Best hot hatches - votes and nominations please

[300bhp/ton]

The Piston Heads forum users Best Hot Hatches 2012

Please can you nominate a maximum of 5 or less of your all time favourite/greatest hot hatches and if possible why you think that they are.

Rules:

• It must be a hatch, no saloons, no coupes and it needs to have an upright'ish rear hatch, so "coupes" like an Integra Type R won't count, nor will a Sierra Cosworth. Typically anything that would be considered A thru C in the Euro Car Segment classifications

• Be model specific! If you simply say Golf GTI, then I'll either ignore your choice or decide which version to apply the vote too.

• Any driven wheels

• Any engine configuration

• Any engine location

• Must be/have been a production car that could actually be bought

CLOSING DATE FOR NOMINATIONS IS: Tuesday 14th August 2012


Thanks in advanced and lets get those nominations coming in




EDIT: I really want to keep this simple. We all have views on what is/isn't a hot hatch. But the criteria above is fairly robust. If you truly don't think a certain vehicle is a hot hatch, then please don't vote for it, just pick another that still meets the criteria. Thank you.

Edited by 300bhp/ton on Thursday 2nd August 14:57

[maturin23]

Sierra Cosworth gets my vote.

[Raize]

Lancia Delta HF Integrale

[firman]

Lancia Delta Intagale
MKI Volkswagen Golf GTI
Renault 5 GTT
Peugeot 205 GTI 1.9
And one from the modern stable would be
MK1 Ford Focus RS

They would be my 5 choices sure I should probably don my flameproof suit before posting this but hey ho.

[manitou]

escort cosworth for me
also 205 gti either flavour
polo G40 a mate had one great little car

Edited by manitou on Tuesday 31st July 19:50

[crostonian]

maturin23 said:

Sierra Cosworth gets my vote.

Have you read the OP's post?

Mine would be Alfa 145 Cloverleaf, first series with tubular manifold.

[CampDavid]

Being that Firman is the only one to have mentioned a Hot Hatch so far I shall go with Porsche 928

[Flawless Victory]

Metro 6R4

[deltashad]

1) Lancia Delta Hf integrale (any incarnation)
2) Renault 5 Gordini turbo(mk1)
3) Renault 5 Turbo2
4) Peugeot 205 Gti 1.9
5) Renault Clio V6 (either phase)

Edited to list my top 5 cars instead of being a Lancia snob.

Edited by deltashad on Tuesday 31st July 15:09

[firman]

CampDavid said:

Being that Firman is the only one to have mentioned a Hot Hatch so far I shall go with Porsche 928

To be fair Raize got in with Lancia Delta Intagrale before me and it was hot and a hatch

[r1ch]

Renault Clio Williams
Peugeot 205 GTI 1.9
Golf GTI MK1
Peugeot 306 GTI6
Ford Focus RS mk1

[manitou]

crostonian said:

maturin23 said:

Sierra Cosworth gets my vote.

Have you read the OP's post?

Mine would be Alfa 145 Cloverleaf, first series with tubular manifold.

sierra cosworth is a 3dr hatch its the sapphire cosworth that wouldnt count

[Codswallop]

My five choices;

Sunbeam Lotus (rwd and chuckable)

Mk1 Golf for being innovative (fwd and all that jazz)

Lancia Delta HF Integrale (4wd hot hatch gran daddy)

EK9 Civic Type R (for it's hardcorness and engine)

Clio 182 Trophy (based on the rave reviews)

Edited by Codswallop on Monday 30th July 19:54

[Mister3man]

Facelift Civic Type R EP3

[firman]

Flawless Victory said:

Metro 6R4

Never a production car as stated in the op. imaging popping into your local Austin dealer in 1982 and picking up that!

[Forestking]

Golf r32
Fabia vrs
Mini cooper s

[rumple]

Escort xr3i, had loads of fun in mine.
205 gti , for taking it one step further.
Lotus sunbeam, pre dated golf and out performed it.
Renault 5 Gordino, the original with the 3 slot wheels, mate had one I loved it, also predated the original hot hatch.
Focus rs, never driven one but love the looks and owning a standard mk1 focus ,if its a super duper version of that then this is my personnel favorite.

[StottyZr]

Mg Zr 160 (purely because I owned one and loved it, even if its regarded as poor)
Peugeot 106GTI
Clio Williams
Focus RS mk1
Mitusbishi Colt (because 2 people I know have been unexpectadly blown out of the water by them a nice sleeper)

Edit: Changed Megane 225 for RS mk1

Edited by StottyZr on Monday 30th July 20:15

[Flawless Victory]

firman said:

Flawless Victory said:

Metro 6R4

Never a production car as stated in the op.

If the 200 road-going examples built were good enough to satisfy the FIA homolgation rules for Group B rallying....it's good enough for this thread.

[Dave Hedgehog]

manitou said:

crostonian said:

maturin23 said:

Sierra Cosworth gets my vote.

Have you read the OP's post?

Mine would be Alfa 145 Cloverleaf, first series with tubular manifold.

sierra cosworth is a 3dr hatch its the sapphire cosworth that wouldnt count

still not a hot hatch its too big, escort cossie is however a hot hatch

my nominations

metro 6R4
lancia intrgrale
golf R32 MKIV
escort cossie
Audi RS3 (mid 4s 60s)