2012 Mara Xenia 1.6 LRS
Despite being designed to be anything except a sports car, the Mara Xenia’s combination of its Regular base trim with the optional Sport pack ended up coming quite close to a purist driving experience for a bargain price on its debut in 2012… if one did not mind FWD, that is.
Available RS body styles were hatchback (pictured), sedan and wagon, but not the crossover.
‘Flag yellow’ was the default colour for S trims, hinting at but not quite matching the shade of yellow used by the AMM performance models, or by the Xenia’s pre-predecessor’s 90s touring car.