At the most fuel-efficient end of the range, the 2.0 TDCi with front-wheel drive now returns 60.1mpg – up from 53.3mpg – and emits 122g/km instead of 139g/km for the old model. Four-wheel drive models ...

A hot hatch is a car many will buy with their head as well as their heart, because they must be as capable on the school or supermarket run as they are at raising pulses on a winding road.

Like you remotely care. Of more relevance are the official consumption figures: 52.3mpg and 122g/km CO2. More on the former under the Driving tab. What’s immediately surprising as you approach ...