needs is to seem weak right now )

“ sorry about the scare, man! my bad. nice to know I can be scary, though. decided to swing by for a chat. your base looks lovely, by the way. can I come in? “ he asks.

ren opens the gate and gestures for martyn to come in. they spend a few minutes pestering each other and joking lightly about the boogeyman curse. ren hopes martyn doesn’t notice the way his hands shake in his pockets, or how his tail stops wagging when they talk about it. ( ren hopes martyn doesn’t grab his axe and swing halfway into the conversation. )

“ well, now that we’ve determined that we’re not the boogeyman, what brings you here dude? and don’t you dare tell me that you just wanted to visit. “ ren says. he wiggles his eyebrows for benefit.

martyn laughs. it sounds like a pebble skipping across a pond. it sounds like manic disbelief. it sounds like hysteria.

“ what, can’t I just pop over to see a pal? “

“…”

ren’s arms cross on his chest. he’s unimpressed.

“ okay, okay. so as you might’ve noticed, I’m yellow. which isn’t a very good thing to be. so I thought to myself, hey, who’s the nicest guy you know? who might be willing to spare a life to a poor soul like me? “

in spite of himself, ren smiles. ( he knows he’s being swindled, but martyn looks so damn cute when he spouts off the ‘ you’re nice ‘ spiel. let him be ) he motions for martyn to go on.

“ of course, I’m not expecting you to do this out of the kindness of your heart! “

martyn gets down on one knee.

“ woah, woah, woah. what’s going on here dude? not that I’m not flattered but…” ren stammers out.

“ milord, if you give me a life, my sword will be your sword. my shield will be your shield, and I’ll take the hit for you.” ( he says it his drama voice, and oh, if the prospect of an ally doesn’t appeal to you. )

now, ren’s not an idiot, ( no matter what cleo says to the contrary ) he knows what martyn is like. martyn wants to win. if he accepts this offer, he’ll probably end up stabbed in the back at some point. the man could give scar a run for his money.

but martyn’s useful, too. he’s surprisingly good at pvp, and his… knack for persuasion could come in handy down the road. having martyn on his side would drastically increase his chance of survival.

ren accepts. his sword is heavy against martyn’s shoulders.

“ no longer are you only martyn inthelittlewood, laddie, but on this day I dub thee Martyn, Knight of Shadows. arise, loyal knight. “ ( the accent hurts his throat a little, but that’s okay. it’ll get easier with time. )

martyn rises. martyn smiles. and behind him, his shadow grows a little bit darker.

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hyperfixationspam · 3 years

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post-finale stream highlights

Lyd doing an impression of S1 Tim: I'M THE HOT ONE

Mike playing Among Us as S3 Tim: I'm not doing my tasks. It doesn't matter anymore.

Jane Prentiss after a body was discovered: WASN'T ME. NO HOLES

Jane: I... LIKE... FANFIC! Helen: Yeah, me too!

Alex: Jon can't be the impostor because we would all just hear "CEASELESS WATCHER" from the other side of the ship.

Playing Among Us with all Tims and they all just complimented each other

(after Martin gets ejected) "Well, he was a fire hazard anyway." "Why?? Was he just carrying ignition sources around??" "Yes."

Martyn, playing as Robin from MAG100: I'm a geologist! Alex: HOW DO YOU REMEMBER THAT?

Autumn: The questions were submitted by fans but I had to edit them because no one spelled John's name with an H. They're very stubborn.

Alex: The J in Alexander J Newall stands for K and the K in Martin K Blackwood stands for J.

Sasha Sienna: I'm Sasha, I played Georgie Barker. Not Sasha. And not Not Sasha. But I'm Sasha. And I'm Georgie.

Jonny: Alex, didn't we cut out the cheese domain episode? Alex: It wasn't cut, but there was a bug where everyone who listened to it forgot about it.

Annie saying Martin has a sweater that says "twink" and the entire chat yelling at her for it

Alex: MARTYN, STOP TRYING TO MAKE ROBIN LENNOX RELEVANT!

There's nothing Sasha loves more than... being herself.

Jonny: I almost took the "good cows" line out because I knew I'd never hear the end of it.

Alex: Hi, I'm Alex. I was Martin Blackwood. Until. Ya know.

Alex: Jon and Martin aren't going kayaking, they're going canoeing.

Everyone arguing about what a cannoli is

"John's secret hobby is... compliments or regrets?" Sasha: I'm going with compliments because the regrets aren't a secret.

Jonny: I find Tiktok alienating and alarming. (long beat of silence)

Alex: I've managed to avoid "big boy man" up to this point. Alisdair: Oh, we'll fix that.

