All the European manufacturers had a hot little number in their portfolio, the likes of the Renault Megane RS Sport, the Peugeot 307 GTI, and Opel with their new Astra OPC models. And of course ...

Of all the Astra’s primary controls ... that if I’d been foolish enough to take this level of liberty in a 205 GTI, he’d have been running and I’d have been pulling twigs and grass ...