The RS - V Astra is a good fit
in the small hatch category with its decent - size, Euro - stylish and well equipped interior that includes Holden's MyLink infotainment with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, sat - nav, DAB + radio, full iPod integration, an eight - inch central digital colour screen and Siri on hand to take your verbal instructions.
Not exact matches
All five were relatively
small, and not one was working on the kind of exciting, consumer - facing technologies being
hatched in the Valley.
Finance startup Bond Street issues loans to
small businesses, many of which have less - than - ideal credit, and it's
hatched a plan to stand out
in the crowded online lending sector.
Before the eggs were
hatched in the Honddu or the Br √ cents n or the Cilient, hundreds were gobbled by
small brown trout.
I've a
smaller hatch back car and wanted to have lots of space
in the boot after the pushchair has been placed.
When folded, it only takes up half of the floor space of my very
small boot (Ford Focus
hatch) and can be placed to one side instead of spanning across the width of my boot, meaning I can easily fit shopping
in the other side of my boot.
It was brought
in pre-cooked by council caterers and dished up into plastic flight trays at a
small serving
hatch.
When they
hatched in the lab, the refuge's gators were
smaller and weighed less than gators taken from another Central Florida refuge.
[E] arly
hatching skinks were significantly
smaller and left behind larger residual yolks
in their eggs than spontaneously
hatching skinks,» the authors write, potentially reducing the chances of survival.
The
smallest hatchlings
in the sample are 40 % bigger than the embryos, he notes, so the forelimbs might have matured by the time they
hatched.
How flocks of
small, cheap satellites,
hatched in Silicon Valley, will constantly monitor a changing Earth.
But he also wrote for a more general audience, particularly literary novels such as «Foucault's Pendulum» (1988), about three workers at a
small publishing house who
hatch their own conspiracy theory, and «The Name of the Rose,» a murder mystery set
in an Italian monastery
in the 14th century.
Gary
hatches a scheme to return to the
small town of Newton Haven where they grew up to complete the Golden Mile, having a pint of beer
in each of the 12 pubs along the way, finishing at a bar called the World's End.
He spends the next 15 years locked
in a
small room, teaching himself to fight and counting the years with
hatch - mark tattoos.
Apparently, the AP program hasn't so much raised the level of the curriculum
in the American high school as it has created an escape
hatch that lets a
small number of ambitious students get out of the low - demand environment for a few hours.
The very best
small hot
hatches, though — namely the Fiesta ST and 208 GTi — are even more engaging to drive because there's yet more inherent adjustability and agility
in their chassis.
But the Fiesta ST, when it premieres
in America this August, will test the opening power of an action
hatch on a
smaller scale and budget.
After five years on sale the little hot
hatch is being discontinued, relatively
small sales of around 250 cars per year
in the UK and an impending new Twingo base model putting paid to its appearance on the price lists.
All the things we love about a great chassis — a supple but controlled ride, ideally geared and weighted steering, balanced grip front to rear, and a delicious flow of information from all four contact patches to tell you when those limits are being breached — are here
in this
small, unprepossessing Ford
hatch.
To the rear, the
small window / high
hatch combination restricts visibility to the point I needed to rely on the backup camera more than the mirrors, as I would
in another SUV.
The cabin might be a little too fussy
in its details for some, but the aggressive exterior styling hits all the right notes for a
small hot
hatch.
But apparently the
small electric
hatch is selling well enough
in Germany to warrant an increase
in production at the automaker's plant
in Dresden.
In fact the Ibiza's
smaller footprint and shorter overhangs make it, arguably, even more attractive than the bigger
hatch.
The Ford Fiesta ST wasn't just the best car
in its class when new, it also ranks among the very best
small hot
hatches of all time
in our book.
It has become harder though, as the OEMs have increased their sizes; we're
in an era where
small hot
hatches come on 18s as standard.
Until the Scion iA and iM came along, Scion had no truly «approachable» models
in their lineup, jumping from
small coupes to strange bulbous
hatches.
One price of style is the stingiest cargo
hatch in the class: at a maximum 52.9 cubic feet, it is roughly eight percent
smaller than the Audi's hold.
