"I've owned Minis since I was 17 and always yearned for one that had had an engine conversion. I'd been down the long and expensive route of tuning the A-series motor, but by the time you've hit ...

The Renault 19 16v was a hot hatch hero in the early 1990s ... The hardest bit is finding one: try owners forums and specialist classic car mags, as they’re rarely seen in the mainstream.