It's one of life's sad truths that the Germans are better than the British at a number of things. Better at doing cars, certainly, and very probably better at the synchronised cry-a-thon called football too. So, given that two of the mightiest German car brands are BMW and VW, which of them makes the best hot hatch?
Well, the BMW 1 series has the luxury of rear wheel drive. Which, in fairness to BMW, does make it almost perfectly balanced. But the problems with the 1 series are sadly many and varied. The most ridiculous problem with it is the price. This car costs a small fortune. £31,000 in fact, which really isn't competitive. That said, the BMW felt slightly better than the Golf on the track (the results tell a different story). But given the R32 is a four wheel drive car, and that it costs £4000 less than the BMW, it's not going to be a difficult choice for most people.
