Stories about: Hot Hatch

Spyshots: Honda Civic Type R Mule has Big Wing

1 Jun 2012, 11:58 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / When we drove the new Honda Civic earlier this year, all we could think about was a question: when will the Type-R arrive? Now we have something that’s not an answer but is good enough: a set ...

Ford Wants You to Drive the Focus ST [US]

31 May 2012, 09:05 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The Focus ST is one of those products of the Blue Oval that US consumers need some introducing to. The carmaker might have united its US and European performance division, with the go-fast version o...

Ford Focus ST UK Pricing Announced

28 May 2012, 12:04 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Ford’s British division has just released the pricing for the all-new, 250 hp Focus ST, placing the car on the podium of desirable hot hatches. The Focus ST comes with a starting price of GBP2...

Volkswagen Golf R32 Colored Using Golf Balls?

11 May 2012, 13:15 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Do you like the visual treatment received by the Mk IV Golf R32 in the adjacent video? We do and we think we know how the car got it. The owner must’ve taken the hot hatch out on a golf course...

Peugeot Wants 208 GTI to Be "Best in Class"

26 Mar 2012, 09:34 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Say the name of the Peugeot 205 GTI and every automotive enthusiast will experience a mix of positive and negative emotions. The first come from the monumental success of the late 80s hot hatch, whi...

Kia Looking into Sporty Rio Turbo

21 Mar 2012, 15:59 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / With both Kia and Hyundai growing into global contenders, the need for flagships across the model range has become evident for the South Koreans. Every time there’s mention of a hot version of...

Audi S3 Sportback Gets Crazy Green Color

21 Mar 2012, 13:37 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The Audi S3 Sportback is already a crazy car when it leaves the factory, being one of the fastest hot hatches on the market, but certain owners just feel the need for some extra madness. So, what ha...

Peugeot 208 GTI: First Teaser Released

16 Feb 2012, 15:25 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Peugeot is currently preparing to become a player of the hot hatch game again, with the 208 being the model used for this. The French carmaer has now released the first teaser of the 208 GTI, as one...

Audi Confirms A1 quattro for UK

24 Jan 2012, 13:24 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Audi likes to stay on top of the performance segments it competes in in terms of sheer power and the company’s sub-compact model, the A1 is no exception to this. Late last year, the carmaker a...

Ford Focus RS Acceleration Sound

11 Jan 2012, 14:46 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Hot hatches are crazy vehicles by definition, but there are certain members of this race that take lunacy to a whole new level. The perfect example of this is the Ford Focus RS, a compact that dares...

Volkswagen Golf VI GTI with XBM Exhaust Screams

8 Dec 2011, 12:44 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The tuning world has comples ways, some of which are pretty difficult to explain to civilians. Let’s take the creation from the adjacent video, for example. We are talking about a VW Golf VI G...

Honda Confirms New Civic Type R, Considering More Performance Models

2 Dec 2011, 15:55 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Honda has confirmed that the new generation of the Civic will also get a Type-R version, with the hot hatch schedule to arrive in 2013. Senior Honda sources confirmed for autocar that the vehicle is...

2012 Honda CR-Z iCF Mugen Officially Announced

29 Nov 2011, 10:40 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Honda’s UK division has recently announced the 2012 CR-Z iCF Mugen, thus quenching the thirst for a hot version of the car that appeared once with its launch. The European arm of Honda&rsqu...

New Ford Focus ST to Shine in 2012 "The Sweeney" Remake

23 Nov 2011, 08:17 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Competition in the hot hatch world has become fiercer than ever, so automotive producers are doing everything they can to give their contenders in the segment a boost. This is why Ford has made sure...

Audi Developing RS3 Plus?

11 Nov 2011, 21:17 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Audi has always had the ambition of being king of the hot hatch hill and, in terms of hp, it has succeeded. The carmaker's current hot hatch fighter is the RS3 Sportback, a compact monster that...

2011 Vauxhall Astra VXR Official Info and Photos

4 Nov 2011, 10:04 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The world of hot hatches has just recieved an important new member, in the person of the Vauxhall Astra VXR, with the newcomer’s on-paper case looking extremely promising. Up front, we have...

Mazdaspeed3 Crash: Hot Hatch Goes Airborne, Lands Face-Forward

21 Oct 2011, 11:38 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Hot hatches are supposed to be amongst the safest go-fast vehicles. First of all, because they have less power than sportscars (with some exceptions, of course) and then because most of them are fro...

Citroen DS3 R Stars in Pixie Lott's What Do You Take Me For Video

7 Oct 2011, 10:14 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / British pop starlet Pixie Lott has chosen the Citroen DS3 Racing hot hatch for her new video What Do You Take Me For, a single the features US hip-hop artist Pusha T and is included in Pixie’s...

Volkswagen Golf R US Pricing Announced

5 Oct 2011, 07:31 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Hot hatches aren’t all that popular in the US, but as times are changing, we might these go-fast compacts grow on Americans. VW for example, is trying to make US drivers love hot hatches by i...

Vauxhall Corsa VXR Nurburgring Edition Debuts

4 Oct 2011, 14:49 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / British B-roads now have a new hero, in the person of Mr. Vauxhall Corsa VXR Nurburgring Edition, which is set to arrive in showrooms across the UK this month. Powering the front wheels through a me...