Title of Annabelle's cancelled show: The Muppets (dead)

"THIS EPISODE OF THE MAGNUS ARCHIVES IS SPONSORED BY RAID SHADOW LEGENDS"

Mike: What did Jon say Martin would contribute to their work in episode 1? Annie: THICC THIGHS

Mike: What familiar object do Daisy and Jon share recurring nightmares of? Martyn: Tim. Mike: Minus one point

Mike: What is the name of the barista that became romantically involved with Agnes Montague? Martyn: Uhhh... Bobby Bobertson.

Annie: I'm making a spinoff with love entities. Gerry said there's only fear entities and I said fuck you.

Mike: The answer is Fuckhands McMi- I mean Michael

Frank: My gender is spider (nonbinary)

Mike: Which character was hiding that they were Jonah Magnus through the previous seasons? Frank: Tim? Annie: The shiba in the control room.

Annie: I just know that if there was a live action adaptation of Magnus, Idris Elba would play Adelard Dekker.

Nico: I'm not allowed on AO3, but they specifically told me not to search Jon ribs Marilyn Manson. (various noises of disgust from everyone) Mike: MINUS TEN POINTS

Everyone saying "mahhhhhtin" over and over

Tim Meredith being revealed as the voice of the laughs in 189

Mike: How did it feel to have the last line of the show? Frank: VINDICATIONNNNNNN

Rhys: Stay tuned for my Magnus AU romcom podcast, "Fuck You Gerard Keay."

#this was the first time i got to watch the rq stream live!!! it was very fun #i had to dip out a few times so i probably missed some good moments #PLEASE add some that i missed #or just forgot to include #the magnus archives #tma spoilers

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shriekbackmusic · 3 years

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1000 BOOKS - LYRICS & CREDITS

Written and performed by Shriekback: Barry Andrews, Martyn Barker and Carl Marsh.

Produced by Christoph Skirl at Echo Zoo Studios, Eastbourne (may-oct 2021)

Backing vocals: Wendy and Sarah Partridge,

Bass on tracks 2,3 & 6: Scott Firth.

cover art: Joe del Tufo (Moonlamp photography)

Space in the Blues

Pick the low-hanging fruit

From the red tree of fluid

Is it substance abuse that’s the cause

Or did love make me do it?

Be not afraid of beauty

Do not avoid the light

Beware the cold stagnation

That comes by surprise like a thief in the night

I am sharp and divine

I am biding my time

Antiseptically clean to the end of the line

At the boundary edge

The infinity net

If there’s a limit I’ve not found it yet

So I’ll fall, fall, fall

Through the space in the blues

Nurse a dark tender bruise

In a hotbed of ruin

Is the margin of error so small

That we cannot hold to it?

Be not seduced by anger

Do not abandon trust

Deny the fragmentation

That drives all we hold dear to fall into dust

I am shimmer and glare

I am vanishing rare

Escaping like steam making love to the air

By the glowering wall

The enabling shade

Some caustic decisions have yet to be made

And I fall, fall, fall

Through the space in the blues

Squeeze the last primal juice

Under mirrors and sequins

Is the whirlpool dragging us down

Or do swimmers burst through it?

Be not in thrall to prophets

Do not regret mistakes

Dismiss the old frustration

Twists body and mind in its grip til they break

I am blessed and cursed

I am fearing the worst

Obsessively charting our last days on Earth

In the luminous dawn

The irrational gleam

With everything coming apart at the seams

I will fall, fall, fall

Through the space in the blues

UNHOLINESS

No summer time

Just winter fear

Unkind, unkind, unkind

The stricken face

The constant stare

Unwind, unwind, unwind

Waiting for an answer

Answer comes there none

Gonna never leave the nether world

Gonna never get you some

Everybody say

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Unholiness, unholiness

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Some perfect mess, some perfect mess

All improvised

There will be tears

It’s fine, it’s fine, it’s fine

Some savage grace

Is coming here

In time, in time, in time

Waiting for a reason

Reason slipped away

Gonna never leave the netherworld

This or any day

Everybody say

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Unholiness, unholiness

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Some perfect mess, some perfect mess

Talkin’ ‘bout a head shot

Talkin’ ‘bout a crimson flower

Talkin’ ‘bout the underground

Talkin’ ‘bout super powers

The signifier and the signified

The petrified and the petrified

The drones, the bones, the shrunken heads

These are the monsters under the bed

Defamation, the easy lies

The bogeyman ate all the pies

Dissent, disease, the trembling knees

And, oh, your soul is burning

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Unholiness, unholiness

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Some tenderness, some tenderness

