Hot Hatch

First it was the look that bright Kyalami paint, then the smell of the Nappa leather upholstery as I opened the door of the Audi RS 3 and finally the…

Sometimes I drive vehicles because they are new to the market or because I have an interest in them and sometimes, I drive a vehicle again just because I really…

A track ready hot hatch that is bearable to live with on a daily basis, does such a vehicle exist? Well in the Hyundai i20 N it does! With Namyang…

Much anticipation has surrounded the release of the eighth-generation Volkswagen Golf, which was launched back in 2019. For me though I couldn’t wait to get my hands of the top…

Carlo Abarth was born in November under the Scorpio zodiac sign and when he founded the Abarth brand in 1949, he chose the scorpion as its logo. People born under…

Hot hatches are not known for their outright performance, but what they lack in power they more than make up for through driver engagement and downright fun. And like many…

How do you make one of the hottest hot hatches of all-time even better? That was the question facing Toyota engineers when they took the standard GR Yaris and gave…

In 2019 Honda Europe announced that production at the Honda of the United Kingdom manufacturing site in Swindon, where the Civic Type R is built, would end in July 2021…

The hottest varieties of Ford’s Fiesta and Focus models are designated with an ST suffix, which stands for Sports Technologies. The feisty Fiesta ST is the smaller of the two,…

YES! YES! YES! This was my first reaction when I drove the all-new Toyota GR Yaris, why? Because twelve months ago after driving the Toyota GR Supra I was left…