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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

At first glance, the Vanwall Vandervell may transport onlookers to the golden days of motorsport, thanks to its retro-inspired design. The sharp, boxy exterior features aggressive square lines, slim ...

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

Good news for French hot hatch enthusiasts: you can now buy the all-electric Alpine A290, the sportier sibling to the Top Gear award-winning Renault 5, for £33,500 in its base ‘GT’ spec, rising to £38 ...

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 ...