The group test contains the very two cars i would have considered other than a GTD - the V40 because I had a C30 and I loved that thing, Volvo's have a certain something but to me, the V40 in general is not the car it should have been and the Focus, it doesn't feel so special but you can't argue with the handling or price, so they would have been two to consider.
A remap for the GTD would be interesting. The way I see it, having driven the GTD now for a fair bit is that it's the torque that's it's defining driving characteristic, so it would be interesting to see how a remap changes/improves it. Top end speed never seems to matter in the GTD because for most day to day driving you're exploiting the large amount of Torque.
If I was going to trade up to an R, I'd be dong it because it is an R and I'd want to say, yes, i've owned one of those.
I hope everything is okay with the GTD since the accident?
James