The Alpine A110 mid-engine coupe weighs in at just over a ton, and it's a bona fide French firecracker that lights up the road, the track and your senses.
The Porsche Cayman is a mid-engine sports coupe that's powered by a turbocharged flat-4 engine, and it is stronger and even sportier in GTS specification.
Powered by a turbocharged 2-litre engine and equipped with a 7-speed dual-clutch gearbox, the X2 is BMW's new urban crossover, and it is funkier than the X1 and offers a zippier drive.
The writer drove up in an Audi S3, with his buddies in a Subaru WRX and a BMW 650i, and rediscovered the joys of an early-morning B-road blast in Malaysia.