Great Used Hot Hatches You Can Afford
27 Jun 2014, 16:33 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / If you're into hatchbacks that go like the clappers, the past year or so has been the best one in literally a decade. VW just launched a 300 horsepower Golf R that can keep up with an Aston Mar...
US-spec 2015 Golf GTI Receives an Honest Amateur Review
26 Jun 2014, 15:28 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The GTI is old news in Europe, having launched over a year ago. However, America has just begun receiving it, a slightly re-tailored version of the European car, made in Mexico for the 2015 model ye...
Peugeot 208 GTi 30th Anniversary Special Edition Unveiled
26 Jun 2014, 12:00 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Peugeot has taken the covers off its latest hot hatch creation and it looks good, really good. The 208 GTi 30th Anniversary celebrates three decades since the launch of its 205 ancestor and yet it m...
Ford Focus RS Rescued from Muddy Lake Shows Crappiest Hot Hatch Interior Ever
25 Jun 2014, 13:43 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / With certain exceptions, such as the recently-developed breed of premium hot hatches, the go-fast hatchback genre has been known to deliver some of the crappiest interiors for the money. Unfortunate...
New Renault Clio RS Reviewed by a Sexy Car-loving Russian Blonde
24 Jun 2014, 14:22 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / OK, so the Renault Clio RS is not as fresh as daisies. Revealed at the 2012 Paris Motor Show, this 4th generation hot hatch made its market debut the following year and has been largely described as...
2015 Honda Civic Type R Receives R-Rated Brand Film
24 Jun 2014, 06:44 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / It seems Honda is more excited about the return of the Type R than we previously expected. Even though we're a year away from actually seeing a 300 hp Civic go down the road, the automaker has ...
Why the New Ford Focus RS Will Use FWD: Spyshots
18 Jun 2014, 15:52 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / A few days ago, we had the confirmation Ford is working on a new incarnation of the Focus RS. The biggest question here is whether the vehicle will stick to its FWD recipe or go AWD. Well, you can g...
SEAT to Renault: We Can Beat the Megane RS 275 Trophy-R
17 Jun 2014, 08:22 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Yesterday, French carmaker Renault announced its brand new and seriously impressive Megane RS 275 Trophy-R has managed to lap the Nurburgring in a record-breaking 7 minutes 54.36 seconds. The pre...
Renault Megane RS 275 Trophy-R Sets New Nurburgring Lap Record – 7:54.36
16 Jun 2014, 08:52 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Remember the records set by the previous generation Megane R26.R in 2008 and the 265 Trophy that followed it in 2011? Well now, there's a new fastest Renault in town, and it's just lapped ...
New Megane RS Trophy Joins Gumball 3000 Rally in Paris
12 Jun 2014, 09:51 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The job of a hot hatch is never done. After having lapped the Nurburgring track in record time for a front-wheel drive car, the Renault Megane RS 275 Trophy just couldn't resist showing off a b...
Civic Type R: The Other Side of Honda
12 Jun 2014, 07:56 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Here's a video of yet another car not coming to a Honda US dealer near you any time soon. While the 2015 Civic Si still has about as much power as it did 10 years ago, the Europeans are getting...
Renault Megane RS Madrid Police Car Has Kevlar Doors
11 Jun 2014, 16:00 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / While the the Abu Dhabi police likes to drag race its hyperpowered machines and the British Police has just welcomed an Ariel Atom, the officers in Madrid are a bit more restrained when willing to g...
Ford Will Build a New Focus RS, Here Is the Spied Test Mule
11 Jun 2014, 10:09 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Last month Ford execs dropped a few hints that the carmaker will build a new Focus RS after the vehicle’s fate was in doubt for quite some time. Well, it seems the sun is shining on Ford&rsquo...
Audi RS1 Sportback Rendered
9 Jun 2014, 09:27 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The new Audi S1 might seem like an insignificant little product from Audi, the least powerful and smallest of all the S models at 231 hp. However, it's had a tremendous impact on the Audi brand...
New Polo BlueGT: 150 HP Fuel Sipper Goes on Sale in Europe
6 Jun 2014, 16:58 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Blue, sporty and frugal at the same time – that can only be the Polo BlueGT from Volkswagen. The mildly hot hatch was launched in 2012 and has just been updated by the German automaker, who no...
Golf R 400 Exhaust Sound Is Heard for the First Time
5 Jun 2014, 16:33 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Right now, we bet there's a 16-year old boy somewhere in Europe waiting to get his driving license so he can one day own a 400 horsepower Golf R. And you know what? He just might, not with the ...
Nissan Pulsar Nismo Being Considered, but It Needs a 250 HP Engine
26 May 2014, 13:45 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Late last week, we showed you this very rendering of a Nismo C-segment hot hatch based on Nissan's brand new Pulsar. Little did we know that the automaker is actually looking into a Golf GTI ri...
2015 Volkswagen Golf GTI POV Drive
23 May 2014, 18:00 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Porsche has the 911, Chevy the Corvette and Volkswagen… the Golf GTI. It's their trademark car, one that gets all their best toys and evolves linearly with every generation. This also me...
Hertz Spruces Up the Ford Fiesta ST
23 May 2014, 16:58 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / By all means, the Ford Fiesta ST is one of the prettiest hot hatchbacks out there thanks to its form follows function design and very clean lines. But as the Dutch branch of Hertz demonstrated, you ...
Abarth 695 Biposto Appointed Official Car Of the Gumball 3000 Rally
23 May 2014, 13:20 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / 50 years since the original model was unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show, the modern version of "the most Abarth of all Abarths" will make its on-road debut at this year's edition of t...