When it comes to vehicles, downsizing seems to be the smartest thing to do these days. Big cars turns into big bills and those unwilling to fork out for the luxury of hauling a big lump of automotive real estate about now have some varying choices. Gone are the days when small cars were about as much fun as a thumb in the eye.
The insurance scare of the early nineties virtually killed the hot hatch market but spawned a generation of warm hatches. Their evolution can be traced through various models to the car thats still probably the provider of more smiles per pound than any other Fords Sportka.