Yes, I love hot hatches, and yes, I liked the idea of a fizzy little car with a snorty engine and a manual gearbox, but previous short-term exposure to an Abarth saw me struggle to get beyond the ...

Hotshot was 5 years old at the time and a little wild-eyed. Peyton Raney was 15 and had the general grit and naivety of youth to stick with the snorty little bugger. She roped on him, sure, but soon ...