14 September 2016
Feature

Which new car offers the most fun for less than £25,000? Is it a hot hatchback like the Ford Fiesta ST200, DS3 Performance, or Renault Clio RS 220 Trophy? Or is it a small roadster like the Mazda MX-5 or Fiat 124 Spider?

Our testers take all of the above to the limit on track, and then test them on the road, in the most comprehensive new fun car test in the business, to see which is best.

 

Matt Prior

Matt Prior
Title: Editor-at-large

Matt is Autocar’s lead features writer and presenter, is the main face of Autocar’s YouTube channel, presents the My Week In Cars podcast and has written his weekly column, Tester’s Notes, since 2013.

Matt is an automotive engineer who has been writing and talking about cars since 1997. He joined Autocar in 2005 as deputy road test editor, prior to which he was road test editor and world rally editor for Channel 4’s automotive website, 4Car. 

Into all things engineering and automotive from any era, Matt is as comfortable regularly contributing to sibling titles Move Electric and Classic & Sports Car as he is writing for Autocar. He has a racing licence, and some malfunctioning classic cars and motorbikes. 

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jer 19 September 2016

Great stuff gents

So where does a used Golf R fit?
bomb 15 September 2016

Sneaky footage of the

Sneaky footage of the Harewood Hillclimb there.