HOT HATCHES are amazing now. But.

[CorvetteConvert]

Which is the best hot hatch of all time. Not for it's day, for now.
As in this week.

Not at the Nurburgring on melty tyres, for the road (99%) and a very rare track day for fun.

Performance is what matters. Speed. Brakes. Feeling of sheer power.

Which car kicks ass in your view?

[thiscocks]

Peugeot 106 rallye 1.3

[roystinho]

Clio Trophy

[jules_s]

Back in the day Pug 1.9gti....still miss it

[Amirhussain]

M135i...

[LukeR94]

Integra Type-R DC5

And yes, it is a hatch.

[accident]

last 2 i can think of that were any good were chevette hs and sunbeam lotus.new stuff is all fwd or awd.
yes the new stuff is faster,safer and better on fuel but its got no fun,no danger, no excitement

[TTwiggy]

Alfa 147 Gta. Because it was so very wrong yet so very right.

[Dbest92]

I'd say something like the original Mini Cooper s, or some 80s hot hatch like the ones stated above. Yes some new hot hatches are immensely fast, but they're too refined and driver too cosseted to make them feel as fast as they actually are. Older ones with less sound proofing, thinner doors etc feel more thrilling and faster even if they aren't.

[Oldandslow]

Civic Type R

The only thread where MX5 isn't the answer.

[Pebbles167]

My favourite? - 306 Rallye

Possible best performing? - Mk 1 Focus RS

Best package/image? - 205 Gti or Golf Gti

[iva cosworth]

Controversial.

Escort RS Cosworth with a bit of tuning to over 500 BHP.

Mine has less than 300 and is pretty awesome so another 200 must be mind blowing.

[ging84]

are you talking about the best performance outright, or best performance for the money, there are a generation of 300hp+ hot hatches now which sort of make comparisons to anything else fairly pointless.
But at £30k+ the cars themselves seem fair pointless as part of the appeal of a hot hatch in the past has been the affordability.

[J18NHS]

As above none of the new batch,

Summit raw, probs a rally homolagation. From 80's - 90's


Lancia Delta etc lotus sunbeam probs a good shout

[thiscocks]

accident said:

last 2 i can think of that were any good were chevette hs and sunbeam lotus.new stuff is all fwd or awd.
yes the new stuff is faster,safer and better on fuel but its got no fun,no danger, no excitement

True but the older pugs proved fwd doesn't have to be no-fun wheel drive. I should get a job writing for a car mag.

[Dbest92]

J18NHS said:

Lancia Delta etc lotus sunbeam probs a good shout

I'd say that's the answer the the question right there!

[J18NHS]

Original Mini or summit like a Toyota Celica GT 4 ( wedge shape)

Too much to choose from lol,

My old Nissan pulsar gtir was pretty epic , but it's was crap standard, quick but crap ( handling,brakes)

Edited by J18NHS on Tuesday 22 July 00:17

[mp3manager]

LukeR94 said:

Integra Type-R DC5

And yes, it is a hatch.

No it's not.

Nice try though.

[xRIEx]

LukeR94 said:

Integra Type-R DC5

And yes, it is a hatch.

In that case, so is an F Type coupe, so I'm going to go with the F Type R.

[zebra]

CorvetteConvert said:

Which is the best hot hatch of all time. Not for it's day, for now.
As in this week.

Not at the Nurburgring on melty tyres, for the road (99%) and a very rare track day for fun.

Performance is what matters. Speed. Brakes. Feeling of sheer power.

Which car kicks ass in your view?

Do you not remember the nominations thread, poll thread and results thread on the greatest hot hatch ever?