Pistonheads best Hot Hatch
20 February 2023, 03:34 PM
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Pistonheads best Hot Hatch
It seems that Pistonheads are running a vote for the best Hot Hatch of the last 25 years. Anyone up for getting the Subaru Hatch to top the rankings by voting, deleting the cookies, then voting again etc?
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https://www.pistonheads.com/news/gen...25-years/46858
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20 February 2023, 03:41 PM
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Hmm, I might be biased in this one.
20 February 2023, 07:14 PM
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I still think that the original Classic wagon should count as a hatch in all these hot hatch debates.
20 February 2023, 07:35 PM
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A hot hatch should not have 4wd
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20 February 2023, 08:27 PM
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Like the GR Yaris? Audi RS3? Merc A45? Focus RS? Golf R?
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21 February 2023, 08:55 AM
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Like the GR Yaris? Audi RS3? Merc A45? Focus RS? Golf R?
I would have voted for the Mazda 323 4wd Turbo as well but that was 35 years old this year like the Delta HF Integrale...
21 February 2023, 09:37 AM
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The Peugeot 205 GTi wasn't there so I've voted for the next best, a 106 Rallye.
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I always though the definition of a 'hot hatch' was to take a regular family car and tweak the engine and suspension. They're not supposed to be rip-snortingly fast like some of the cars mentioned above, they supposed to be cheap and fun! Think Clio rs, XR2, Golf GTi (mk 1&2), R5 GT Turbo; these cars are/were not particular fast but they're incredibly good fun and cheap to boot. Just look at how many Clio's you still see at track days, a decent 182 cup will set you back close to what they were new now too.
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21 February 2023, 10:28 AM
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they may not be 'fast' in comparison to today's AMG, RS** or whatever BUT they were certainly far quicker than their peers back in the day!!
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21 February 2023, 03:56 PM
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The Peugeot 205 GTi wasn't there so I've voted for the next best, a 106 Rallye.
You're just a complete hatch traitor now!
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You're just a complete hatch traitor now!
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You're just a complete hatch traitor now!
Adam has hit the nail on the head with his previous post.
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I still think that the original Classic wagon should count as a hatch in all these hot hatch debates.
It's an estate.
Clio Trophy will win anyway, well deserved.
22 February 2023, 10:17 PM
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No more an estate than an RS3.
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No more an estate than an RS3.
It's all about the extended roofline, one is an estate, one is a hatch
RS3 8Y
A Classic wagon...
24 February 2023, 07:07 PM
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It's definitely an estate.
Subaru hatch won't win.
Think the civic will win, well built car, lads are running silly BHP on standard engines.
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It's an estate.
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Not quite though. Audi called the 5 door A3/S3 etc the Sportback. Subaru called the 5 door Impreza the Sportwagon.
Neither was called a hatch or an estate. Maybe the Impreza was a Hybrid... That rules them out of the hot hatches either way though.
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Not quite though. Audi called the 5 door A3/S3 etc the Sportback. Subaru called the 5 door Impreza the Sportwagon.
That would be marketing fella...wagon sounds sexier than estate, and sportback sounds sexier than hatchback
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It's definitely an estate.
Not driven the new Civic...supposed to be awesome though. I must say it looks more like a saloon these days...but what do I know
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Not quite though. Audi called the 5 door A3/S3 etc the Sportback. Subaru called the 5 door Impreza the Sportwagon.
My interpretation also includes a 3door variant.
Pretty much all the old hot hatches were 3door. Nowadays you'll struggle to find one as nearly everything is 5door!
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Didn’t even make the top 12!
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I was almost correct
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