Renaultsport was the quiet king of hot hatchbacks

Is there a better car suited to the UK’s roads than a hot hatch?

Not atypically for a British driving fan, I think the hot hatch is the best type of car you can buy.
For getting your dynamic kicks on our narrow B-roads, riddled as they are with crater-sized potholes, you want something that’s highly manoeuvrable, practical, affordable and still exciting to drive. And in my opinion, those wearing the coveted Renault Sport badge are the undisputed champions of the game, especially when it comes to delivering on that last criterion.
Ignoring the ill-fated and slightly peculiar Sport Spider of 1995, the first model to leave Dieppe with a Renault Sport (later Renaultsport) badge glued to the bootlid was the Clio 2.0 16v of 1999. With an affordable price, a brilliant chassis and a 168bhp four-pot that was able to “spin the wheels in third on most surfaces” in the wet, as our testers found at the time, the spiciest Clio was met with instant praise and named by many the best-driving hot hat