Game, Set and Hatch

veryone has their own unique reasons for preferring particular motoring formats and approaches. Some like to waft about the place in opulent splendour, insisting upon softly-sprung barges swathed in buttery-smooth leather. Others like gnarly, snorting off-roaders jacked up to the nines, ready to assault the scenery in a firestorm of man-versus-nature. Cravat sporting boulevardiers wouldn’t dare to be seen in anything other than an elegant, sylph-like roadster. And folks who hanker after hot hatches? Well, those things are addictive - these are cars for people who like to pretend to be sensible, but are in fact slightly unhinged. They’ve characterised a particular kind of driving thrill since their inception in the mid-1970s; sure, a rear-wheel-drive