Originally Posted by
gingeRS
there are some cracking cars for the youth of today.
fiesta ST, renaultsport clios, all bmw's now are turbocharged!
the average hot hatch now is as fast as any supersaloon or sports car from the 80s/90s
compare the performance of an xr3i and a clio renault sport and although the insurance is a HUGE cost nowadays it isnt all doom and gloom for new drivers.
our first cars had 1.2 litre engines running carbs for 45bhp, modern small cars have turbochargers and make twoce that power using half the fuel!!
But weigh twice as much so power to weight is the same or worse.
Obviuosly things have moved on leaps and bounds in the last 20-30 years and some of todays performance cars are animals.
But your normal cars are pretty shit.