In a stunning start to its 200th year, Peugeot has scored a magnificent hat trick at last night’s prestigious 2010 What Car? Car of the Year Awards, winning two category awards as well as the overall Car of the Year title for the standard-setting Peugeot 3008 Crossover.

The 3008 also topped the new Crossover category, with the 5008 making it a hat trick by winning the MPV of the year award.

Explaining why What Car? chose the 3008 as its 2010 Car of the Year, Editor Steve Fowler said: “The 3008 oozes clever thinking. It is styled in a striking and user-friendly fashion and has all the room inside that a modern family should need. Some of the features are a delight, like the full-length glass roof, the head-up display and the massive cooled storage bin between the front seats. Mind you, the rest of the car is pretty clever, too; the rear seats fold flat at the pull of a lever in the boot and the false cargo bay floor means you can get a long or a tall load in. And just as importantly, the 3008 is also comfortable to drive and be driven in, as well as being keenly priced and affordable to run. All of which makes it ultra-desirable and another brilliant Car of the Year.”