HJ’s Top 10 new cars of 2016
It’s been quite a good year both for new cars and for significant improvements to existing cars that were previously not quite as good as they could have been.
Most notably, Peugeot/Citroen has been putting its excellent 1.2 litre three-cylinder PureTech 130 engine into more models and has livened them up considerably.
Asked to pick a Top 10 I did it top of head rather than by re-reading my notes on everything. So these are the cars I most readily remembered as doing the job they were designed to do better than any others.
Wed, 21 Dec 2016
Audi TTRS roadster
The new TTRS roadster makes it to the top of the list because Audi begins with an ‘A’. 400PS and 480Nm torque is a lot, so the TTRS isn’t found wanting in that department.
And while it still isn’t a precision instrument like a Boxster it gives the average driver more power than he will ever need, harnessed with quattro four wheel drive in a better way than the previous TTRS. And they’ve also fixed topless driving. A mesh grille rises electrically between the seats and completely eliminates buffeting, even at 140mph.
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