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We blast off in reborn hot-hatch icon

One-off drift machine marks 50 years of R5, 40 years of Turbo 2

Rear-drive monster is powered by two high-performance motors

ANGLO-FRENCH relations were at their peak back in the eighties. We lapped up the booze cruises; we loved Juliette Binoche and that waitress in ’Allo, ’Allo!; we sang “Je ne sais pas pourquoi” along with Kylie.

But best of all, the French gave us some cracking cars. We’re thinking Peugeot 205 GTi, Citroen AX GT, Renault 11 Turbo and the Renault Espace. And then there was the original hot-hatch hooligan,

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