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

In loneliness, in loneliness

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Some perfect mess, some perfect mess

PORTOBELLO HEAD

defrock me

windsock me

cock block me

in a limited way

consume me

perfume me

and groom me

wipe the mess away

sincerely..

just merely

Cuff me to the radiator Cuff me to the radiator

inflame me

rename me

mainframe me

in the light of day

it's dirt cheap

one big heap

it won't keep

shovel it away

inject me

inflect me

hook me to the generator hook me to the generator

I get on on my belly

gonna roll around

in the satellites the choirs are singing

Down in the Jelly there's a world unbound

phantasmagoria of virtue clinging

inspect me

dissect me

resurrect me

20 times a day

I hoarded

the sordid

- we all did -

then let it out to play

I went there

got bent there

blessed be the stimulator blessed be the stimulator

I get on on my belly

gonna hit the ground

on the leatherette the tyres are burning

Schiaparelli - don't mess around:

all the pestilence of love returning

(front brain - mainframe,heavier than lead:

you'll never get the better of the Portobello Head)

SLOWLY AT FIRST THEN ALL AT ONCE

Love is where it falls and then it falls away, they say

but this view is sentimental:

I think you'll find, in both directions,

that the gradient's more gentle:

love grows by increments - one day that revelatory kiss

then she's who you spend your nights with -

who you mix your essences with and who you will be the one..

you have the fights with.

And the ways of the world are strange - the steeple-bells they chime

saying: 'history don't repeat itself; it rhymes.'

Slowly it comes at first, then all at the one time

Like the last tree that keeps its leaves on through november

but after the violence of storm has blown the branches bare the winter won't remember

it's surprising how much can change and yet (for now) appear the same

then one spasm and convulsion: after that you'll never see that world again

and the ways of the world are cruel and beautiful sometimes

it seems to be a common paradigm:

slowly it comes at first, then all at the one time

Ubu Roi and Mu'ammar: with all their sadopopular ambitions,

(characterised by many lies

beyond the normal scope of even politicians)

dismantled one by one the democratic institutions of their nations.

Then the knocks at midnight came and the executions, pogroms and deportations.

And everyone ignored the signs:

the gradual crescendo of their crimes.

Slowly it comes at first, then all at the one time

This is an anthem to all the gods and goddesses of growth and demolition

I see it all with my thumb in my mouth from a foetal position.

To break down all the work of years you'd think would take some doing

but after a while I think you'll find there will be a few things that have been... ...brewing.

And one by one the small catastrophes align:

the fails, the falls, the ultimate decline

slowly it comes at first then all at the one time.

GOOD DISRUPTION

Down here where the facts decline

And the market falls

Start seeing the aura shine

Or see nothing at all

We are riding a wave of time

Get onto it, get onto it

We are changing a paradigm

Get over it, get over it

Gotta get some good disruption in your life

Gotta see who shakes the jar and set them right

When the the nights are long and the days are hard and bright

Gotta get some good disruption in your life

Down here where the robots dream

And the gears engage

Start feeling a silver gleam

Or feel nothing but rage

We are seeking a frequency

Lock on to it, lock on to it

We are scratching at secrecy

Locked out of it, locked out of it

Gotta get some good disruption in your life

Tell the ants inside the jar before they fight

When the the nights are long and the days are hard and bright

Gotta get some good disruption in your life

Shoobie doobie dot-dash

Tickertape and wah-wah

Ramalama bebop

Go doolally la-la

Hanky panky mish-mash

Chemicals and ya ya

Ai caramba flip-flop

Go rat-a-tat ta ta

Gotta get some good disruption in your life

Gotta see who shakes the jar and set them right

When the the nights are long and the days are hard and bright

Gotta get some good disruption in your life

EVERYTHING HAPPENS SO MUCH

There's too many shits and giggles

too many flaming swords

so many ripped on the Frazzledrip

(see the quality finish of the waterboards!)

So much is drained of virtue

So much has jumped the shark

Going to seed, trying to to find the feed:

way downriver with the oligarch.

I will interrogate my spirit guide -

Ask her why the world is amplified:

How it happens

why everything happens so much?

Why Everything Happens

Everything Happens So Much

There's too many schticks and scandals -

too many dicks in the cake -

too many licks from the crazy stick,

all too terrible to contemplate.

Too much enshrined to passion

- the ramifications sprawl.

See the fever dreams of the welfare queens

coming red-handed from the sad-sack ball.

I'm going out to brace the oracle

Find out how much is metaphorical

How it happens

why everything happens so much?

