Hello all, I've just registered and I'm after some honest advice. I currently drive a Toyota Yaris T-Sport - it's a decent enough car and pleasantly brisk but later this year I'll be looking for something a bit quicker.
It has to be:
Small (under 4m long)
Under 14 grand.
Quick!
Neat styling (love the Fiesta ST's crisp, chubby looks)

But I'm no longer in the first flush of youth (53 Oh God...) and I'm wondering if the ST might be a bit boy-racer-ish for my tastes - you know, a bit noisy, a bit lairy, a bit chavvy (sorry, but fast Fords do have that kind of image).
So I'm also looking at the VW POLO GTI, which looks classy but is a wee bit slower and it's also pushing the budget.
Also on the list is the SEAT IBIZA FR (not Cupra), which uses the VW engine and has almost the same performance but the dash is cheesy, cheap and old-fashioned.
OK, I know you are all ST fans and you are going to rave (quite rightly) about it, bur remember we're not all 21-year-olds and us middle-agers sometimes want to drive quickly without having our eyes shaken out.
No offence meant, over to you .....