Torque of the town: Skoda Fabia vRS; With a top speed of 128mph, the diesel vRS has the pulling power to win over drivers, writes Chris Rees.(Features)

From: Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) | Date: August 13, 2004 | Copyright information

Byline: Chris Rees

AFTER years being out of fashion, hot hatchback s are back with a bang and everyone is rushing to manufacture GTI versions of small hatches.

We've had the Renault MAgane Sport 225, Seat Ibiza CupraandPeugeot's 180bhp 206 GTI. Soon to come are the Ford Fiesta ST150, due in December, to theVWGolf GTI, expected in January.

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