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The boardroom of Citroen must be a very happy place right now, lots of hand-clasping and pointy-fingered greetings, maybe a couple of subtle high-fives when nobody's looking. For the first time in years, the product planners, engineers and designers have a proper solid-gold hit, a car that embodies everything that Citroen always promised, but so rarely managed to deliver. Citroen has the DS3, and things are looking up.  

Words: Tom Ford
Photography: Lee Brimble

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This article was originally published in the Awards issue of Top Gear magazine