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Mu uncle just owned a M140 and loved it. Was meant to be his sensible, everyday car but he ended up doing a couple of track days in it and was elated to find it super capable and quick, showing up some more expensive/sporting cars in the process around Cadwell Park. The only reason he got rid of it was because he has a serial car buying problem and though his new "sensible everyday car that he could maybe use for the odd trackday" should be an M2 Competition...
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TBH i've not looked at the "hot hatch" market for decades and just assumed the (VAG range) GTi / R / 4motion / Cupra etc was the nuts for speed - but they aint when compared to big german estates i was looking at - but i dont want to drive around in something that feels tacky inside (which i've found on almost all hatch rentals apart from Golf/Audi) , and to be brutally honest i feel Ford are like that - and lets not get started on Fiat or BMW Mini .
so from the above i can take BMWs slightly smaller space if i can get epic performance and solid nice interior.....
saying that i've just been sent the Topgear BMW v GOLF video link where the BMW 1 almost killed Clarkson when driving in a straight line on a wet airfield - sobering viewing.
Perhaps i should go retro and look to the 80's/90's jap hatch turbo market - I used to own an EP71 turbo when living in NZ.....