MUCH like every other aspect of our lives, the whole distasteful and mind-warping Brexit conundrum impacted greatly on the motor industry, causing fear and uncertainly and prompting another year of falling new car sales and, for the trade, the increasingly worrying spectre of more than 100,000 used cars being imported from the UK.

The new Peugeot 3008, which we featured here at Examiner Motoring recently, has been named the 2017 Car of the Year in what was a surprisingly close contest.