Sentences with phrase «hot hatch ever»

Seat has recently made a lot of noise about the fact that the Leon Cupra 290 (albeit fitted with an optional Performance Pack that you can't specify here at the moment) is the quickest hot hatch ever around the Nürburgring.

The R.S. 16 is probably the fastest and most hardcore small hot hatch ever.

You've read Dan Prosser's first drive of the Focus RS on www.evo.co.uk, but in the March 2016 issue evo's Road Test Editor expands further on Ford's most powerful and potentially most exciting hot hatch ever.

To show the new Focus RS — the car some are calling the greatest front - drive hot hatch ever — the precise way to the cleaners (via the Bedford Autodrome the next day).

This first drive was just a brief taster on a low - speed handling circuit, so although we weren't able to learn everything we wanted to about the R.S. 16 there are still good reasons to believe it could be the fastest, most exciting small hot hatch ever.

How do you possibly replace one of the most universally liked modern hot hatches ever?

The new 276bhp Vauxhall Astra VXR has all the ingredients to be one of the best hot hatches ever made, but any weaknesses will be exposed by two greats — Renaultsport's Mégane 265 Cup and Ford's Focus

The R builds on the success of the Golf GTI, a vehicle that I loved so much that I called it «one of the best hot hatches ever.»

Not exact matches

Rolling on an all - new platform and reportedly powered by a 2.0 - liter turbo with as much as 340 horsepower mated to a six - speed manual, when it arrives here next spring the 2018 Honda Civic Type R promises to be one of the hottest hatches we've ever experienced.

Faster than ever, the Leon Cupra still fails to really engage in a way that marks out the best hot hatches

The 2017 Honda Civic Type R delivers an EPA - rated 22/28/25 mpg city / highway / combined, but that won't stop anyone from buying the hottest hot - hatch ever to come from the land of the rising sun, or in this case, Honda's plant in Swindon, England, where the Type R is currently built.

First impressions of Mini's fastest ever car, the mk2 John Cooper Works GP hot hatch, as we drive it on track

Functional aerodynamic aids, lightweight wheels, and a tail - out Drift Mode for its torque - vectoring system ensure that this will be one of the hottest hatches to ever hit our shores.

Its ever - eager personality hooked us immediately, and we knew we needed a Four Seasons test to spend more time with this hot - hatch firecracker.

The Megane 275 Trophy R and its predecessor, the R26.R, remain some of the most captivating and enjoyable hot hatches that have ever existed.

The Golf GTI has been a hot hatch stalwart for upwards of 40 years, but the GTI's classless appeal, bolstered by its supremely polished driving experience, is stronger than ever.

With an eclectic mix of hot hatches, sports cars and red - blooded supercars, this year's 11 contenders were arguably the best ever.

Competition in the hot - hatch segment is tougher than ever.

Hot hatch made for snowstorm hooning gets first - ever factory - available winter tire package in North America

If you've ever heard someone talk about a «hot hatch,» they were probably talking about the Volkswagen Golf GTI — and if they weren't, whatever car they were talking about was probably built to compete with it.

What is it: The hottest of the front - drive hot hatches, the all - new 2017 Civic Type R is the fastest, most powerful Honda, and the first - ever Honda Type R model to be sold in America.Key Competitors:...

MINI's hottest ever hatch, the John Cooper Works, has had one key ingredient missing from its tasty looking recipe.

There are many who argue it's the greatest hot hatch there's ever been.

Joining the Golf club can be great for enthusiasts, too, as they can choose from hot hatches like the GTI and Golf R. Indeed, a new Golf GTI Clubsport recently became the fastest front - drive production car to ever lap the Nürburgring racetrack.

Hot hatches are ever more powerful - some of them come close to supercar territory, with 0 - 60 mph times of less than 4 seconds!

The hot hatch features the most powerful engine ever offered in a Honda production vehicle in America: a 306 - horsepower 2.0 - liter turbocharged four - cylinder unit mated to a short - shifting six - speed manual transmission.

It was Audi's first ever hot hatch, but fast - forward almost 20 years and the model's closest rival is still arguably its VW group stablemate — the Golf GTI.

Indeed, Seat proudly boasts the Leon Cupra R is their «hottest ever hatch».

This means we could be waiting until 2017 to see Volkswagen's hottest ever hot hatch.

Hyunday's first - ever hot hatch will take a bow in Frankfurt under the i30 N moniker.

The hot hatch market is hotter than ever right now, the missing MazdaSpeed3 notwithstanding, which means that consumers win both coming and going.

«The new GTI is the most impressive performance Polo ever, but it's capable and composed rather than racy and raucous like some of the best hot hatches.»

Can this hot hatch upstart from Hyundai beat the finest version of the Leon Cupra ever made?

The Volkswagen Golf GTI is an undisputed icon in the car world, credited with starting the hot hatch genre in 1976, but Hyundai's first ever hot hatch is undeniably polished straight out of the blocks.

The Ford Fiesta ST â $ «Ford's fastest ever production small car â $ «is off to fast start with hot - hatch fans placing 3,000 orders since March.

The 2014 Forte 5 - door is more practical than ever, but does its turbocharged four - cylinder make it a genuine «hot hatch»?

Ever - popular with auto enthusiasts, the hot hatch segment is set to blow up with the introduction of a few new models, the 2016 Volkswagen Golf R among them

It's not one of those wild handling hot hatches, like, say, the Ford Focus ST - the 308 drives more along the lines of the Honda Civic Type R (the FK2) meaning the tail will rarely if ever step out.

So you can, for instance, bypass the hot hatch event and launch into historic F1 racing instead — aquaplaning in a «60s Brabham BT24 at triple - digit speeds yet still keeping four wheels on a soaked and ever - changing Monza track is as exhilarating as you'd imagine.