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A reader’s love-hate affair with his Peugeot 205 GTI

Alex Michaelides, 13 October 2011 09:31

As I suffer the indignity of being pushed to the side of the road for the fifth time this week, I can’t help but concur with Kenneth Williams when he exclaims: ‘What’s the bloody point?!’ Of course, while Williams may have had the demise of his own existence to contend with, I have a much more pressing issue – the ...

The best hot hatch on sale today? Easy choice

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Tim Pollard, 08 February 2010 06:17

Renault's been making feisty hot hatches for, well, decades really and unlike Peugeot has rarely taken its eye off the GTI ball. My first car was a 1980s Renault 5 and I recall lusting after the Turbo I couldn't afford; the Clio Williams were seminal pocket rockets; and a succession of Renaultsport models since has left us in no doubt ...

Hold on tight! On board with Ken Block

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Christopher Hubbard, 29 September 2009 09:40

'Are you ready?' I’m pretty sure that’s what the man said over the helmet intercom; but to be perfectly honest with you, my brain’s just a tiny bit fried right now, and I don’t recommend you quote me exactly. Either way, he definitely didn’t say it in the manner of that Scottish geezer vaguely responsible for refereeing television’s Gladiators. It ...

My first race and my biggest crash, on video

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Ben Barry, 09 June 2008 10:38

For a baptism of fire, it was biblically wet. I’d been invited to pop my racing cherry in a Jetta TSI at the VW Racing Cup, Rockingham and everything was starting to go horribly wrong. First, the Jetta broke at an earlier practice day. It was replaced with a MkV Golf GTI, so the 20-minute qualifying session was the first ...

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