With the hot-hatch market continuing to be lucrative in the early 2000s, Toyota entered the fray with a powerful version of ...

If you’re one of the many people who believe vehicles have gotten far too large these days, it doesn’t get much better than ...

There are plenty of interesting hot hatches on the used market, though there are few better value options than this rapid ...

With the shiny new Alpine A290 arriving on UK soil, we felt it was about time to gather the current hot hatch crowd to re-establish the pecking order. So, grab this latest issue of Top Gear magazine ...

The I5N is better as an EV than it would be as a gas car, even, because it combines all the spunk of a four-cylinder hot ...

Alpine is pushing the lightweight ethos first seen on the A110, and whether you think the A290 is light or not depends on ...

With the next-gen Toyota Corolla expected in 2026, the GR Corolla may see refreshed styling and performance upgrades ...

As far as value for money goes, there are not many performance cars that can match the punch of a good hot hatch. Not only do they tend to come with excitable four-cylinder engines, which are ...

Fender extensions widen the hot hatch by 130 mm (5.1 inches) while a custom exhaust promises a racecar-like roar ...

Possibly the finest Golf GTI of all, the Mk5 saw VW nail the hot hatch recipe once again with a 198bhp turbo four-pot and proper terrier-like handling. This one’s a looker: a three-door with a ...

Manual transmissions are becoming a thing of the past, even in hot hatches, but the 2025 Toyota GR Corolla comes standard with a six-speed manual across all trim levels. That’s bigger news than ...

Let’s see if this oft-forgotten hot hatch is priced to make good on those performance promises. It’s been a bad week to be an independent import with aspirations of grandeur. On Tuesday ...