Sentences with phrase «small performances hatches»

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).

Not exact matches

The non-Performance Pack Corsa VXR is still a capable small hot hatch, but stripped of the LSD, bigger brakes and the firmer suspension tune it's frustrating at the point where the Performance Pack model really comes alive.

The S1 doesn't have any direct rivals because it combines big hot hatch performance (and price) with a small hot hatch footprint, but it's a very easy car to recommend nonetheless.

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.

With pretty much every other manufacturer of small performance cars moving to turbocharged petrol engines, it's not hard to see the Clio's naturally aspirated motor as being the end of an era — it's certainly one of the last hot hatches that enjoys being ragged out to over 7000rpm.

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.

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.

The practicality and low cost of a small hatch - derived high - performance car are big side benefits

The small weigh deficit of around 50 kg between it and the Astra hatch is not enough to blunt performance and the general ride / handling balance (the shared 2662 mm wheelbase is shorter than the Astra sedan) is pretty much the same.

But the 3.6 diesel TDV8 continued, offering a tempting concoction of decent performance and economy (for a Range Rover) and a wall of torque that allowed the Range Rover to tow a small planet and jump away from the lights ahead of the hot hatches.

Unfortunately, according to Strube, tighter EU CO2 regulations are making it harder and harder to justify sporty variants of Skodas and a business case no longer exists for a high - performance version of the smaller Fabia hatch.

What this car offers consumers is an appealing small hatch with the sort of performance VW formerly offered in the twin - charge Golf — but no longer.

So, those numbers that aren't exactly going to set your hair alight, and still fall behind the league of hot hatches dominating the small performance car scene, but it's an improvement.