SEAT Ibiza Cupra Is Now Cheaper Than Ever: Obsolete Tech?
25 Dec 2014, 07:03 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Volkswagen Group is doing weird things with the supermini hot hatch segment. Audi has introduced a 2-liter turbo S1 model to the range with a high cost of €30,000, while Volkswagen has made the...
2015 Ford Focus ST: Here’s How Much it Costs in Europe
24 Dec 2014, 10:27 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Until the Mustang EcoBoost-powered, all-wheel drive 2016 Focus RS will bow down in January at the Detroit Auto Show, the Blue Oval automaker’s hottest hatch comes in form of the facelifted Foc...
2015 Golf R Launch Edition Costs $39,000, Goes on Sale in January
20 Dec 2014, 12:12 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Volkswagen of America has just announced it will begin taking orders for the first 500 units of the 2015 Golf R, all of which will belong to the launch edition. Die-hard Golf fans will have to fork ...
Polo GTI Shows the Fastest Way to Decorate a Tree, the Hooligan Way
19 Dec 2014, 09:34 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. The stockings were hung by the chimney and the Volkswagen Polo GTI was decorating the tree ...
Nissan Juke Nismo RS Arrives in Britain: More Expensive than Clio RS 200
18 Dec 2014, 15:35 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Prices for the hotly anticipated Nissan Juke Nismo RS have been announced today.The model is going to be available through Nissan dealerships throughout Britain for the price of £21,995, which...
2015 Polo GTI Launched in Britain: Costs More than MINI Cooper S?
18 Dec 2014, 13:07 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / A few months after updating the Polo with new tech and a somewhat discrete facelift, VW has launched a new GTI model as well. This time, the changes are rather radical when it comes to under-the-bon...
Audi RS3 Sedan Coming in 2016
15 Dec 2014, 10:26 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / We only have a few photos of the all-new RS3, but we can already tell that it's going to blow the roof off the hot hatch market. Just when you thought it was safe to order an A45 AMG, Audi come...
Ford Confirms 2016 Focus RS for America, Expect a Detroit Debut · Updated
11 Dec 2014, 17:47 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / As you can see in the photo above, the third-generation Ford Focus RS looks more than happy to devour the Karusel corner on the Nurburgring, but be prepared American car aficionados, we’re not...
New Audi RS3 Sportback Revealed, Has 367 HP 2.5 TFSI Engine
12 Dec 2014, 08:49 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / After a wait that seemed to go on forever, Audi has finally revealed the RS3 Sportback, a hot hatch cut from the same fabric as hot hatch legends. The performance of this machine is sure to give man...
Volkswagen Says "Definitely Not" to Polo R Hyper Hatch
10 Dec 2014, 16:15 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Audi is getting a lot of attention with its new S1 pocket rocket these days. After all, this little car has somehow managed to revive the aging A1 and give it a fighting chance against the far newer...
Renault Wants the Next Megane RS to Go Hybrid
28 Nov 2014, 09:09 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The problem with every affordable performance car these days is that owners simply can't live with the fuel bills. Even driving normally though traffic in the morning, a sportscar with a 2-lite...
2015 Volkswagen Polo GTI (6R Facelift): New Photos and Details Released
26 Nov 2014, 11:19 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The current generation of Volkswagen Polo received a lot of praise when it was launched in 2010, but the same could never be said about the GTI version. While the engineers deserved a medal for sque...
2015 Volkswagen Polo GTI: Manual Version Gets Good Review, First Acceleration Test
25 Nov 2014, 15:20 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Just over a month after it made its debut at the Paris Motor Show, the new Polo GTI is making its way into the hands of German auto magazine Auto Bild. With the segment crowded by so many cool new c...
Snowboarder Takes Clio GT on a Half-pipe for His 18th Birthday
24 Nov 2014, 18:19 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Brace yourselves, winter is coming. And with it, all the major car companies and the ones that are not so major are going to try and trick us into thinking they are hip and cool by associating with ...
2016 Ford Focus RS Rendered Based On Spied Test Mules
24 Nov 2014, 09:29 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / When it was presented in the flesh and at full throttle at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in June, the 2015 Ford Focus ST facelift lit the imagination of petrolheads. Well, except for the turbo dies...
Mercedes Confirms Hardcore A45 AMG Being Developed
22 Nov 2014, 11:56 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The A45 AMG is currently the most powerful hot hatch on the market. But with only 60 hp separating it from the Audi S3's 2-liter turbo and a 370 hp RS3 rumored for next year, Mercedes is re-sha...
All-New Hyundai i20 Rendered as N-Rated Hot Hatch
19 Nov 2014, 13:38 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The second generation of the Hyundai i20 is believed to be among the first Korean models to venture into the dangerous hot hatch territory using the new N performance badge. Jürgen Grimm, Hy...
Audi S1 Takes on New Megane RS 275 in Hot Hatch Acceleration Battle
15 Nov 2014, 12:09 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Most people seem to think that hot hatches are measured in absolutes, like power, prestige and acceleration. But the majority of buyers think of them as sort of lifestyle choices, a bit like the peo...
420 HP Golf R: Why It's Not Going to Happen
12 Nov 2014, 17:38 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Every Golf GTI, GTD or R owner in the world probably knows about the extreme-looking R400 Concept Volkswagen presented at the Beijing Auto Show back in April. As the name suggests, this supercar of ...
Scoop: New Peugeot 208 GT Coming in 2015 as 5-Door Warm Hatch
7 Nov 2014, 15:20 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The problem with hot hatchbacks from the supermini class is that unlike their bigger brothers, most can't act civilized. With the exception of the Polo GTI and the MINI Cooper S, there's n...