But then you'd have the embarrassment of driving a vauxhall! The red-tops engines aren't what they are cracked up to be anyway, most cheap convo's into corsas n novas wouldnt even roll your foreskin back! Luton Lemons!
The clio's seem to respond well to tuning, esp for a NA car... Shame they weigh so much!
You make a good point tho, everybody goes on about 300bhp and 500bhp but it don't mean squat if its delivered in the last 500rpm of the rev range with nothing before it, so like you say nothing then booost n loadsa wheelspin, equalling not great 1/4 mile times. Altho out on the open road from a rolling start, they can be quite lethal!