Sibling rivalry

ESSENTIALS Volkswagen Golf R32 Price (new): £22,340 Powertrain: 3.2-litre V6, 238bhp 0-62mph: 6.6 seconds Top speed: 153mph Fuel Consumption: 24.4mpg Annual VED: £430 Alfa Romeo 147 GTA Price (new): £

HOW much power is too much for a front-wheel-drive car? This is the question we found ourselves asking when accelerating hard out of a tight, second-gear corner in the new Cupra Leon VZ. Packing a 320

List price £65,045 Best price £59,645 MPG 30.8 CO2 208g/km For Savage acceleration; immense grip; entertaining handling; quick-shifting automatic gearbox Against Very expensive to buy; some hot hatche

MANY people consider the humble hot hatch to be a jack of all trades. Something that can do the school run or hop to the shops, before transforming into a scintillating sports car the moment the road

Our first contender to fall by the wayside is the Audi. Yousuf was impressed with how the RS3 performed against such a standout field and was surprised at just how good it felt regardless of which big

Four years ago, Cupra tested the bounds of its brand and the market’s appetite for pricier and rarer examples of its wares when it launched the Formentor VZ5. This range-topping, fire-breathing, five-