With the help of our instructors, these screaming thoroughbred 2-litre tin tops with their six-speed sequential gearboxes will teach most customers more about the art of car control in one day than they have learned in their lives to date. They may look like road cars on racing tyres but these Clios are factory-built from scratch as racers and, like BTCC touring cars, share only basic architecture with their road-going namesakes.

In the Clios you’ll learn just how much speed you can carry into a corner in a properly set-up and well balanced front-wheel drive car. You’ll discover the art of trail-braking past the entrypoint to a corner, using weight transference to destabilise the car and power to straighten it up again when it’s pointing in the right direction. In short, if you want to feel like a driving hero, these are the cars to make that dream come true.