The Vauxhall Corsa scooped top honours in an awards ceremony dubbed the 'motoring Oscars'.

Vauxhall's latest supermini beat 13 other category winners to take the gong at a successful night for British-built cars.

Steve Fowler, group editor at What Car, the show's organisers said: "The Corsa may be a small car, but its talents are huge. It's spacious, refined, well built and good value.

"It's also strong on safety, environmentally-friendly and looks great."

It was an excellent night for British car makers, with Land Rover taking both Compact and Large 4x4 awards while the Brit-built Mini Cooper S was named as the top Hot Hatch.

The full list of winners were:

Supermini - Vauxhall Corsa 1.4 Club air-con 5dr
Small Family Car - Volkswagen Golf 1.6 FSI Match 5dr
Family Car - Volkswagen Passat 2.0 TDI S
Estate Car - Vauxhall Vectra 1.9 CDTI Exclusiv
Compact 4x4 - Land Rover Freelander 2.2 TD4 GS
Large 4x4 - Land Rover Discovery TDV6 SE auto
Hot Hatch - Mini Cooper S
Coupé - Audi TT 2.0 TFSI
Open-Top - Volkswagen Eos 2.0 T FSI
Performance Car - Porsche Cayman S
MPV - Citroën C4 Picasso 1.6 HDI SX EGS
Compact Executive - BMW 320d ES
Executive Car - BMW 525i SE auto
Luxury Car - Mercedes S320 CDI
Green Award - Toyota / Lexus
Safety Award - Mercedes
Overall Car of The Year - Vauxhall Corsa