My judgement is based on following grounds:

It rarely occurs that one car producer manages to design cars of different classes, which year by year deserve Car of the Year title. In my opinion, that is the case for Astra, which followed Insignia’s footsteps. Astra is distinguished by many modern solutions. I like both its interior and external design. Test drives have proven that it drives perfectly. I allocated the most points to this car.
I placed Toyota iQ and Volkswagen Polo on the second place. Innovative Toyota would take the lead in my classification, but extremely high price compared to the size of this car (so the factor very important on our market) left me with no choice. Similarly, high price of Polo results from very high quality of the car. I also do not have any reservations towards qualities of driving, but as for design – especially of a dashboard – Volkswagen could be more daring.
I placed Citroen C3 Picasso in the middle of my classification. First of all, I am impressed by the size of interior gained on such compact car.
I do not have great reservations towards other cars from “the seventh”, but Mercedes E, Peugeot 3008 and Skoda Yeti are quite expensive – even in relation to their classes.