Future of the Warm/Hot Hatch
Future of the Warm/Hot Hatch
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stedaley

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155 months

Wednesday 18th March 2015
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Having been looking around at many different cars over the past few months and going for a city car in the summer, after looking around there not much in the way of performance upgrades for such cars as the

Vw up!
Kia Picanto
Renault Twingo (New)

all running 1.0 engines, (0.9 in the Twingo, I'm after)

However!, looking at the breed of the new hot hatches coming out, with the smaller turbo charged engines, why isnt any companies jumping at the opportunity of providing pars for these smaller engines?

Take the Twingo, (I know the Vw and Kia aren't turbocharged, but the Vw GT has been circulating),

Its 0.9 litre turbocharged engine has 90Bhp, which surely has the bonus of being the same engine going to be used in the RS model when it comes out... yet the RS will have around 120?

Ive been looking religiously on whether to go for an older 1.6 (Suzuki Swift Sport, Twingo 133) or to go for one of the newer Twingos or equivalents with the smaller engine and Turbo?

All around the same price on finance, but the insurance being much greater in the 1.6s and tax as well....


Whats everyone thought and do they know of any other cars getting the same treatment as the Twingo?
Anyone know of any companies offering for the New Twingo?