![]() ![]() Y’see, never in the 17-year history of this competition had we had a group of cut-priced contenders with as much potential to punch above their weight as this a motley bunch from all corners of the globe attempting to converge on the same destination by offering just as many thrills as our heavyweight contenders for a fraction of the price.Īs a group, it consisted of three hot hatches – a pair of front-drive, four-cylinder turbos and a rear-drive, twin-turbo six – and the hottest car on the planet this year.īut then there was a whole bunch of ways you could dice them up: a pair of sub-$40K fun machines a head-to-head between two of the hottest hatches two rear-drivers versus two front-drivers or even working class against premium… the list could go on, and on. This Performance Car Of The Year article was first published in MOTOR Magazine January 2013.Īnd most of them would come from this bunch the underdogs. AFTER all the oohs and ahhs, the fingerpointing and bonnet-openings subside, and once the entire 14-car field for this year’s Performance Car Cup had gathered together for the first time, there was a general consensus that we’d be in for a few surprises over the event’s three-day running.
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