New VW Golf R: the 300 HP Performance Bargain of the Year
8 Nov 2013, 21:11 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / For a while now, Audi has dominated the fast estate market, Volkswagen the European compact market and Skoda the European affordable car market. Nobody other than the owners seems to love their cars...
New Volkswagen Golf R Available in Britain
8 Nov 2013, 16:31 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Volkswagen UK just announced that order books have been opened for the brand new VW Golf R, based on the Mk7 platform and offering more power and performance than ever. The company has released t...
2014 Focus ST Stealing America’s Youngsters, Ford Says
8 Nov 2013, 12:27 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Now that the Ford Focus ST has concluded its first year of sales in the US, the Blue Oval is thrilled with the hot hatch’s Casanova reputation. Ford is telling us that the Focus ST is bringing...
Should the Next Polo GTI Be a 1.6 TSI or 1.8 TSI?
31 Oct 2013, 13:58 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / To be honest, we really don't know a whole lot about the next generation of Volkswagen Polo. A number of German publication have stated that it will come in 2015 or a bit sooner and will ride o...
Spy Video: Opel Corsa OPC Facelift
31 Oct 2013, 13:30 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / A Mercedes S-Class and BMW i8 being tailed by an Opel? You don't see that every day, but thankfully we have just the clip to show you it actually happened. With this year's Nurburgring ...
Renault Shares Its "New" Megane RS 265
23 Oct 2013, 16:36 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Ford Focus ST, Golf GTI, Opel Astra OPC, Audi S3, SEAT Leon SC – these cars are all new. But the Renault Megane isn't. The French are changing that with a facelift previewed in Frankfurt,...
Crazy Gym Exercises You Can Do With a Peugeot 208 GTi
19 Oct 2013, 09:21 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Are you stuck in traffic with nothing to do? If you’re still concerned about your looks and how big your triceps are, it means you’re not married yet and you still have a pulse, which al...
Renault Clio 4 RS 200 EDC – Australian Pricing Announced
14 Oct 2013, 09:46 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The French car that moved the hot hatch market forward is making its way to Australia now. We're talking about the new Renault Clio RS, the fourth generation model. Expect to arrive in Austr...
What The Heck Are You Thinking, MINI?
9 Oct 2013, 18:02 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Every decade has a different flavor when it comes to hot hatches. In the 1980s, they were especially popular. Peugeots, Ford, VWs and Opels… you name it. Back then it was all about having a l...
Peugeot 308 GTi Could Have as Much as 250 HP
7 Oct 2013, 09:08 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The GTi brand is essential for Peugeot's revival. After all, heritage has to play a part when you're battling affordable Korean and Japanese cars. The 208 GTi is a decent machine, but Peug...
Spyshots: Opel Corsa OPC Facelift Testing for 2014 Debut
4 Oct 2013, 11:03 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Right now, the Opel Corsa is probably the least up-to-date model in its segment. It's been around for a very long time and is not getting better with age. But working on a tight budget means Op...
Spyshots: Volkswagen Beetle R
2 Oct 2013, 10:41 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / It's no secret that Volkswagen has been pondering the idea of a really hot Beetle coupe. They even made a concept, which we thought was quite awesome. It looks like the Beetle R has finally bee...
Spyshots: 2014 SEAT Leon Cupra Detailed
24 Sep 2013, 14:36 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / In 2006, SEAT launched their faster car ever, the Leon Cupra with 240 PS that could accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h in no less than 6.4 seconds. A few years after that, they went one better with the C...
Trabant RS: 220 HP Communist Hot Hatch · Video
24 Sep 2013, 13:28 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The days when East Germany gave the less fortunate part of the world the Trabant are now gone. However, the two-stroke communist creation still has its fans and we’re here to show you what the...
Spy Video: 2015 Honda Civic Type R Testing at the Nurburgring
24 Sep 2013, 09:45 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The C-segment hot hatch market is a virtual party right now. We've got the new Golf GTI, the new Focus ST, the new Opel Astra OPC and of course the new Audi S3, BMW M135i and Mercedes A45 AMG. ...
Ford Focus ST Driven by Jay Leno
22 Sep 2013, 10:22 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / America hasn’t yet fully warmed up to the idea of an expensive hatchback, not even a hot hatchback. The Civic Type R is a coupe, the Subaru WRX is a sedan, but Ford revived some of that &ldquo...
New Volkswagen Golf GTI Coming to Australia Only as a 5-Door
19 Sep 2013, 15:44 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Oh how the hot hatch market has changed over these odd years. The Golf GTI used to be a three-door, the size of the our current Polo, but it's grown into a luxury mobile with a big engine. Is t...
Peugeot Sees Room 308 R in Range
19 Sep 2013, 08:02 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The "well, duh" news of the day comes from Peugeot today, as their Managing Director Maxime Picat spoke to Top Gear UK and told basically that they could make a production version of the 3...
Spyshots: New Opel Corsa OPC Nurburgring Testing
16 Sep 2013, 12:53 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / General Motors is keeping Opel on a very tight budget, which means instead of getting a brand new model, they are going to have another facelift for the Corsa D, even though the architecture dates b...
Spyshots: Peugeot 308 GTi Hot Hatch
16 Sep 2013, 09:50 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / At the ongoing Frankfurt Motor Show, Peugeot is displaying not only the new 308 compact hatchback, but also a concept called the 308 R, which previews the most extreme version of the car they'd...