So Top Gear magazine has pronounced its verdict on the Car of the Year and it’s given the award to the Citroen DS3. Clearly no one from the magazine is over 6ft, because if they were, they might be aware of its shortcomings. Yes, it’s a fantastic piece of automotive design; yes, it drives like no Citroen has for years; but, no, it’s not built for the taller user. I adjusted the seat for leg length and couldn’t reach the steering wheel properly. I put that right and my knees were up against the dash. I would have thought comfort for all types of customer would be a consideration when judging these things, but obviously not. I have to agree with some of the Top Gear team’s other choices, though. The hot hatch award goes to the VW Golf R, a car the testers say is so good at doing everything it’s impossible to know where to start praising it. And they’ve given the coupe gong to the Peugeot RCZ, which I very much enjoyed. Can’t really understand why that didn’t make the final shortlist for the European Car of the Year award. It deserved to more than some than did. Like the Citroen DS3, for example.
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