THE FACTS

DS3 Performance three-door hatchback

Price: £22,995 Engine: 1.6-litre four-cylinder, 210bhp 0-62mph: 6.5sec Fuel consumption: 52.3mpg

Neither of those figures put the cars in modern hot-hatch territory as power outputs way north of 250bhp are the norm these days.

But let’s stick with the new car. The suspension has been substantially modified with the ride height lowered by 15mm and the track widened by 26mm at the front and 14mm at the back.

The brakes are bigger, with Brembo calipers squeezing 323mm