Why are we comparing a warm hatchback with an iconic roadster? Because these are both affordable ways to embrace the dying art of manual gear-changing, and both put stupidly wide smiles on our testers’ dials. Take it away, Trent Nikolic and Rob Margeit.

The idea came to me when I was moving the 2021 Kia Picanto GT out of the Drive.com.au garage to free another car for photography.
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