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    The Goldilocks hot hatchback

    Aug 25, 2021 2 minutes
    MATTHEW HAYWARD

    have evolved beyond all recognition, today’s top ‘mega hatches’ offering a possibly ludicrous 300-400bhp. For me, though, the perfect hot-hatch recipe is something small and lightweight, delivering somewhere around 200bhp through the front wheels. Quick enough to be very good fun, but with limits that can comfortably be explored legally on

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