Best hot hatch ever

Not the original hot hatch, but the car that reframed the template. What are the top ten hot hatches? The GTI maxed out Gérard Welter’s crisp 3dr design by the simple expedient of adding side mouldings and red go-faster inserts.

The shortlist for the best hot hatch ever built is: Alfa Romeo Alfasu Citroen AX GT, Citroen Saxo VTS, Daihatsu Charade GTti, Fiat Abarth 59 Fiat Cinquecento Sporting, Fiat Strada 130TC Abarth. From tales of ol it has been said that the Mkgolf gti was the best hot hatch ever made.

Then along came the 2gti. In my opinion they are both great cars, But the 2has better handling, better performance and is more stylish out of. I think the mg metro was much cooler than the boring sensible mans golf. The reliability of German cars is it bit of a marketing mith.

Also carried on by the people who payed extra for these cars who didnt want to lose face. A family car that was practical and sporty, this bad boy put hot hatches on the map.

The VW Golf GTI Mkproved to be successful for years to come and spawned a host of imitators, kicking off the hot hatch craze in style. As powerful hot hatches go, this Mercedes hot hatch is a bloody powerful one.

In fact, the Merc’s 2. We like things like. As a multi-talented hot hatchback, the AS is undoubtedly a triumph.

But at £557 it has wandered so far from the realms of relative affordability that hot hatchbacks are supposed to. Despite its latest model going down the downsize turbocharged engine route with a 1. PS, it remains one of our favourite hot hatches.

Hot hatchbacks provide the best of all worlds – performance, practicality, cheap running costs and above all, fun. But which are the best hot hatches to buy? Read on for our top picks… The UK is the biggest market for hot hatches worldwide. When you think about it, the hot hatch makes total sense.

Sports cars with similar power like the Mazda MX-or the Toyota GTare low to the ground with limiting visibility of the road ahead. The hot hatch is arguably the best kind of car. They offer the fun of a sports car in a practical, affordable package you can daily drive.

The choice, however, is quite bewildering, with myriad. The humble Delta was transformed into one of the finest and most desirable hot hatches ever produced thanks to a four-wheel drive and a 2. Power grew from 182bhp in.

They’re the perfect fit for our winding, narrow back roads, and the hot hatch market is. With the sweetest manual gearchange ever to grace a hot hatch, this UK-built firebrand came in two discrete guises, a Euro market model with 150kW and a Japanese version with 158kW. The latter model, only finished in Championship White, is especially sought-after due to the fitment of a ferociously effective helical LSD. Even the Euro-spec model is a genuine hoot to drive though, revving to.

The best hot hatches of all time. Volkswagen Golf GTI Mk1. Here are some of the best hot hatchbacks on earth. View Gallery Photos Toyota.

Toyota GR Yaris The GR Yaris is a homologation special built by Toyota to make sure its latest World. You need a hot hatch. It once was a simple notion of taking a potent engine from a larger car and shoehorning it into a small commuter hatchback.

The good ones were always interesting, but the best of. A thorny question if ever.