Why Everything Happens

Everything Happens So Much

too many shits and giggles

too many waterboards

all of the 'stop at nothing'

all of the flaming swords

too much enshrined to passion

(see how the passions sprawl)

too many schticks and scandals

we fear the shopping mall

so much is drained of virtue

so much has jumped a shark

so many paths to Glory

(follow the Oligarch)

so many lives that shatter

so many hearts that break

so little left to worry

so very much at stake

I will interrogate my spirit guide -

Ask her why the world is amplified

How it happens

why everything happens so much?

Why Everything Happens

Everything Happens So Much

DIFFERENT STORY

That boy seems nice enough

It’s a shame he ain’t bright enough

Just not wrapped tight enough

On his way to death or glory

That girl seems fine to me

Seems to know her own mind to me

Kinda walks the line for me

In between some different stories

A different story written on the wind

A symphony of noise and beauty

Fill ourselves with wonder and speak of senseless things

And the song that tomorrow sings

Means the story starts again

A different story never ends

That girl might break ‘em up

Or that boy could make it up

Either way they’re waking up

Tell tall tales, shake some action

The city is a book for them

Everybody there looks like them

They know it’s up to them

To make themselves the main attraction

A different story written on the years

A testament of sound and fury

Keep it in the sunshine and water it with tears

And the fruit that the future brings

Means the story starts again

A different story never ends

The things we’ve seen, the hands we’ve held

Marks on the map and notes in the margin

Small print, tall tales, fables and faded flowers

The stuff of legend? Ha! - pure invention

The rumour mill, lies, fact and fiction

Sideways looks, secret glances

Whispers, yelps and news reports

The strangers met and the friends we’ve lost

The little kids watched Jackanory

The grown-ups have a different story

1000 DIFFERENT BOOKS

Stealing all the years

Not gaining time

Hold the moment standing still

Under a stranger sky

Cry into the future

Rolling back the mind

Let reason slide

Buildings raised on shifting sands

Commence a slow decline

Cry into the future

Guided now by instinct

Negotiate disguise

The pedigrees are mongrels, eagles rooks

A book read by a thousand people is a thousand different books

Seeing through new eyes

What’s left to know?

Bound by logic’s ordered line

Pulled by the undertow

Cry into the future

The painting has more layers

X-rayed and peeled away

The camera blurred the picture when it shook

A book read by a thousand people is a thousand different books

Pass these memories on

These things survive

A forest turning into words

Or falling to the fire

Cry into the future

The path of least resistance

Delegate the ride

Set free from all reality’s cruel hooks

A book read by a thousand people is a thousand different books

WILD WORLD

Well the days are slipping past now:

days of calibrated sorrow.

This is our little piece of history

(maybe we get some tomorrow?).

There's still the trouble with the off-switch

and still the struggle with the satyr

but there's nothing much to see here now;

not a lot that really matters.

And the Wild World listens as you sing

and the Wild World wants you for a sunbeam

..although the light is fading

there's still enough to read by

and the world will hold a candle for you

as the hallucinations speed by

and you'd better make your peace with

all the things you know are true now

and all the things you didn't do

..that you're never gonna do now

For the Wild World shines in the rain

and the Wild World slips through your fingers

You can try and sum it up

- to tell somebody how you found it

well the best of luck with that

You won't get your arms around it

because the falling of the sparrows

because the rising of the larks

because the little boats a' sailing (on the Wine Dark Sea)

because the drinkers in the parks...

and the making of the mountains

the stones you kept as souvenirs:

the fragments you have gathered up

through the distortion of the years

And the Wild World spins you into space

and the Wild World wishes you the best now

because it loves you very much

it made a place for you to live in

complicated to the touch:

and neither vengeful nor forgiving

embrace your torments now:

your many lacerations,

your lamentations,

your thirst for adoration ...

and at the bottom of it all

there may be nothing there at all

..and Oh! to this accomodation

and to this grand delusion -

I can be true

and everything is humming;

World, I cannot hold you close enough

this I leave with you

.... I leave with you

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jt1674 · 10 months

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#shriekback #oil and gold #only thing that shines #barry andrews #dave allen #martyn barker #carl marsh

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dreadfutures · 3 years

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url music meme

I was tagged by @melisusthewee | @inquisitoracorn | @1000generations | @oxygenforthewicked | @hoochieblues

Pick a song for each letter of your url and tag the same number of people as there are letters. super late on this one. @diirthara-ma | @rozzwil | @siennamain | @whataboutbugs | @victoriousscarf if you haven’t done this yet and would like to :)

Overall I’d like to recommend: The Oh Hellos, Machine Gun Kelly, alt J, and Death Cab for Cutie but I’m excluding them from these selections because I just have TOO MUCH of their music...

