We first saw the Citroën C4 hatchback in 2010 and if we were relatively underwhelmed back then by the car’s ordinariness, we pretty much still are today.

I have long been a fan of Mazda’s way of doing things. Rarely, if ever, does the Japanese manufacturer follow the road most travelled, preferring instead to find its own solutions to those problems which face the industry on a constant basis.

There has been an unseemly dash among car manufacturers to plug holes in their model line-ups.

THERE was widespread, justified acclaim for Peugeot’s second-generation 308 when it was unveiled in 2013. It won the European Car of the Year award, and the French concern moved upmarket.