5 Oct 2012, 14:25 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Volkswagen Tiguan buyers from the UK can now opt for the sporty R-Line trim level, which gives the German crossover a bit more aggression. With 18-inch alloys, a subtle body kit and bi-xenon headlam...
2 Oct 2012, 09:10 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Every VW official was smiling from ear to ear as they unveiled the brand new production Golf VII and the concept for next year’s Golf GTI. Everything with a VW badge on the front sells well be...
30 Sep 2012, 10:41 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The Golf will soon enter its seventh generation, launched relatively soon after the sixth, which was just a reengineered version of the fifth. Sounds confusing, right? It was the same for us when we...
28 Sep 2012, 11:27 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Slightly more power and quite a lot more economy is what Volkswagen is giving the seventh-generation Golf GTI. The car made its debut as a pre-production concept at the Paris Motor Show.
As a con...
26 Sep 2012, 15:44 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / German tuning firm B&B Automobiletechnik has released a complete tuning program that targets all three engines offered under the bonnet of the most popular Land Rover model right now, the Evoque...
26 Sep 2012, 13:16 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Volkswagen’s new Golf GTI has been leaked, just one day ahead of the scheduled debut at the Paris Motor Show, which was only supposed to take place tomorrow. These first photos leaked onto the...
25 Sep 2012, 11:20 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Somehow the fact that hot superminis are using turbocharged engines is bothering the fans, but at the same time they don’t mind this with full-sized hot hatches like the Megane RS. It might ha...
12 Sep 2012, 11:56 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Volkswagen has taken a lot of criticism over for the sixth-generation Golf GTI. The hatchback took a more leisurely attitude to being hot, and as a result only had 210 hp, not enough to take on the ...
11 Sep 2012, 13:42 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Just like the hatchback market has moved on from the three-door Golf I to the comfortable and refined Golf VII, so too has the hot hatch game. From the first generation Golf GTI, that had a 1.6-lite...
11 Sep 2012, 12:31 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The Renault Clio RS has been in production as a hot hatchling ever since 1999, built on the popular supermini platform by the go-fast specialists at Renaultsport. They’ve always produced cars ...
26 Aug 2012, 12:53 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Kia (and Hyundai’s) ascent has been, to our eyes at least, one of the most impressive feats the industry has witnessed in modern times, reaching a level at which they now challenge the best, d...
23 Aug 2012, 14:57 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / If you’re the sort of person who follows spyshots because he wants to know about future cars, this post will probably feel like a scene from The Twilight Zone series. In just a few days, Volks...
23 Aug 2012, 10:23 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / A MkV VW Golf GTI with Audi R8 brakes riding on 20-inch concave wheels - that’s the very definition of cool. It’s more than cool, it’s awesome bordering on insane.
These sort of...
23 Aug 2012, 07:46 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Holly mother of all hothatches, we might just see the day when a VW Golf leaves the factory with 300 horsepower. The game has moved on a lot since the days of the original GTI, and the prototype for...
5 Aug 2012, 12:24 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / To be honest, the Golf GTI Mk6 has been with us for a while, and we’re not surprised to see power kits that take it all the way up to 310 or so horsepower. So with only 275 horsepower on tap, ...
1 Aug 2012, 12:50 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Volkswagen might be preparing to launch the 7th generation of the Golf, but it will certainly take a while until we get the hot hatch GTI version, so, for now, tuners are focusing on the Golf VI GTI...
1 Aug 2012, 07:58 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Hello dear fast-Ford fans, and welcome to the fantastic new Focus ST. Official pricing for the hothatch has been confirmed to be AUD38,290 in Australia. The five-door will go on sale in October, but...
26 Jul 2012, 08:56 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Volkswagen has enhanced the appeal of the Beetle range in the UK market with the addition of two of it most potent engines. Joining the base 1.2 TFSI and 1.4 TSI will be a powerful diesel engine, th...
24 Jul 2012, 10:15 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The best of the current crop front-wheel drive only hot hatches have already surpassed the 250 hp mark, while cars like the sixth generation VW Golf GTI, and the Civic Type R, are still stuck around...
12 Jul 2012, 14:47 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / We have exciting news for Ford fans, as the Focus ST hot hatch has received its economy ratings, and they’re quite decent for the power you’re getting. Ford says the 2.0-liter EcoBoost f...