For the ultimate true hot hatch my CLIO WILLIAMS Series One, was fantastic only 150bhp but jc nothing I've owned/driven cornered like it. Spent half its life on 3 wheels!
I had a Megane Coupe with that lump in it.
Was a bit of an animal in its day.
Suspect now it would just be rubbish though, being a Renault it probably fell to bits about 6 months after I got rid of it.