The only car to turn my head, literally, in this class IS the Civic.
When I first saw one on the forecourt of Amethyst Gloucester,
NHB with Storms, I nearly crashed. I drooled & dribbled until I got a test drive & loved it even more.
No "family car" from Vauxhall has ever had that effect on me.
In this class I think only the Megane turned my head before but that was a kind of "do I like it or hate it? can't make my mind up..." feeling.
The Civic beats everything else by miles. IMHO.