Age of the hot hatch. Now with sports car performance.
Discussion
When i got my new Peugeot 205 1.9 it was classed as scary fast, with it's light weight, torque steer and amazing 130 bhp.
Fast forward and we have 200, 250, 300, 350 and even 400 bhp HHs.
Which is the best hot hatch out there for you right now, say sold in the past 10 years? Not in minutes and seconds at the 'ring, which is irrelevant to 99.9% of buyers but as a road car with perhaps a couple of track days a year thrown in?
Mercedes A45AMG, with it's quality, badge and 355 bhp? The new RS3 with it's quality, badge and 362 bhp? The new Ford Focus RS with 4WD finally and 330 bhp plus it's rally car looks? Or would it be the Golf R, 296 bhp but perhaps the best all round car ever sold to the public? Would the lairy 271 bhp Megane RS float your boat instead?
My wife just bought a 2013 Seat Leon Cupra R and even it's 276 bhp feels bloody quick in normal driving.
We are spoiled for choice but which HH would you have if you could have any one to keep and run for 3 years?
Fast forward and we have 200, 250, 300, 350 and even 400 bhp HHs.
Which is the best hot hatch out there for you right now, say sold in the past 10 years? Not in minutes and seconds at the 'ring, which is irrelevant to 99.9% of buyers but as a road car with perhaps a couple of track days a year thrown in?
Mercedes A45AMG, with it's quality, badge and 355 bhp? The new RS3 with it's quality, badge and 362 bhp? The new Ford Focus RS with 4WD finally and 330 bhp plus it's rally car looks? Or would it be the Golf R, 296 bhp but perhaps the best all round car ever sold to the public? Would the lairy 271 bhp Megane RS float your boat instead?
My wife just bought a 2013 Seat Leon Cupra R and even it's 276 bhp feels bloody quick in normal driving.
We are spoiled for choice but which HH would you have if you could have any one to keep and run for 3 years?
Definitely a Renault
But which one?
A 1*2 is more fun,reliable and better looking than a 225 but a 225 is a more practical, easier to tune and has a better driving position.
cant comment on mk3 of either having not driven them - the clio is much prettier though
after consideration and given the requirement for sports car performance.
mk2 megane with a bigger turbo
But which one?
A 1*2 is more fun,reliable and better looking than a 225 but a 225 is a more practical, easier to tune and has a better driving position.
cant comment on mk3 of either having not driven them - the clio is much prettier though
after consideration and given the requirement for sports car performance.
mk2 megane with a bigger turbo
Edited by Poopipe on Wednesday 18th March 08:17
Alex said:
Dave Hedgehog said:
by whom?
It was a slow car when it was released
I don't think so. A mate of mine at Uni had a brand new 1.6 GTi and we thought it was the fastest thing ever. The 1.9 was faster still. O-60 in 7.9s and a top speed of more than 120mph was bloody quick in the 80s.It was a slow car when it was released
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