Highlights Stunning example of the iconic hot hatch Both Cup Packs Genuine 46k miles from new Comprehensive service history Genuine, unmodified and unmolested Overview This isn’t just any hot hatch.

And no, that’s not because it shares shelf space with Colin the Caterpillar and Percy Pig.

Nope, the RenaultSport Clio 182 Cup has an even better pedigree than one of Britain’s favourite upper-middle-class supermarket and petrol station convenience stores, for it formed the basis of Pistonheads’ Hot Hatch of the Century – an achievement that surely won’t ever be surpassed.

Well, we say ‘won’t ever’ – there’s a chance there’ll be a successor in the 22nd century, but it’s unlikely that many of us will be around to see it, so we may as well put what we have on a pedestal and worship it in the way it deserves to be worshipped.

The car in question was the RenaultSport Clio 182 Trophy, but the Cup was the model from which it was derived and is ever so slightly less hardcore – it doesn’t have ...