What else to do on a rainy and cold winters morning? Take out your hot hatch for a drive through some of best roads Victoria has to offer.

Typical Melbourne winters day, cold, wet and horrible. Yet that didn’t stop a fantastic turn out of hot hatches on our cruise through the Yarra Ranges. 20 or so cars came along for the cruise, mainly XR4’s and XR5’s but we were lucky to have a very sexy SRi Turbo and WRX come along as well.

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Auto Express have taken a couple of my favourite cars for a spin, the new LV Focus ST and the Vauxhall Astra VXR Nurburgring edition.

As touched upon previously, the new LV Focus ST is essentially a design upgrade although it does sport some new touches with keyless entry and starter ignition button.

The VXR Nurburgring major tweaks include cosmetic updates such as carbon fibre accents internally, a brilliant white skin including 18″ alloys, chequered decals and an acoustic upgrade with a Remus sports exhaust.

Both are in the top echelon of the hot hatch race making each review well worth a quick squiz alongside plenty of pictures.

• Ford Focus ST - First Drive
• Vauxhall Astra VXR Nurburgring - First Drive