Recently the staff of weekly magazine Autocar chose their favourite cars of 2008.
The list included a Ferrari, BMW, Porsche, Lotus, Jaguar ....and a Hyundai i10.
The editor Chas Hallett said: "The i10 mops up the worst of Britain's road better than some £30k saloons.... I happen to think that the i10 is one of the best new cars that money can buy."