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Written by Chris Harris
There is a quality found in a hot hatchback that no other car possesses. You could give Ferrari a billion euro and 10 years to develop a supercar designed to deliver the purest driving experience known to mankind (actually, hang onto that, it"s rather a good idea), but it still wouldn"t match the one thing a warmed-over shopping car can offer. But I don"t know what it"s called. I know, this isn"t a sensible admission from someone who is supposed to describe cars through the medium of words for a living, but I don"t have it pinned down. Let me put it like this. If you"re a certain age let"s say an age that still allows you to look at Peugeots and remember something exciting rather than a bit s*** then you climb aboard a hot hatch, grip the wheel a bit, pop a bit of air-gearshift and you grin. I"ve seen so many people do it. It"s a moment of reminiscence, like walking into an old pub that holds great memories. You just know this car is going to be fun. I think perhaps the word I"m looking for is "joy". Or "naughty". I don"t bloody know.
Date written: 4 Jan 2019
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There is a quality found in a hot hatchback that no other car possesses. You could give Ferrari a billion euro and 10 years to develop a supercar designed to deliver the purest driving experience known to mankind (actually, hang onto that, it"s rather a good idea), but it still wouldn"t match the one thing a warmed-over shopping car can offer. But I don"t know what it"s called. I know, this isn"t a sensible admission from someone who is supposed to describe cars through the medium of words for a living, but I don"t have it pinned down. Let me put it like this. If you"re a certain age let"s say an age that still allows you to look at Peugeots and remember something exciting rather than a bit s*** then you climb aboard a hot hatch, grip the wheel a bit, pop a bit of air-gearshift and you grin. I"ve seen so many people do it. It"s a moment of reminiscence, like walking into an old pub that holds great memories. You just know this car is going to be fun. I think perhaps the word I"m looking for is "joy". Or "naughty". I don"t bloody know.
Date written: 4 Jan 2019
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 14451
