11 May 2016, 19:57 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The best of the best includes the Honda Civic Type R, Audi RS3, Mercedes-AMG A45, Golf R, Renault Megane 275 Cup-S, Peugeot 308 GTI 270, BMW 135i and Subaru Im
10 May 2016, 21:20 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Renault could have said the Megane GT is the best looking compact hatchback of 2016 and nobody would have said a thing. But this is wrong on many levels
6 May 2016, 21:29 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The current version is the best Golf R ever made, but for the GTI, the sweet spot was hit by the 5th generation and, of course, the iconic Mk1
6 May 2016, 18:51 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The more powerful BMW M2 only managed to put 0.1 of a second between it and the Focus RS, despite also having a DCT gearbox
3 May 2016, 20:52 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / We put the 180 hp Focus Black edition in the same league as the SEAT Leon 1.8 TSI, Hyundai i30 Turbo and Kia CEE'd GT: almost hot
27 Apr 2016, 09:50 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / If you can go past the STI rear wing, this Ukrainian tuning effort offers a more affordable (and FWD) alternative to the Subaru
26 Apr 2016, 20:58 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / We can say goodbye to the R400 concept we saw two years ago in Beijing. Volkswagen isn't going to build it and Dieselgate got the engineer fired
19 Apr 2016, 12:48 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Ford engineers are testing a modified version of the Focus ST at the Nurburgring. Among other mechanical enhancements, it has improvised aerodynamics
11 Apr 2016, 16:35 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / If you hit the ring in a GT3 RS or a 458 Speciale and are trying to accommodate, don't be surprised if a manic hot hatch keeps up. It's just a Ring Wolf
11 Apr 2016, 06:05 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / What we see here is the third Nurburgring accident of its kind in one year, so your déjà vu shouldn't come too much as a surprise
5 Apr 2016, 21:22 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / This yellow is a 1,770 euro optional piece that sets the car apart from others like it, or at least that's the way we see it
5 Apr 2016, 03:02 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Italian grandmothers seem to have a thing for spicy driving. After last week's Lamborghini Gallardo stunt, we are now back with a grandma who handles a Focus ST
11 Mar 2016, 22:38 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / It took a couple of years to prove that the Golf R was a great hatch, but the Leon Cupra is better in some way and now it has a great exhaust
11 Mar 2016, 16:47 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The Ibiza Cupra is cheaper than the equivalent VW Polo GTI, but the Fiesta ST still undercuts it by a considerable margin
2 Mar 2016, 22:34 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The cool thing about this comparison that isn't a comparison is that you can now have the same 2.3-liter turbo engine in the Focus and Mustang
29 Feb 2016, 20:08 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / While the Abarth incarnation of the Fiat 500 facelift was expected to bow in Geneva, we'll have to wait a few more months for its debut
5 Feb 2016, 21:16 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / From the most feared in the hot hatch industry, the GTI name has been transformed into a marketing tool for Germany baby strollers
15 Jan 2016, 20:12 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / We all know the 2016 Ford Focus RS has a drift mode, but now we get the chance to see how this affects the characteristics of the hot hatch
14 Jan 2016, 23:04 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Now that we've had to work the calendar, the 2016 Ford Focus RS is no longer an internet sensation, but a showroom reality
14 Dec 2015, 18:17 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The 308 GTi has more in common with the Golf GTI than just those three letters. It's also discreet, economical and not very fun to drive