3 of Today's Hot Hatchbacks in Competition.

Nowadays the economy driver is just as discerning with regards to expectation of performance as the buyer of the bigger luxury cars.

As an example of how performance and specification demanding we have now become, we compare three of today's smaller hatchbacks.

The three hatchbacks being studied today consists of the Vauxhall Corsa VXR, the Mini Cooper S and the Renault Clio 2L.

The initial perception with regards to the Vauxhall is that it is a much nicer car than previous versions.

Developing 188bhp from a 1.6 L turbocharged diesel engine perhaps this is the first Vauxhall for some time to start actually marrying up power with good looks.

It is up again serious competition however. Perhaps this is a selling off how important the market is.

From an inauspicious start the Clio does start perform and with 194bhp coming from a 2 L engine once underway to car starts to fly (so to speak).

Producing 173bhp from a 1.6 L engine that is turbocharged, the Mini Cooper S. has more than enough grunt.

The lightning reactions and extremely good performance of the Mini compares very favourably with the overall power of the Renault once it's running and the performance and shop handling of the Vauxhall doesn't let it down either.

The compromised visibility was the only downside of the great interior design of the Vauxhall. The good quality of the interior of the Renault was marred by the fact that it was difficult to get comfortable and it was a shame but the layout of the brilliant driving position of the Mini was marred by the poor quality of the plastic facing.

At the end of the day everybody's looking for something that will provide value for money. Initially the Vauxhall being the cheapest and potentially best equipped looked good but this was offset by quite steep running costs. The downside of the red was the fact that despite big discounts on purchase the fairly heavy depreciation did weigh heavily in most people's minds. He the Mini held up quite well in terms of strong second hand value giving rise to quite good ownership prospects.

All of the three cars represent quite good value for money when looked at objectively but it would appear that the Mini Cooper S. appears to edge it over the others. If you can live with the cheap tacky interior, tiny rear seats and amazingly small boot the overall handling speed and performance of the mini makes it the best.

After the Mini Cooper the Vauxhall comes in second and has the overall aura of a good all round car. It is quite sad that the visibility is compromised because this is quite a substantial blemish on what is a very good performing in handling car.

Surprisingly the Renault Clio comes in third despite an excellent showing in the performance stakes. Indeed probably once you've managed to get the car wound up in going this is the best of the lot.

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