Sad times indeed.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-35716456

There is some real shoddy reporting in that article, its like a school report on car theft.

Perhaps most importantly, however, these cars evoke a nostalgia for the earliest "hot hatches", which allowed speed freaks to go from 0 to 60 in 12 seconds without the expense of buying a sports car.

12 seconds? A MK1 Golf GTi could do it in 9s