The hot Leon prototype that you see here is a fully working model, which we drove recently in Spain. It is fitted with the fine 2-litre turbo engine from the Golf GTI and the remarkable if uninvolving DSG 'box. We weren't allowed to drive hard in this one-off, so proper driving impressions will have to wait, but what was obvious was that the car feels fundamentally right and looks absolutely stunning. Inevitably some details won't make it onto the production model. The central tailpipe will go (apparently some people tow things) and the bumpers and 19in wheels will shrink. The omens, however, are very good.