Hot hatch for 1.5k

[littleandy0410]

As you said not necessarily a hot hatch, how about a mk1 MR2? Should be able to find an ok one for that money - just watch out for rot.

[Jayfish]

MrBrightSi said:

The ST170 is a good shout by far but again its an all rounder same with some of the fiats mentioned, id love a stilo abarth but i though the 5 cylinder ones were a bit out of my reach, i was looking for a 106 rallye as i've always loved the idea of them being spartan and just for the drive not for image or practicality.

Bravo HGT?

[traffman]

Wife owned a mk2 crx import for 8 years , cornered well , really well ...nice revvy engine great seats and driving position.....rusted like a bastid.

[DomRm]

106 Gti without a doubt. Insane handling, hugely tuneable, and if you push your budget to 2k you can get one already running itb's. Will out-handle anything.

[Mr Happy]

Not a hot hatch, but nippy, 5pot turbocharged and has 'the sound' (of huge bills if it went wrong, probably!), not to mention styling by Pininfarina

Hey, you only live once!!

http://pistonheads.com/classifieds/3740668.htm



I personally would put my money in the direction of a 306 GTI-6 (and wholly intend to in the near future) but there's something about the coupe that says "buy me, I'll anally violate your wallet without lubrication but buy me, cmon, buy me!!!! buy me buy me buy me BUY ME!!!"

Edited by Mr Happy on Monday 9th April 14:22

[Jayho]

A bit biased, buy you could probably find a Suzuki ignis sport for that price if you look hard enough. If you do a quick search on this forum there should be a thread or two detailing owning experience ECT by quite a few owners/previous owners.

[300bhp/ton]

GC8 said:

Or, perhaps, someone who knows exactly what they are...

So what's wrong with them then?

They are fast
They have a lovely engine
Well suited gearing and close ratio
They handle very well
They can make use of the power
They have a much nicer interior than most hatches of this market
They are rare
They are tunable

[MrBrightSi]

Mr Happy, i really wish they were a tad more reliable and home fixable as i'd have on in a shot, the sound of the 5 cylinder is lovely and i really do need to move into turbo territory soon anyhow.

[LiamBG182]

For 1.5k I think you would be hard pushed to get something more fun than a Ph1 Clio 172.

[Grovsie26]

Can you get a 172 for that? Id be looking at one, stretch the budget a bit if not.

[CampDavid]

300bhp/ton said:

GC8 said:

Or, perhaps, someone who knows exactly what they are...

So what's wrong with them then?

They are fast
They have a lovely engine
Well suited gearing and close ratio
They handle very well
They can make use of the power
They have a much nicer interior than most hatches of this market
They are rare
They are tunable

Indeed. The GTI-6 is still a lot better though.

[Tyrewrecker]

poing said:

Focus ST, not as exciting as the French stuff but should be cheap to run.

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3558889.htm

Expensive on fuel for the poer IMO

[CampDavid]

Tyrewrecker said:

poing said:

Focus ST, not as exciting as the French stuff but should be cheap to run.

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3558889.htm

Expensive on fuel for the poer IMO

I believe this is deliberate.

Ford just copied EVERY aspect of the GTI-6 with this car, including the needlessly crap economy

[crofty1984]

nagsheadwarrior said:

Feck the heavy,complicated,going to break modern stuff and get a 205, either engine, superb to drive,simple and galvanised so rot isnt a huge issue and going up in value if you find an original one.

205!

205!

205!

205!

Even my wheezy NA diesel feels nippy and gets nice comments in the car park (as long as no-one's around when I start it!)
If I didn't need the economy, I'd get a gti, or one with an Mi16 conversion.

[crofty1984]

Also, seeing as you said you didn't NEED a hatch...
MR2 or MX5?

[chunkymonkey71]

Ignis Sport.

Topic closed!

[Tyrewrecker]

crofty1984 said:

Also, seeing as you said you didn't NEED a hatch...
MR2 or MX5?

Didn't take long. I like these cars BTW!

[anonymous-user]

chunkymonkey71 said:

Ignis Sport.

Topic closed!

It is a hatch but defo not a hot one..

hot to me is sub 7 secs 0-60 and handling to boot.

[chunkymonkey71]

The Spruce goose said:

It is a hatch but defo not a hot one..

hot to me is sub 7 secs 0-60 and handling to boot.

Sub 7 secs rules out pretty much everything in this thread then.
Believe me, the Ignis grips the road like a limpet. I've embarrassed a lot of much higher powered cars in mine on twisty roads.

[anonymous-user]

chunkymonkey71 said:

Sub 7 secs rules out pretty much everything in this thread then.
Believe me, the Ignis grips the road like a limpet. I've embarrassed a lot of much higher powered cars in mine on twisty roads.

I know they are good cars and handle well but 110 bhp to me will never be hot hatch not matter how many cars they do.

A lot of the cars are in my eyes not hot hatches even in there own time, but this is really in comparison to the age it was built. A hot hatch now would be 250 bhp + maybe 10 years ago 180 bhp +.