It wasn’t that long ago that Ford refused to send any of its Euro-sourced hot hatches to our side of the Atlantic; now they’re selling two over here, with a third – the Focus RS...
Tag Archives: Hatchback
We’ve seen some strange paint jobs and vinyl wraps applied to cars over the years. We’ve even highlighted some of the most egregious examples of the latter. But we have to say, this Fiat 500...
![Peugeot 308 R HYbrid Concept is a Hot Hatch Gone Thermonuclear [w/ Video]](https://www.sub5zero.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/peugeot_308_r_hybrid_concept_2-335x256.jpg)
Peugeot has built more than a few magnifique hot hatches over the last 30 years or so, most of which wearing either the GTI or Rallye suffixes. But the company, which has seen more than...
From the arrival of the Mustang II in 1974 to the end of Fox-body production in 1993, Ford’s pioneering pony car was offered in a handy hatchback body style. Obviously, the world (and, along with...
![2016 Ford Focus RS is Your New Hot Hatch God [w/ Video]](https://www.sub5zero.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/2016_ford_focus_rs_1-335x256.jpg)
When Ford started shipping the Focus ST to its U.S. dealers a couple of years ago, it marked an important turning point in the company’s history: Other than the first-gen-based Focus SVT, Ford had had...
![Toyota Returning to the WRC in 2017 with the Yaris [w/ Video]](https://www.sub5zero.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/2017-toyota-yaris-wrc-prototype_01-335x256.jpg)
There was a time that Toyota’s involvement in the World Rally Championship was a given. Every year, some of the sport’s best drivers – world champions Carlos Sainz, Didier Auriol and Juha Kankkunen among them...
The Tata Nano has a lot of things going for it: It’s the cheapest new car in the world today and…um…uh…it’s faster than walking? Okay, so its modest price is pretty much the only noteworthy...
One of the hottest of hot hatchbacks in recent years was the Audi RS3, a fire-breathing five-door stuffed with turbocharged inline-five and all-wheel-drive goodness. It never came here to the U.S. (though its drivetrain did...
While the Scion iQ and FR-S are fresh and interesting products with few (if any) direct competitors, the brand’s more conventional core models – xD, xB and tC – are facing more and more competition...
![AC Schnitzer BMW 4 Series Gran Coupe ACS4 is a Non-3 Cranked to 11 [w/ Video]](https://www.sub5zero.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/ac_schnitzer_4_series_gc_04-335x256.jpg)
As much as we hate to admit it, there is at least one aspect of BMW’s lineup-fattening that we grudgingly like: The 4 Series Gran Coupe. Yes, we realize it’s pretty much a fastback 3...