Check out the most recent episode of Fifth Gear in which Tiff, Tom and some skinny little bloke check out the latest hot hatches to try and decide the best one. The contenders? Honda Civic Type-R, Renault Megane Sport (230hp), Ford Focus ST, Vauxhall Astra VXR (240hp), VW Golf GTi, Seat Leon Cupra (237hp) & Mazda 3 MPS (256hp). Their final verdict? The Golf GTi. The sad thing is, there wasn't any MCS!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBcKavyvjrw

I have driven the MCS against another friend in a GTi and my verdict is that it can eat the VW for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

 

I saw that also. I don't know why there was no Minis :(

 

That sounds right to me. The Mini is a whole size class smaller than those cars, don't you think. They have a bunch of cars the size of the Mini there that it can face of against.