Hot hatchbacks

The Civic Type R is not long for this world and there are deals to be had on Honda’s pricey but near-perfect hot hatch

Volkswagen is finally letting the Mk8 Golf GTI off its leash with a hardcore, track-honed version called the Edition 50. If it’s anywhere near as bril…

Toyota’s finally bringing the GR Corolla to UK soil three years after production began, but all is not quite as it seems

Skoda’s Octavia vRS has never been marked down for being too expensive, but with the latest savings to be had it’s even more of a performance car barg…

A first-generation Twingo, stripped-out and powered by a 150bhp Clio Williams engine? If only…

The new hot hatch market is all but barren. Look to the classifieds and the used market and the choice is near-limitless

Honda is retiring the Civic Type R, signalling the death of one of the best hot hatches of all time

With the demise of the Focus ST, fast Fords as we knew and loved them are no more

The Mk4 Golf was a classic piece of design, but the GTI version was barely warm, let alone hot

We pit the Audi RS3 against the Toyota GR Yaris and the Mercedes-AMG A45 S in a battle of the AWD super hatches on the road and track. Which comes out…

As high-priced heroes steal the headlines, a real-world hot hatch battle rages between Volkswagen’s refined Golf GTI Clubsport and Cupra’s rebellious …

It ranked among evo’s favourite superminis of the noughties, but is a 15-year-old, £2000, 100,000-mile example worth a punt? We find out

From hot hatches to sports cars, none do light weight, delicate and danceable quite like the French

We’d hoped the 2015 Focus ST would share a good dose of its little brother’s magic. Sadly, it didn’t

In issue 332 of evo, we revisit the brilliant Renault Sport Clio 172 – these are our favourite shots

German tuning specialist Abt has given Audi’s RS3 a 911 Carrera GTS-rivalling power figure

Its lineage contains some hot hatch greats, but the late-noughties Civic wasn’t one of them

VW will celebrate 50 years of the Golf GTI at the N24, with the reveal of a very special model

Contracted though the hot hatch market may be, there are still some great models out there, from the electric Alpine A290 to the five-cylinder Audi RS…

The early noughties Civic overcame opinion-dividing looks and flawed dynamics to become a legend in its own lifetime. To rev it is to love it

It charmed with its mischief rather than its muscle. Now this little car has left a big hole

Earlier Type Rs are more beloved and later ones faster, but the last naturally aspirated Type R is now the most affordable