I knew this would get this sort of response from the Cossie boys.

Guys, honestly, how would it look if a 2009 car couldn't outperform a 1989 car? Same sort of hot hatch 20 years later, 20 years more technology yet you telling me you would still prefer the EsCos? How would Ford look then if a car they created 20 years ago could still outperform a car they created now?!

Test was 3 STANDARD cars as mentioned above as they come out the tin. Like all road tests of new cars, it is AS THEY COME, not with trick bits and pieces.