Bought my first car last week, no longer sharing with the parents, but had to keep my feet on the ground as motoring costs for a 19 year old student lad aren't modest. I've got a pucker mk1 Ford Ka 3, not a sporty car by a long stretch but it was always lauded for agile, chuckable handling, light weight, plenty of feel through the steering and generally being a much better handling car than it could have got away with. Short gearing, snickety change action and about 50bhp all add up to a hell of a lot of grass roots driving fun.

 Just wondering, is this in any way the bottom rung on the evo car ladder, since it's so good to drive, or do you all reckon it's just a shopping cart?