Jan 4
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There hasn’t been a Toyota quite like the new GR Yaris since the old Celica GT-Four ST205 of the mid-’90s. It was…
Nov 5
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After this week, I’m certainly feeling every one of my 34 years. It’s not the first time I’ve thought gee, a human…
Aug 12
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One of the other few Nissan Pao owners here in North Carolina, my friend Attila, sent me a picture of a car he’s…
Jan 19 2020
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With hot hatches like the rally-derived 2020 Toyota GR Yaris pulling more than 260 horsepower out of tiny 3-cylinder…
Nov 19 2019
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Mini’s John Cooper Works GP models have always been a ridiculous caricature of a race-inspired hot hatch. The first…
Aug 7 2019
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The front-wheel drive hot hatch wars have been raging on for decades. Volkswagen owned the scene with the GTI for a…
May 11 2018
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The party may be winding down for the Fiesta ST in the U.S., but you wouldn’t know it with used editions like…
Jan 30 2017
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The Volkswagen GTI is widely considered the first (well, there were some before it) really popular modern hot hatch…
Oct 12 2016
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We’re all thankful that the Ford Focus RS, an overpowered all-wheel drive hot hatchback with “drift mode,” even…
Feb 10 2016
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Dec 30 2015
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Our friends at the CivicX Forum just posted this image of what they say is the 2.0 liter turbocharged heart of the 20…
Feb 13 2015
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Just 1,200 2016 Hyundai Veloster Rally Edition cars will be produced, and as much as I love to crap on "special…
Jan 5 2015
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They say there's no business like snow business, or something like that. The seller of today's Nice Price or…
Jan 30 2013
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Seventy horsepower is considered to be such a low figure nowadays that in some cases, mechanically identical engines…
Jan 1 2013
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Italians like to drive and have a good time, but they also understand that not everybody can afford a Ferrari or a…
Apr 20 2012
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The original Civic Si was Honda's entry into the Hot Hatch market, a class that defined '80s cheap seat performance.…
Apr 20 2011
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The closest we've ever gotten to driving a Corsa in the states is the older and larger Saturn Astra, which sold…
Dec 28 2009
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Hot versions of mundane econo-boxes preceded the Rabbit GTI, but none became iconically emblematic of the breed as…