Jonathan_Burn@dennis.co.uk
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• Early drive of new hot hatch
• Has Ford Fiesta ST in its sights
FIRST DRIVE
YOU used to be pretty spoilt for choice when it came to small hot hatchbacks, with cars such as the Ford Fiesta ST, Renault Clio R.S., Peugeot 208 GTi and SEAT Ibiza Cupra available, to name a few. Now only one of them remains on sale. As car makers look to slash costs and average fleet emissions, the business case for small, affordable performance cars is harder to justify.
So how is Hyundai able to roll in with an all-new proposition, the i20 N? Unlike a lot of its competitors, Hyundai already has a fleet of electric vehicles on sale, and they go some way to offset the higher CO2 output…
