Culzean you obviously have never tried following a modern Corsa, or Fiesta, on a nice twisty bendy "B" road.
Because you would never keep up. Nothing to do with the speed, just the much improved handling chassis that they have, and the Jazz doesn't have.
I was able to drive a 59 plate Corsa 1.0 and a 10 plate Jazz 1.2 SE a few weeks apart. The Corsa felt numb to drive, steering not as sharp and the Jazz cornered better too. Corsa had a softer ride and the steering was better weighted at lower speeds, you were more aware of the front wheels doing something, but it felt too light away from the urban confines. It would interesting to note how much of this difference was down to tyre choices, this Jazz sat on 15's and the Corsa probably had 14's with chubby sidewalls like balloons.
I won't be mean and compare a 59bhp three cylinder with a 88bhp four cylinder engine...
