well from those comments you've obviously got a fully functioning brainYep, considered the following hatches aswell:
Seat Leon FR/Cupra - Very poor Interior materials
Clio RS 197 / Megane RS 225/230 - Build Quality Issues
Focus ST - Likes a drink
Fiesta ST - Doesn't offer enough for the £££
Mini Copper S - Maybe for my missus...
Mazda 3 MPS - Just No
Skoda Octavia VRs - Undeniably Competant but no just doesn't appeal
Vauxhall Astra / Corsa VXR - Both not to my taste unfortunately
Golf GTi - Already Mentioned
BMW 130i M Sport (1 yr old Sub 20k!) - Clown Shoe
(altho personally i prefer the leon interior to the A3)
lol @ Clown Shoe
the raised eyebrows are due to people wondering "what the bloody hell were they thinking when they designed that!".TBH i look at the CTR and think 'wow, looks menacing, that would raise a few eyebrows in the office car park'
i tried my best to be objectinve when i first got in a typeR, but all i could do was pick faults with it. i guess its because i love hondas so i had high expectations, but it was a real let down for me.