Hot Hatch shoot-out - specifications

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On the road price/total as tested "£20,995/£21,800" "£19,000/£20,400" "£14,995/£16,170"
"Residual value (after 3yrs/36,000)" N/A/N/A "£11,191/58.9%" "£7,258/48.4%"
Running costs/contract hire N/A/N/A 58.2ppm/£335 49.7ppm/£288
Annual tax liability std/higher rate "£882/£1,764" "£1,178/£2,356" "£810/£1,620"
"Annual fuel cost (12/20,000 miles)" "£2,010/£3,351" "£2,360/£3,933" "£2,208/£3,680"
Ins group/quote/road tax band/cost 34/£553/D/£145 34/£416/F/£210 30/£403/F/£210
Cost of 1st/2nd/3rd service £150 (5yrs tlc) £190/£330/£260 £230/£260/£400
Length/wheelbase "3,730/2,467mm" "4,276/2,635mm" "3,991/2,585mm"
Height/width "1,407/1,683mm" "1,445/1,785mm" "1,477/1,768mm"
Engine "4cyl in-line/1,598cc" "4cyl in-line/1,998cc" "4cyl in-line/1,998cc"
Peak power (bhp/rpm) "208/6,000" "198/7,800" "194/7,250"
Peak torque (Nm/rpm) "260-280/1,850" "193/5,600" "215/5,550"
Transmission 6-spd man/fwd 6-spd man/fwd 6-spd man/fwd
Fuel tank capacity/spare wheel 50 litres/run-flats 50 litres/foam seal 55 litres/foam seal
Boot capacity (seats up/down) 160/680 litres "485/1,352 litres" "288/1,028 litres"
Kerbweight/payload "1,580/450kg" "1,267/433kg" "1,220/430kg"
Turning circle/drag coefficient 10.7 metres/0.36Cd 11.8 metres/N/A 11.4 metres/N/A
Basic warranty (miles)/recovery 3yrs (unltd)/3yrs "3yrs (90,000)/3yrs" "3yrs (60,000)/3yrs"
Service intervals/UK dealers Variable/148 "12,500 miles/205" "12,000 miles/330"
Driver Power manufacturer/dealer pos 25th/20th 3rd/6th 33rd/30th
Euro NCAP: Adult/child/ped./points 5/3/2/76 4/4/3/95 5/4/1/81
0-60/30-70mph 6.9^^/5.6 secs 7.1/6.3 secs 6.9/6.5 secs
30-50mph in 3rd/4th 3.1/4.0 secs 3.9/5.1 secs 4.0/5.0 secs
50-70mph in 5th/6th 4.9/5.7 secs 7.5/9.9 secs 7.2/9.7 secs
Top speed/rpm at 70mph "148mph/2,900rpm" "146mph/3,400rpm" "139mph/3,400rpm"
Braking 70-0/60-0/30-0mph 45.7/33.6/8.6m 46.5/34.4/8.4m 44.9/33.3/8.6m
Noise levels outside/idle/30/70mph 60/47/65/73dB 60/43/64/71dB 57/43/64/71dB
Auto Express economy/range 32.4mpg/356 miles 27.6mpg/304 miles 29.5mpg/357 miles
Govt urban/extra-urban/combined 30.7/50.4/40.9mpg 22.2/40.4/31.0mpg 24.3/43.4/33.2mpg
Actual/claimed CO2/tax bracket 201/165g/km/21% 236/215g/km/31% 221/199g/km/27%
Airbags/Isofix/parking sensors Six/yes/£215 Eight/yes/£425 Six/yes/DFO
Climate ctrl/leather/heated seats "£1,650+/£1,000^/£205" Yes/no/no "£525/£1,175/no"
Met paint/xenon lights/keyless go £280/£465/£360 £380/no/yes £360/no/no
Tyre pres warn/stability/cruise ctrl Yes/yes/£170 No/yes/yes No/yes/no
Sat-nav/CD changer/MP3/Bluetooth "£1,500/£295/y/£505++" "£1,400*/£475/£225" No/no/£175/£250

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