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VW for me.

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My vote goes to Wrx here! I'm not much fan of hatchs & coupes... beside being potent, it's a 4wd rally legend!

The revised and improved WRX gets my vote (obviously - ) it's a well put together car with a proven powertrain and the greatest spread of talent here on any road in any conditions.

I've been reading up a bit on the Cobalt SS. Seems like its been engineered to deliver searing pace from an el-cheapo chassis. Suspension (torsion beam and trailing arms at the rear!) is stiff and unyielding, its FWD setup goes through those soft Y-rated tires like a grater through cheese and the quality is awful...

The Honda would run the Rex darn close for my vote if it was a JDM Type-R.

The GTI represents the classiest, most sophisticated choice here despite its relative lack of so-called "pace".

WRX for me please!

Best four wheel drive and best all round car out of them all

There's only one car in this bunch that I'd like to own and it's the GTI.
I don't think it's long been the favourite hot hatch of practically every European car magazine out there...

I would had gone for the Civic had it been a FD2 Type-R. Now it is either the Golf GTi or the JCW. Feel is worth much more than pace.

mazda for me, most underrated car here by quite some margin.

WRX for me please

To a large extent, I agree Poverty. The problem that I have with the Mazda is the amount of power and torque being fed to the front wheels requires electronic reigning in the first two gears. The front-end has been known to be unruly - particularly on less-than-smooth roads.

My issue is, you never quite know where you stand with the Mazda - the electronics ultimately decide on how much of your throttle input actually reaches the wheel. Once rolling in higher gears I hear the car is ballistic and WRX owners I know are wary. I wonder if Ford are going to make use of the same software on the new RS or will the Quaiffe diff and Revoknuckle suspension be enough for the task at hand?