Wheels & Deals: Peugeot 208 award; Skoda hybrid; new Cupra; Audi electrics; new Renault Megane

Declan Colley reports on Peugeot 208 taking the 2020 Car of the Year prize in Geneva, along with news updates on Skoda, Cupra, Audi and Renault

Wheels & Deals: Peugeot 208 award; Skoda hybrid; new Cupra; Audi electrics; new Renault Megane

The new Peugeot 208 was crowned the 2020 Car of the Year last Monday in Geneva, by a panel of judges made up of 60 European automotive journalists.

The small Peugeot, which offers a full-electric version, collected 281 points and 17 individual top votes from the jurors. With 242 points and the same number of best votes, the electric car Tesla Model 3 was second, while the last place in the podium was also for an EV, the Porsche Taycan, with 222 points. The rest of the finalists for the award were the Renault Clio (211 points), Ford Puma (209), Toyota Corolla (152) and BMW 1-series (133).

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