Car of the Year 1996
| Country | Name | Fiat Bravo/Brava | Peugeot 406 | Audi A4 | Opel/Vauxhall Vectra | Mercedes-Benz E-class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Austria |
Horst Kahlert | 9 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 1 |
| Gerhard Nöhrer | 8 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | |
| Herbert Völker | 7 | 6 | 9 | - | 3 | |
| Belgium |
Jean-Jacques Renaux | 7 | 5 | 8 | 5 | - |
| Etienne Visart de Bocarmé | 5 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 4 | |
| Czech Republic |
Milan Jozif | 6 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
| Denmark |
Peter Aaboe | 8 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| Finland |
Mauri Salo | 6 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 5 |
| France |
Jacques Farenc | 6 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 2 |
| Jean-Pierre Gosselin | 6 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | |
| Francis Monsenergue | 8 | 11 | - | 4 | 2 | |
| Benoît Pérot | 6 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 1 | |
| Francis Reste | 5 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 1 | |
| Edouard Seidler | 8 | 12 | - | 4 | 1 | |
| Germany |
Georg Kacher | 4 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 6 |
| Peter Klinkenberg | 7 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 3 | |
| Jürgen Lewandowski | 4 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 6 | |
| Engelbert Männer | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 5 | |
| Gerhard Thomssen | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 6 | |
| Christian Wüst | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15 | |
| Greece |
Costas Cavathas | 8 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 |
| Hungary |
Péter Surányi | 8 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 1 |
| Ireland |
Andrew Hamilton | 8 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 3 |
| Italy |
Giancarlo Baghetti | 8 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
| Alberto Bellucci | 4 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 5 | |
| Carlo Cavicchi | 6 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 3 | |
| Michele Fenu | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 8 | |
| Claudio Nobis | 8 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 2 | |
| Daniele Pellegrini | 6 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 3 | |
| Netherlands |
Jack Kruger | 8 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| Willem Leniger | 8 | 9 | - | 3 | 5 | |
| Ton Roks | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |
| Norway |
Hans Gravdal | 8 | 7 | 4 | 6 | - |
| Poland |
Wojciech Sierpowski | 7 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Portugal |
Adriano Cerqueira | 8 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
| José Vieira | 8 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 4 | |
| Russia |
Mikhail I. Podorozhansky | 6 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| Slovenia |
Tomaz Porekar | 7 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 2 |
| Spain |
Arturo de Andrés | 7 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 3 |
| Eduardo Azpilicueta | 5 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 3 | |
| Pedro Figueruelo | 9 | 8 | 2 | 6 | - | |
| Alberto Mallo | 10 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | |
| Sergio Piccione | 8 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 3 | |
| Maria Angeles Pujol | 9 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | |
| Sweden |
Christer Glenning | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Marianne Sterner | 9 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | |
| Björn Sundfeldt | 2 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 3 | |
| Switzerland |
Urs Bärtschi | 3 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| Alexander Beck | 3 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 4 | |
| Michel Busset | 5 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | |
| United Kingdom |
Steve Cropley | 5 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| Ray Hutton | 9 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 4 | |
| John Langley | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | |
| Michael Scarlett | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | |
| L.J.K. Setright | 8 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 5 | |
| David Williams | 10 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | |
| Total | 378 | 363 | 246 | 217 | 196 |
