Best Hot Hatch of the 21st Century – vote here

Best Hot Hatch of the 21st Century – vote here

Poll: Best Hot Hatch of the 21st Century – vote here

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Total Members Polled: 542

Renaultsport Megane R26.R: 14%
Honda Civic Type R EP3: 13%
Volkswagen Golf GTI Mk5: 8%
BMW M140i: 10%
Renaultsport Clio 200 Cup: 6%
Alfa Romeo 147 GTA: 4%
Renaultsport Clio 182 Trophy: 22%
Ford Fiesta ST Mk7: 6%
Renaultsport Clio 172 Cup: 10%
Renaultsport Clio V6: 7%
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BenLowden

Original Poster:

5,967 posts

176 months

PH Marketing Bloke

Friday 6th December 2019
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Best Hot Hatch of the 21st Century – as nominated and voted by PH

Yes we all love a 205 GTI, Mk1 Golf GTI and Lancia Delta Integrale. But what about something more modern from the last 20 years?

Nominations have taken place and in no particular order, your top 10 cars are listed above. Now's your chance to have your say on your all time favourite.

Closing date for voting: 12th December

If there's one thing you vote for on the 12th – make sure it's your favourite hot hatch!

lemmingjames

7,433 posts

203 months

Friday 6th December 2019
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Might as well just give the Clio Trophy the award now or rename it; which Hot Hatch have you owned and therefore the best wink

Hub

6,411 posts

197 months

Friday 6th December 2019
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Straight to the vote eh? Maybe a knockout competition would have been more fun! Anyway, Renault fans will be torn!

neil-1323bolts

1,078 posts

105 months

Friday 6th December 2019
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Clio172 cup

BenLowden

Original Poster:

5,967 posts

176 months

PH Marketing Bloke

Friday 6th December 2019
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Hub said:
Straight to the vote eh? Maybe a knockout competition would have been more fun! Anyway, Renault fans will be torn!
Shame we only have 10 rows for our poll as I would have liked to add more, but to be honest there's a big difference between the top 5 and everything else below. But now people have to make one choice instead of three, it'll be interesting to see what wins!

mat205125

17,790 posts

212 months

Friday 6th December 2019
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Lots of Honda fanboys voting then 🤣

H1JJY

4 posts

112 months

Friday 6th December 2019
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The V6 Clio is never a hot hatch.
And the MK5 Golf wasn’t that great or even the best hot hatch on that platform

Zetec-S

5,832 posts

92 months

Friday 6th December 2019
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Had to go with the Megane, based on my own personal experiences.

It was a close run decision as I almost went with the Mk5 Golf GTI. It might not be "the best", but when it came out at the time I'd argue it was that and the Mk2 Focus ST which re-ignited the hot-hatch sector, so worthy of a nomination smile

s m

23,164 posts

202 months

Friday 6th December 2019
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H1JJY said:
The V6 Clio is never a hot hatch.
Must admit, surprised to see it included

Fermit and Sexy Sarah

12,787 posts

99 months

Friday 6th December 2019
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Owned a 172 Cup for 4 years, adored it, hand was forced to sell it. Gets my vote, I loved the thing.

RT7500

64 posts

54 months

Friday 6th December 2019
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Out of that list, none of these hot hatches are as raw and involving as a 172 cup (although the 182 Trophy comes close).

Sadly, there’ll never be anything quite like it again.

Trophy-GTA

101 posts

97 months

Friday 6th December 2019
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Clio 182 Trophy

Hot_Hatch_Fan

952 posts

196 months

Friday 6th December 2019
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RT7500 said:
Out of that list, none of these hot hatches are as raw and involving as a 172 cup (although the 182 Trophy comes close).

Sadly, there’ll never be anything quite like it again.
Completely agree, and why the cracking 172 Cup gets my vote! I really do believe it's the closest 'modern' equivalent to the 205 GTi......

Baldchap

7,505 posts

91 months

Friday 6th December 2019
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Zetec-S said:
It was a close run decision as I almost went with the Mk5 Golf GTI. It might not be "the best"...
The 7 is twice the car the 5 was. The only reason the 5 was noteworthy is because the car before it was dogst.

Shame there's no 'none of the above' option.

grudas

1,304 posts

167 months

Friday 6th December 2019
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CTR for sure..

clio is close 2nd but CTR with it's screamer honda engine and 3 wheel power is what I count as a hot hatch.

Robmarriott

2,633 posts

157 months

Friday 6th December 2019
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No surprises that this is Renault territory!

I voted R26.R, I suggested that in the nomination thread despite being a 182 Cup owner. For me, the Megane is peak hot hatch, nothing more than the bare minimum it needs.

Edit - do we win the winning car if we voted for it?

Greg the Fish

1,410 posts

65 months

Friday 6th December 2019
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Has to be the GTA for me.

Purely because a) Alfa and b) Busso.

GPH

647 posts

116 months

Friday 6th December 2019
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@ BenLowden , this needs to go on the front page latest news, otherwise most people will not see it if they don't look again at the old nominations thread

M1C

1,832 posts

110 months

Friday 6th December 2019
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I voted for the Clio 182 Trophy.

I've not been lucky enough to own any of the vehicles on the shortlist...but going off what i've read and heard, the Clio did what all of the others did....for less. As well as being as much or more fun than most. Renault just do (or did) this kind of thing so well.

I know the 172 Cup was the lighter, more basic, simpler one - but the Trophy for me is the one.

Looking back at the basics back then....for me....having a small car like a Clio with a 2.0 engine and 182bhp is just...excellent. Maybe not as remarkable now.

My second choice would be the Civic Type R. I recall i was £15,995 at launch which for 2.0, 200ps VTEC goodness...was amazing. I'm just more drawn to the Clios, personally.

Edited by M1C on Friday 6th December 11:37

Plate spinner

17,649 posts

199 months

Friday 6th December 2019
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s m said:
H1JJY said:
The V6 Clio is never a hot hatch.
Must admit, surprised to see it included
Well I voted for it because it’s the daftest and I like the story about it.

VW: we’re going to develop a 3ltr Lupo
Renault: right, hold my beer
.....
Renault: oh, that was code for a super-efficient 3ltr/100km eco diesel model... ah, I see.
By the way nice matching lab coats...
Well fk it, we’ve built ours now with a mid-engined V6.
And it’s a bit mental... smile <lights Gauloises>
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