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The GTIs have it

THE 1980s WAS A GOLDEN AGE FOR the hot hatch fan, and few did it better than the French. Sure, the Germans may have got there first with the mighty Volkswagen Golf GTI, but if you wanted a true lightweight, performance pocket-rocket, you just needed to look across the Channel.

While the Renault

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