30 Sep 2014, 08:47 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / If you're sufficiently committed to driving like an idiot in a hatchback – and let's face it, we petrolheads are – than the SEAT Leon Cupra is probably the best car you can buy...
29 Sep 2014, 14:13 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Way back in 2007, the smallest model of the OPC family started the supermini hot hatch trend of using 1.6-liter turbocharged gasoline motors. And that recipe for FWD fun is expected to live on with ...
29 Sep 2014, 11:31 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The Japanese manufacturer's all-new C-segment hatchback made its world debut back in May, but rumors according to which a hot Nismo variant is also in the works have been finally materialized w...
29 Sep 2014, 09:38 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Perhaps seeing that last week's Civic facelift reveal left people unimpressed, Honda today revealed yet more details about a car that gets everybody excited every time some details come out, th...
18 Sep 2014, 14:13 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / If you're in the market for a front-wheel drive hot hatch with both street cred and awesome performance, chances are you're going to end up looking at one of these gods of the 3-door realm...
18 Sep 2014, 09:45 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / After the 2014 Polo facelift's European launch, Volkswagen is finally ready to reveal the new version of its smallest hot hatch, the Polo GTI. Even though at a glance this is just a refresh, we...
17 Sep 2014, 10:25 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / As if taking away some of the Fiat 500's market share wasn't bad enough, Opel's little posh car, the Adam, is now ready to battle the Abarth with a very impressive barrage of custom p...
10 Sep 2014, 15:04 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Opel is eager to show the fruits of its labor at the upcoming Paris Motor Show, where the all-new Corsa E will be presented. We know that for a fact, but what we didn't know what that the OPC v...
10 Sep 2014, 09:34 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Our readers probably already know that we're fans of the latest Volkswagen and Audi plug-in hybrid cars. With the Golf GTE having just gone on sale in Germany, we've been able to find a ve...
8 Sep 2014, 14:33 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Peugeot's motorsport boffins are ready to show the fruits of their labor today, the brand new 308-based hot hatch having just been revealed. Interestingly, the French deemed their creation unwo...
4 Sep 2014, 08:28 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / When Fiat reintroduced the 500 in 2007, the little Italian city car became an instant hit overnight. It looks funky, it's easy to park, it is all things to all men and women. But it's a fa...
4 Sep 2014, 08:31 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The S1 is like an afterthought in the lineup, a car that Audi probably didn't envision in the first place. But only a few months after the launch, this little pocket rocket has a cult following...
3 Sep 2014, 15:47 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Renault’s RS division has always been brilliant at building spicy cars that were also manageable. With the new Clio RS 200 EDC though, they’ve tipped the balance towards the comfy stuff,...
3 Sep 2014, 15:20 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The world only took heed of the Peugeot RCZ R for a brief moment before turning its attention back to what the German automakers are doing. However, we think this is one of the best cars to come out...
3 Sep 2014, 15:26 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Notice the composure displayed by the Clio RS 200 EDC in the image above. This is what the new generation is all about - sure, it’s still a spicy hatch, but the aim was to make it appealing to...
1 Sep 2014, 16:13 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / It might not be as tricky to handle as the old Clio V6, but the FWD versions of the Renault Clio RS do have their own problematic handling tendencies, created by the combination of big power, wide t...
29 Aug 2014, 13:43 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Peugeot is currently putting the final touches on its first compact hot hatch in many years. Our spies have just snapped these photos of a prototype undergoing hot weather testing in Southern Europe...
28 Aug 2014, 08:04 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Also sold as a Renault, the Sandero is a low-cost supermini jointly developed by Renault and Romanian subsidiary Dacia. It has good ol' front-wheel drive, petrol and diesel four-cylinder engine...
26 Aug 2014, 01:29 UTC · By: Jeffrey Ross / From the moment that the 2014 Mazda3 was first unveiled, the burning question has been when we’ll be seeing the return of the Mazdaspeed3. Well now it would seem that Mazda is answering the pr...
24 Aug 2014, 14:46 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The new Mustang isn't the only Ford offering Blue Oval engineers a spicy time on the Nurburgring these days. A new test mule of the Focus RS has recently been spotted lapping the Nordschleife, ...