Kia Pro Cee'd GT review

You could argue that the new Kia

Pro Cee'd GT is proof of the Korean brand's growing confidence. It's the company's first "performance-oriented" model and the first of its cars to be sold in the UK with a turbocharged petrol engine. Kia goes so far as to say that it "marks quite a significant change" in direction.

Let's not get carried away, though - Kia doesn't actually use the term hot hatch, preferring the less suggestive "sporting hatch". It also asserts that the car shouldn't be judged against hard-edged cars such as the Renaultsport Megane and Vauxhall Astra VXR and it's keen to point out that the cheapest Pro Cee'd GT costs almost £6000 (£5850 to be precise) less than the basic Volkswagen Golf GTI.