In Europe, fun-to-drive hatchbacks are pretty common, but here in the U.S., they're still rare enough to be incredibly cool to the people who know what they're looking at. Remember the Ford Fiesta ST?

There's a time and place for replicas. High-end concours? Leave that Cobra kit-car in the garage. Blasting through some rocky, dusty mountain passes? Fire up the replica and laugh at the garage queens ...

Its 850cc motor means the Renault 4CV won't win any speed records, but it should be fun around town. While it shares a platform with the humble Le Car, the Renault R5 Turbo 2 is a mid-engine, ...