Ford Focus ST Edition (2024) review: the last great Ford hot hatch? Price: £42,905 24 September 2024 by Jake Groves Driving Ford’s most hardcore ST yet feels like the end of an era Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 4 out of 5 5 out of 5 4 out of 5 3 out of 5 5 out of 5 Read more ...
Hyundai Ioniq 5 N review: EV hot hatch driven in the UK Price: £65,000 20 September 2024 by Ted Welford Hyundai's madcap hot hatch finally arrives in the UK Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 5 out of 5 4 out of 5 5 out of 5 5 out of 5 5 out of 5 Read more ...
Cupra Born VZ (2024) review: a new take on the electric hot hatch formula Price: £44,625 13 September 2024 by Curtis Moldrich Cupra turns up the heat with its electric hatch Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 4 out of 5 5 out of 5 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 5 out of 5 Read more ...
Volkswagen Golf GTI 8.5 (2024) review: the master returns Price: £39,400 12 September 2024 by Ted Welford More power and a less irritating touchscreen… but no manual for VW’s hot hatch icon Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 4 out of 5 5 out of 5 4 out of 5 5 out of 5 4 out of 5 Read more ...
Facelifted Volkswagen Golf R prototype review: now with anti-lag (sort of) 11 June 2024 by Luke Wilkinson Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 5 out of 5 5 out of 5 5 out of 5 5 out of 5 4 out of 5 Read more ...
Audi S3 (2024) review: new looks and hand-me-down engineering Price: £46,925 22 April 2024 by Seth Walton Audi's fast compact just got quicker Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 5 out of 5 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 Read more ...
Prototype drive: why the next S3 is the version Audi should always have made 13 February 2024 by Ben Barry A drive in the prototype reveals that the next version is the S3 that Audi should always have made Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 0 out of 5 0 out of 5 0 out of 5 0 out of 5 0 out of 5 Read more ...
MG4 XPower review (2023): the ultimate sleeper Price: £36,495 13 July 2023 by Alan Taylor-Jones Twin-motor MG4 XPower is bonkers fast, but is it a proper hot hatch? Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 2 out of 5 2 out of 5 5 out of 5 4 out of 5 2 out of 5 Read more ...
Abarth 500e review (2024): road test and video of Italy's first electric pocket rocket Price: £38,195 22 May 2023 by Murray Scullion Full review and video road test of the new Abarth 500e – a Fiat 500 electric on steroids! Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 3 out of 5 4 out of 5 3 out of 5 3 out of 5 4 out of 5 Read more ...
Cupra Leon e-Hybrid (2023) review: PHEV of fury? Price: £34,495 07 May 2023 by Lawrence Cheung First drive of the Cupra Leon plug-in hybrid Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 3 out of 5 3 out of 5 3 out of 5 3 out of 5 4 out of 5 Read more ...
BMW M135i review (2023): Munich's hottest hatch driven Price: £41,185 28 February 2023 by Curtis Moldrich The new BMW M135i driven Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 3 out of 5 3 out of 5 4 out of 5 5 out of 5 3 out of 5 Read more ...
Peugeot 205 at 40: celebrating an icon Price: £4,965 16 February 2023 by Keith Adams Peugeot 205 at 40: celebrating an icon Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 5 out of 5 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 5 out of 5 Read more ...
Vauxhall Astra GSe (2023) review: the warm Vauxhall gets electrified Price: £40,550 25 January 2023 by Alan Taylor-Jones Electrified hatch one of the first of many higher-performance GSe models Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 3 out of 5 4 out of 5 3 out of 5 4 out of 5 3 out of 5 Read more ...
Honda Civic Type R (2023) review: dazzling all-weather genius from new 325bhp hot hatch Price: £46,995 25 January 2023 by Ben Miller Rain doesn't stop play as we test new Type R on road and track Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 5 out of 5 5 out of 5 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 5 out of 5 Read more ...
VW Golf GTE hybrid (2023) review: big thrills, smaller bills? Price: £35,320 19 January 2023 by Curtis Moldrich The Golf Mk8 in hybrid form, driven Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 3 out of 5 3 out of 5 3 out of 5 4 out of 5 3 out of 5 Read more ...
Abarth 595 (2022) review: small but mighty Price: £22,745 09 December 2022 by Luke Wilkinson We drive Abarth's manic hot hatch to see if it can still stand up to the competition after 14 years on sale. Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 2 out of 5 5 out of 5 Read more ...
Volkswagen Polo GTI (2022) review: comfort uber alles Price: £27,805 09 August 2022 by CJ Hubbard This ain't no new rose - facelifted Polo GTI driven Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 3 out of 5 3 out of 5 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 3 out of 5 Read more ...
Mountune Ford Focus ST M365 (2022) review: how much is too much? Price: £35,774 23 June 2022 by Alan Taylor-Jones Mountune boosts the Focus ST's power to 360bhp. Is it a tune too far? Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 3 out of 5 3 out of 5 4 out of 5 3 out of 5 4 out of 5 Read more ...
Mountune Ford Puma ST M260 (2022) review: the Puma gets pointier teeth Price: £31,449 26 May 2022 by Alan Taylor-Jones How does the Puma ST cope with another 60bhp and 33Ib ft of torque? Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 5 out of 5 5 out of 5 Read more ...
Audi S1 Sportback review: a little rotter Price: £25,560 15 March 2022 by Ben Barry and Jake Groves Audi's technology-packed tiny tearaway of 2014 remains unmatched Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 3 out of 5 3 out of 5 4 out of 5 3 out of 5 4 out of 5 Read more ...