RE: Vote for your best hot hatch ever!
Discussion
burningdinos said:
The E30 M3 is sorta missing a hatch in the back.
Haha, indeed. M3 has a trunk (or booth) .. sorry i'm just from Belgium and the word hatch doesn't always light a candle in my brain. When i was young (18) the real contender for the Integrale were the Sierra AND the M30 ... that's where i mixed things a bit ... .Anyway, this list is just a big joke, don't get it how it has found his way here .
colin_p said:
Far too wide a catchment.
70's = Golf GTI
80's hot hatch = 205 GTI
80's hotter hatch = RS500 Cosworth Sierra
90's & 00's hot hatch = Lupo GTI
90's & 00's hotter hatch = Audi S3
10's - err, no idea they are all supercars aren't they? And I'm old.
Also having many that many decades means people will have a bias to pick their 'first love', similar to those favourite albums and movies that you grew up with. To make it fair we need a demographic bias for voters to reveal their age, etc. 70's = Golf GTI
80's hot hatch = 205 GTI
80's hotter hatch = RS500 Cosworth Sierra
90's & 00's hot hatch = Lupo GTI
90's & 00's hotter hatch = Audi S3
10's - err, no idea they are all supercars aren't they? And I'm old.
I grew up in the nineties, and so most of my dream cars were made in the nineties. My favourite hot hatch is probably the DC2 Integra Type R, but it doesn't seem available as a choice.The Saxo VTS was actually a great hot hatch. Perhaps not the best, but a great car to thrash none the less. You can't find many decent ones left now, all been ploughed in to hedges.
I remember about a decade ago a friend at the time drove one through a stationery caravan which literally exploded. He had a girl in the car at the time who he was trying to impress. What was worse was the toilet was full and it went everywhere. Oh the memories !!!!
I remember about a decade ago a friend at the time drove one through a stationery caravan which literally exploded. He had a girl in the car at the time who he was trying to impress. What was worse was the toilet was full and it went everywhere. Oh the memories !!!!
I'm glad there's no R26.R, Clio V6.
For me the hot hatch is the concept not the shape, if it doesn't have 4 seats then it is not a usable everyday car.
As much as I would love one an R26R is a 2 seater sports car to me.
I agree that there are some pretty rubbish cars on the list considering some that are missing.
P.S Please change the Clio Trophy picture to a Clio Trophy.
For me the hot hatch is the concept not the shape, if it doesn't have 4 seats then it is not a usable everyday car.
As much as I would love one an R26R is a 2 seater sports car to me.
I agree that there are some pretty rubbish cars on the list considering some that are missing.
P.S Please change the Clio Trophy picture to a Clio Trophy.
rare6499 said:
The Saxo VTS was actually a great hot hatch. Perhaps not the best, but a great car to thrash none the less. You can't find many decent ones left now, all been ploughed in to hedges.
Less ploughed into hedges, more surprisingly rare now. They sold far more VTR models than VTS models because of they are half the insurance group. Nearly all Saxo and 106 cars out there are the 1.1! The VTS and 106 GTI are surprisingly quick and rev better than any standard 1.6 engine, Honda B16 VTEC excepted.
bimbeano said:
Haha, indeed. M3 has a trunk (or booth) .. sorry i'm just from Belgium and the word hatch doesn't always light a candle in my brain. When i was young (18) the real contender for the Integrale were the Sierra AND the M30 ... that's where i mixed things a bit ... .
Anyway, this list is just a big joke, don't get it how it has found his way here .
Agreed about being a joke. In addition, I'd suggest the Toyota AE 86 would make sense - there's both coupé and hatchback variants, so the latter could be considered a hot hatch, it should make the list. Better than the quite uninspired Corolla GT-I, a car that apart from the engine, has little going on for it, still surprisingly that made into the list.Anyway, this list is just a big joke, don't get it how it has found his way here .
Voted, although I don't agree with all of the entries entirely, I.e the MG maestro?!
Took me a while but:
1st Lancia Delta Integrale (It has to be! speed, looks, handling, heritage, pedigree, Italian flair - I could go on...)
2nd Escort Cosworth (the best and most iconic RS ford, and rightly so)
3rd Honda Civic EK9 (maybe slightly more up for debate, but trust me, drive one! that ENGINE)
4th Clio Williams (awesome little cars the making of the renaultsport heritage)
5th (Peugeot 306 Rallye (sublime chassis, handling and steering feedback also slightly rawer than the refined GTi-6)
Ash
Took me a while but:
1st Lancia Delta Integrale (It has to be! speed, looks, handling, heritage, pedigree, Italian flair - I could go on...)
2nd Escort Cosworth (the best and most iconic RS ford, and rightly so)
3rd Honda Civic EK9 (maybe slightly more up for debate, but trust me, drive one! that ENGINE)
4th Clio Williams (awesome little cars the making of the renaultsport heritage)
5th (Peugeot 306 Rallye (sublime chassis, handling and steering feedback also slightly rawer than the refined GTi-6)
Ash
Ive had many gti's, xr2 and xr3i and the likes over the years but the 205 1.6 or 1.9 get my vote...they weren't the fastest but the way they made you feel was like every drive was a spine tingling adventure. The 1.6 was just a rev monster and the 1.9 for that ludicrous 1st gear ..my wife still misses her 205gti 1.6 and she hasnt had it since early 2000s....
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