On a turbocharged Top Gear, we looked at a supercar from a shed in
Leicestershire and a pop star drove our reasonably priced Liana.
But first we looked at Ford's Focus RS. How did it compare with its
hot hatch rivals - the Honda Civic Type-R and Subaru Impreza WRX? To
find out, we fitted each car with the Stig and set them off around our
test track.
Jeremy was blown away by the new Noble M12 GTO, a genuine British
supercar. It's arguably not perfect on the road, but show it a track and
it'll astound you. Even in wet weather conditions, the Stig posted a
Zonda-threatening laptime.
Jason looked at buying a used BMW M3 - a proper super saloon bargain.
Meanwhile Richard drove Subaru's Forester, an all-rounder that uses so
many parts from the Impreza it 'takes years off the family man'.
Our star in a reasonably priced car was Jamiroquai front-man Jay Kay.
Jay was determined to beat Jeremy's track time - and he did!
First shown on: 27/10/2002