Tried to get a good mix of genres!

d - Desire, Years & Years

r - Real (Radio Edit), Years & Years

e - Even If It’s a Lie - Demo, Matt Maltese

a - arrow, half*alive

d - Die Young, Sylvan Esso

f - For You, Fyfe

u - Used, Jake Troth

t - t r a n s p a r e n t s o u l, WILLOW & Travis Barker

u - Undercover Martyn, Two Door Cinema Club

r - Redbone, Dontcry

e - Electric Pow Wow Drum, The Halluci Nation

s - SGL, Now Now

#off topic #meme #music

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itcars · 4 years

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BMW Begins 2020 With Multiple Award Wins

BMW has kicked off 2020 by adding 13 industry awards to the brand’s ever-growing collection of accolades. The spectrum of awards, including a quartet of category wins in the What Car? Awards 2020, Company Car Today CCT100 Awards and Great British Fleet Awards, underlines the variety of the BMW model line-up and its class-leading status in multiple segments.

Four category wins in What Car? Awards 2020

BMW’s 3 Series and 5 Series triumphed at the What Car? Awards 2020, winning praise for their usability, ease of ownership and advanced technologies.

The 3 Series won the Safety Award, with the 330e also taking home trophies for Best Plug-in Hybrid Car and Best Executive Car.

Steve Huntingford, Editor, What Car?, said: “The astonishing BMW 330e is not only the best plug-in hybrid you can buy, but the best executive car full stop. It slickly integrates the latest green technology with the long-held wants and needs of people shopping in this class.”

He added that the advanced plug-in hybrid was easy to live with, that it is “of the very highest standard everywhere inside” and is “fantastic to drive, yet well priced and cheap to run”.

The 5 Series reigned supreme in the fiercely-contest Best Luxury Car category. After announcing it as What Car?’s favourite luxury car since the seventh-generation version was launched in 2016, Huntingford added: “not only is it the most comfortable and quietest car in its price bracket, but it also offers a better driving position than any comparable car and its feature-packed, user-friendly infotainment system is light years ahead of everything else”. The model’s frugal running costs also contributed to the win, with What Car? highlighting that it was cheaper than its rivals to run privately, or as a company car.

Quadruple BMW victory at the Great British Fleet Awards

BMW was voted Fleet Manufacturer of the Year at the 2020 Great British Fleet Awards, with Fleet World applauding the commitment of its UK fleet team in making a BMW business purchase easy and straightforward.

Martyn Collins, Editor, Fleet World said: “BMW have upped up the ante in the last year with Rob East and the team having implemented changes to bring sustainable channel management to the company. They’ve also aligned the BMW and MINI brands to complement, rather than compete against each other, all working together to make buying a BMW easier.”

The new 1 Series and 3 Series were also category winners. The 1 Series was named Best Lower Medium Fleet Car, with the 3 Series winning Best Fleet Compact Executive Car and Best New Fleet Car.

Confirming why the 1 Series was victorious, Collins highlighted its impressive interior space and connectivity. He concluded that it was “great to drive and impressively refined”.

He was equally complimentary of the 3 Series, adding: “At Fleet World, we’re big fans of the latest model launched just over a year ago, as it’s such a complete all-rounder, offering more interior space, impressive tech, combined with efficient engines to keep costs down.”

1 Series, 3 Series and 5 Series awarded at Company Car Today CCT100 Awards

BMW underlined the suitability of its model range for fleets and company drivers after the 1 Series, 3 Series and 5 Series were all category winners in the Company Car Today CCT100 Awards.

The CCT100 is Company Car Today’s definitive list of the 100 cars that can fulfil any business car requirement, and it was the 3 Series that was voted number one, winning the CCT100 Car of the Year Award. The 3 Series added to its success with the Compact Executive Car of the Year Award.

The awards haul was bolstered with the 1 Series winning the Premium Lower Medium Car of the Year Award and the 5 Series being named Executive Car of the Year.

On awarding BMW, Paul Barker, Editor, said: “It was a big year of change for BMW, with the new 1 Series and 3 Series being launched in 2019, but these awards prove the brand has successfully and brilliantly replaced two fleet favourites with models that are more efficient, cleverer and better all-round than their predecessors, while the 5 Series, a former CCT100 Car of the Year, continues to be the best Executive model by some distance.”

There was further recognition for the 3 Series at the Company Car and Van Awards, the 330e adding to its growing number of trophies by winning the Plug-in Hybrid Car of the Year Award. Company Car and Van editor Andrew Walker praised 330e as “arguably the best plug-in car full stop.”

#bmw #cars #awards #news #what car? awards #CCT100 Awards

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