well the ctr with only 200hp is quite competitive with the focus RS (200+hp turbo) and only slightly (tenths of a second) slower than Tiff Needle could hustle them around a road circuit in a 5th Gear show...that is evidence that a big powerful engine isn't the sole recipe for quickness (of which vw has forgotten its original origins of the GTI...now they are like saabs with big powerful & torquey engines but in a heavy and bloated fwd platform)