Bloody hell! This Cupra goes like a stabbed rat. It’s not refined fast, like a Porsche 911, or a BMW M4 – just very quick off the mark and a pure white knuckle road.

It’s actually rather hard not to be a bit of a hooligan, especially when other drivers mistake the Cupra for an ‘ordinary’ estate car.

What’s most impressive is that with 270+bhp of grunt going to the front wheels, it doesn’t lose traction under harsh acceleration and then keeps on going, and going, and going…

I must say this is another surprise car of the year. It doesn’t have the largest boot capacity and you can ditch the orange trim pack but this SEAT is the ultimate wolf in sheep’s clothing…