2016 Opel Astra GSi Looks Ready to Take On the VW GTI in These Latest Spyshots
14 Dec 2015, 09:13 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / Following the new model's release in September at Frankfurt, Opel is now getting ready to launch a sportier version, but not THE sportiest
2016 Renault Megane GT Costs €31,900 in France, Making It Just €550 Cheaper than Megane RS
11 Dec 2015, 16:10 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The Megane GT is one expensive mother, but so is every German car it rivals. Only time will tell if people want to pay €32,000 for a French hatch
2016 Volkswagen Golf GTI Cabriolet Launched for €37,075, Loses Weight and Manual
11 Dec 2015, 15:32 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The GTI Cabriolet is more powerful and lighter thanks to the EA888 2-liter TSI engine from the MK7 GTI hatchback. But it's really expensive
500 HP Peugeot 308 R HYbrid Concept and Test Prototype Get Video Review
8 Dec 2015, 14:43 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The Peugeot 308 R HYbrid was shown at the Shanghai Auto Show in April and already the company is making plans for a production RS3 killer
Ford Considering Extreme Focus RS, Aiming to Beat A45 AMG, RS3, and BMW M135i
13 Nov 2015, 10:20 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Ford Performance is considering building the fastest hot hatch you can find in a showroom nowadays, with this expected to be one memorable machine
2017 Hyundai i30 N Hot Hatch Spied Testing Former BMW M Boss Biermann’s Intentions
12 Nov 2015, 17:53 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The spicy i30 will be the first vehicle to be released by Hyundai’s N performance division, with the hostilities being led by former BMW M boss Biermann
500 HP Peugeot 308 R Does Acceleration Tests at Paul Ricard Circuit
3 Nov 2015, 17:29 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / A couple of years ago, nobody even considered adding electric motors to a hot hatch... then Tesla changed everything. However, the 1.6 turbo is Peugeot's merit
How Ford Secretly Reinvented the Mustang’s EcoBoost After Not Meeting Focus RS Specs
30 Oct 2015, 17:50 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The 2016 Ford Focus RS may have borrowed its 2.3-liter Ecoboost from the Mustang, but the engine has been seriously revised
Toyota Wants a Yaris Hot Hatch with a "Big Turbo" As It Returns to the WRC
30 Oct 2015, 14:25 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Right now, the Yaris hot hatch is at its "I want one" stage of development. It probably won't be ready until the next generation model
BMW i3 vs. VW Polo GTI Drag Race Proves Electricity Really Is the Future
21 Oct 2015, 12:57 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / With less power and running on electricity, the BMW i3 almost wins the drag race against a Polo GTI with a DSG gearbox
Honda Civic Type R Moves to Nurburgring Prototype Testing, Expected Stateside
13 Oct 2015, 16:51 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / We had spied the next Honda Civic Type R in test mule form, but now the development vehicle has entered the prototype phase
Ford Focus RS Rated at 350 HP, 350 LB-FT, Will Restart Engine If You Stall It
12 Oct 2015, 15:30 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Ford has announced the official output figures for the Focus RS, with the main novelty being an anti-stall feature aimed at the US market
Ford Crashed 28 Focus RS Prototypes During Development, Here’s a Violent Crash Test
7 Oct 2015, 15:13 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / In the path to bring the 2016 Focus RS to life, Ford crashed no less than 28 prototypes. Meeting international safety standards is long and winding road
All-New Peugeot 308 GTI 250 and 270 Coming to Britain: Prices and Specs Announced
7 Oct 2015, 12:32 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The 308 GTI is equipped with a 1.6-liter THP turbo engine, the same one used by the RCZ R. It makes either 250 or 270 PS, in which case it comes with a diff
2017 Opel Astra OPC Gets Rendered, Proves Hot Hatches Are Turning into Posers
6 Oct 2015, 16:37 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The next Astra OPC will drop te 2-liter act and adopt a smaller 1.6-liter. Why? Because Opel doesn't care or it can't figure out anything else
2015 Honda Civic Type R Takes on EP3 and FN2 Predecessors
6 Oct 2015, 16:06 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / VTEC and turbo just kicked in yo', as three generations of boy racer wet dreams meet eachother for the first time. Why you no drag race?
Ford Focus RS Goes Too Hot Hatch on the Nurburgring, Spins with Tons of Smoke
5 Oct 2015, 12:09 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The driver of the Mk I Ford Focus RS went a bit too... hot hatch during a Nurburgring lap and the Green Hell didn’t fail to bite him
Jeremy Clarkson Drives a Volkswagen Golf GTI, Captain Power Doesn't Care About its Emissions
27 Sep 2015, 14:07 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Believe it or not, former Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson drives a Volkswagen Golf GTI Mk VII and he doesn't give a damn about emissions. POWEEEEEEEER!
Volkswagen Launches Golf R Wagon Wolfsburg Edition in Australia and It's White
24 Sep 2015, 14:07 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The Golf R Variant comes with a 280 horsepower 2-liter turbo engine matched to a standard DSG gearbox and Haldex 4Motion system
2017 Opel Astra OPC will Use a Smaller 1.6-liter Turbo Engine
24 Sep 2015, 14:11 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The most powerful engine on the current 2015 Opel Astra is the 1.4-liter with up to 150 hp. It's hardly the stuff of dreams