SEAT Leon Cupra 280 HP: Acceleration and Top Speed Tests
21 Feb 2014, 12:26 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / With all the headlines being greedily sucked up by the A45 AMG and Audi S3 right now, it's all to easy to ignore the brand new SEAT Leon Cupra. However, doing that would be a terrible mistake. ...
2015 Honda Civic Type R Looks Devilish in First Teaser Photo
12 Feb 2014, 10:03 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / I still remember the day I first saw a 2001 Honda Civic Type R, that little Japanese box that captured my imagination and made me fall in love with hot hatches. I was too young to know about the Int...
VW Polo 1.0 TSI First Shots. Polo GTI Has 1.8 TSI with 192 PS and Manual
3 Feb 2014, 14:28 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The automotive world is filled with rumors, but every once in a while they all line up in the same direction and point towards the truth. Like a compass pointing North, all reports about next year&...
Chromed Fiesta ST Does a Big Burnout
30 Jan 2014, 18:43 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Hot hatches used to be something only Europeans seemed to understand, but suddenly Ford decided enough was enough and brought not one but two rally sweet little gems to America. Of the two, the Fies...
Renault Clio 4 GT Tuning: 1.2 TCe Gets 130 HP
24 Jan 2014, 17:16 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / For true Renault fans, this title is probably very strange. That's because the Clio GT used to have a 1.6-liter with 133 hp, just like the Twingo RS. Oddly, its replacement that came out in 201...
Volkswagen Polo 1.6 TDI 90 Tuned to 140 HP by Digiservices
24 Jan 2014, 12:05 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / At first glance, Volkswagen's 1.6 TDI seems underpowered compared to its rivals. Sure, the top-output version was recently bumped from 105 PS to 110 PS in some models like the Golf or SEAT Leon...
230 HP Audi S1 Might Debut in Geneva
21 Jan 2014, 10:15 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / In one of their recent reports, Auto Express magazine says the hot supermini hatch that Audi has been working on for the past year is indeed called the S1. According to the Brits, this premium car ...
2015 Volkswagen Golf R Is a Hot Hatch in Detroit · Live Photos
15 Jan 2014, 18:39 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / How hardcore can a hot hatch get? In America, that answer seems to be "look at the Golf R". The previous generation was only brought Stateside because people were asking for it. Hot ha...
Hot Hatches Come to Nurburgring for First Track Days of 2014
13 Jan 2014, 14:25 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Hot hatches, automobiles designed to take the kids to school on schooldays and then let daddy have some fun on the track. They are at home in the Ikea parking lot and on the drag strip in equal meas...
VW Beetle R, New Scirocco R Might Get 280 HP
11 Jan 2014, 11:52 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / In today’s news that isn’t really news, we think it’s the right time for speculation. Earlier this week, SEAT revealed a brand new Leon Cupra, which confusingly is now not one car ...
SEAT Reveals New Leon Cupra With 265 or 280 HP
8 Jan 2014, 08:53 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / If you're a hot hatch fan that lovers VW's TSI turbos and slick DSG gearboxes, but think the Golf GTI is just not exciting enough to look at or drive, we've got big news for you. Span...
VW Polo Blue GT Does a Nurburgring Hot Lap
5 Jan 2014, 15:56 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Volkswagen Group is often accused of staying in its shell, but the Germans do make some original cars once in a while, cars that rarely get noticed. Nobody gave a second thought to Audi’s new ...
New VW Polo GTI Coming in 2015 With 1.8-liter TSI Turbo
4 Jan 2014, 07:03 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / In the 2000s, Volkswagen Group thought variation is the key to success in the hot hatch supermini market. And so, the Skoda Fabia vRS had a 1.9 TDI diesel engine with about 130 hp, while VW's P...
Fresh Photos of the Abarth 595 50th Anniversary
12 Nov 2013, 16:59 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Is the Abarth a hot hatch? Well, it's a hatch and it's hot, but we think it's more like a European version of the Mopar experience. You have different customization options, from the ...
Peugeot CEO Confirms 208 R Hot Hatch
11 Nov 2013, 13:27 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / During a recent interview with Autonews Europe, Peogeot CEO CEO Maxime Picat said a great many things about resale value, brand ambitions and premium quality. But the real revelation was not that th...
New VW Golf R: the 300 HP Performance Bargain of the Year
8 Nov 2013, 21:11 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / For a while now, Audi has dominated the fast estate market, Volkswagen the European compact market and Skoda the European affordable car market. Nobody other than the owners seems to love their cars...
New Volkswagen Golf R Available in Britain
8 Nov 2013, 16:31 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Volkswagen UK just announced that order books have been opened for the brand new VW Golf R, based on the Mk7 platform and offering more power and performance than ever. The company has released t...
2014 Focus ST Stealing America’s Youngsters, Ford Says
8 Nov 2013, 12:27 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Now that the Ford Focus ST has concluded its first year of sales in the US, the Blue Oval is thrilled with the hot hatch’s Casanova reputation. Ford is telling us that the Focus ST is bringing...
Should the Next Polo GTI Be a 1.6 TSI or 1.8 TSI?
31 Oct 2013, 13:58 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / To be honest, we really don't know a whole lot about the next generation of Volkswagen Polo. A number of German publication have stated that it will come in 2015 or a bit sooner and will ride o...
Spy Video: Opel Corsa OPC Facelift
31 Oct 2013, 13:30 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / A Mercedes S-Class and BMW i8 being tailed by an Opel? You don't see that every day, but thankfully we have just the clip to show you it actually happened. With this year's Nurburgring ...