The word cheap is perhaps one of the most subjective words we use as motoring journalists, after all, what is cheap to you might be a bank breaker to me and vice versa.
Performance cars are for the most part are far out of reach for the man on the street.
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Even a proper hot-hatch is now way north of R300k! Think Golf GTi, Focus ST, Astra OPC and Megane RS. Set your sights a little lower on say, a Polo GTi, Fiesta ST, Corsa OPC or Clio RS – that’ll be R302k, R275k, R294k and R295k respectively. Not exactly cheap are they? Well, at least not by my definition.
What then if you’re looking for something small, relatively affordable and, more importantly, fun to drive?
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