Britain’s Best Driver’s Car

[Jeremy Townsend]

Autocar tested 20 at Brands Hatch - Clio 182 came 13th. Civic Type-R 19th, Megane 225 20th. Ahead of the Clio in ascending order - MX-5, DB9, VXR220, M3 CSL, R500 Evo, Exige, GT3 RS, Evo 8 FQ340, Elise, Gallardo, Impreza Typre 25 and top of the pile, Noble M400.

 

[Swervin_Mervin]

Bit unfair allowing the VXR, Elise and Exige all in the same comp.

 

[steveV6]

Did they not test the V6 Mk2 Jeremy??

 

[cat171]

very true mike,

secondly look how much some of them cost !!
not exactly a fair contest, i reckon the clio did well as most of them cars cost over double the price of it !!

 

[Jeremy Townsend]

Sadly not..

 

[Swervin_Mervin]

Hmm. And evo dont like the on-road manners of the M400. Too much power in too short a range they reckon. They reckon the GT3R (I think) is a better incarnation.

Also interesting that there is such a difference between the Elise variants, and that the Exige is placed behind the Elise.

 

[Seedy]

Mitsubishi have an even quicker Evo in the wings - My bosss husband works for Mitsubishi - he is responsible for all the uk marketing of the brand. there is an FQ 400 on the way!! Servicing intervals of 10 mins me-thinks....

Do you know that FQ actually stands for Fu%*ing Quick and thats no bull!

 

[Tom]

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