Those figures are similar (though strangely, not identical) to what you'll find
in the regular Mini Cooper, but given the Countryman weighs over 200 kg more than the
smaller hatch (245 kg,
in like - for - like
in Cooper form) the engine does have more work to do.
On paper that's a crazy amount of grunt for a
small front - wheel - drive
hatch to deal with, but the after - market crews benefit from the groundwork laid down by Vauxhall, not least
in the form of the very clever electronics found across the VXR range.
For buyers who want more flexibility from their hot
hatch, BMW will also offer the
smallest M Performance car
in both three - and five - door variants.
It's a big car - every time I climbed out and looked at it, particularly
in profile, it seemed more like a sports saloon than a «hot
hatch» - and occasionally it feels it, trading a
smaller hatch's hyperactive agility for a more grown - up effectiveness, but that shouldn't be read that the experience is
in any way dull.
Renault's Clio competes
in a tough sector of the market, currently diversifying away from just standard B - segment
hatches to incorporate
small SUVs and crossovers — such as the Clio's sibling, the Captur.
Ample numbers
in such a
small, fiery
hatch.
The Sports suspension doesn't provide hot
hatch levels of body control but there's enough dynamism here to make light work of quick changes of direction, and there's a sense - not always present
in Volkswagen Group
small cars - that the rear axle is assisting
in those direction changes.
Sports — Performance (under $ 50K): Chevrolet's beefy Camaro SS muscle car goes up against some
smaller contenders
in the new Mazda MX - 5 Miata, Hyundai Veloster Rally Edition, Mini John Cooper Works 3 - Door and Volkswagen's hot
hatch Golf R.
Today, the
smallest hatchbacks are
in the city car class, and models such as the Citroen C1 and Skoda Citigo feature a
small rear
hatch that's not much more than a reinforced pane of glass.
With a 0 to 60 mph sprint time of around 12 seconds you can tell where its priorities lie, but it's not meant to be a competitor to the Golf R. Rather, The C4 Cactus aims for the likes of the Mini Cooper Countryman and other
small jacked - up
hatches found
in Europe
in abundance.
As competitors including Mitsubishi, Toyota and Subaru lose touch with «warm»
small hatch and sedan models, it's brands such as Hyundai and Kia that have moved to seize on the opening opportunities; and
in a market as focussed on performance as Australia's, we think their timing couldn't be better.
With one eye on the festive season Japanese manufacturer Toyota will bring
in an update on its
small hatch Etios Liva and compact sedan Etios.
Official specs and pricing will be announced closer to the car's launch
in the summer, and while a
small premium is expected, the model range is likely to mirror the
hatch with SE, SR, EX Sport, Sport Plus and Prestige specifications.
Better news is that every Yaris sold
in the UK carries a five - year / 100, 000 - mile warranty — by far the most generous of any
small hot
hatch.
So, what about traditional hot
hatches —
small, modestly powered front - wheel drives — can they still put a smile on your dial
in this era of 350hp + hatchbacks?
Last week, we asked you if you'd be interested
in buying a Hyundai i20, a
hatch even
smaller than the Accent hatchback currently sold
in the U.S. market.
This is Volkswagen's
smaller performance
hatch offering, the Polo GTI; freshly revised for 2015 and priced to please from under $ 27,500 — $ 500 less than before thanks to the availability of a manual transmission for the first time (well,
in the current fifth iteration at least).
You could squint a little bit and try to suggest that it was a wise choice for
small families because it had those
hatches behind the doors, but
in reality, unless you were parents to kids the size of a
small stuffed animal, they were going to be uncomfortable
in the back seat.
Ford includes cylinder deactivation
in the new ST, which kills fuel and shuts the valves on one cylinder
in an effort to help the
small hot
hatch sip more fuel.
The BMW's rear - biased AWD system allows for balanced handing
in either dry or slippery road conditions, but the
small wagon /
hatch still rolls little
in corners.
A
small section of the body seam was cut
in a
hatched fashion, reshaped with a shop hammer, and (cue the Rolling Stones) painted black.
The ix35 turns
in with a pace appropriate to its dimensions, feeling as confident as most
small hatches through winding sections of country backroad.
In urban commuting duties the 118i could have been any other well - fettled semi-prestige light or
small hatch.