Group Test: Ford Fiesta ST v Peugeot 208 GTi v Citroen DS3 Racing

Small hot hatches are the cars of the moment, packing compact dimensions, big power – and smiles by the bucket-load. That's the idea, anyway – but can the Fiesta ST, Peugeot 208 GTi and Citroen DS3 Racing deliver in that regard? And which does so the most proficiently? We've brought all three together with the aim of finding out. There may be a bit of an argument along the way...

Baggott: Hot hatchery is in British motorists' DNA. We love little cars with big BHP. I know I do. They offer accessible performance, tons of fun and don't cost the earth to run or buy. And the good news is they're having somewhat of a renaissance at the moment. Manufacturers are back injecting some passion (saucy) into their ranges again so for this test we got as many of them together as we could.