It uses a Chevrolet Corvette as its basis, but is in fact made in Britain using aircraft engineering, a bespoke hand-built V8, and the ZF manual gearbox that was also used in the mighty Lotus Carlton.

We've chosen Honda, which produces both the Civic Type R and the Acura Integra Type S, for this write-up because it is the last automaker to offer an old-school hot hatchback. What we mean by that is ...