The 2012-2013 Mk6 Volkswagen Golf R doesn't have the R32's VR6, but this AWD hot hatch packs even more power and refinement. And used ones like the 2013 model currently listed on Cars & Bids offer arguably more fun than the 2022 model for less money.

A clean, low-mileage 2000 Acura Integra Type R is a rare thing these days. And like all ITRs, it's an incredible-to-drive, focused, high-RPM thing. But spending $112,112 on one is a bit overkill.

Toyota's Gazoo Racing is beefing the GR Yaris up even more for racing duty with the limited-edition GRMN Yaris. But while this hot hatch is a forbidden piece of JDM fruit, it's not impossible for some of its parts to migrate to the US-market GR Corolla.

The 2022 Volkswagen Golf R is even more powerful, faster, and refined than before. But while its solid chassis, brakes, suspension, and AWD make it supremely capable, they also might make it too capable to be truly involving. And its capacitive-touch controls are a significant flaw.

Honda has dropped new photos of the Civic Type R that tell us even more about the new hot hatch than the brand wanted to give away.

Toyota drops another teaser image of the unannounced Toyota GR Corolla hot hatchback on their Instagram.

This Volkswagen GTI is no ordinary hot hatch, powered by a Bentley W12 engine and built with parts from a Lamborghini Gallardo.

Lancia might be resurrecting the Delta as an electric performance car, but French firm GCK already makes a Delta Integrale EV. A Lancia Delta Integrale EV restomod, that is--and it has a manual.

The Delta, especially in Integrale, is one of Lancia's most iconic cars. And as part of the Italian brand's attempt at reinvigorating itself, it's resurrecting the Delta as an all-electric car. What's more, the Lancia Delta EV will live up to the original's performance reputation.

While the original Renault 5 Turbo 1 is a mid-engine, RWD, rally hot hatch icon, its successor, the Turbo 2, had to take some cost-cutting measures to stay in production. Legende Automobiles' Turbo 3, though, is a restomod that addresses those measures and then some.

It may have been cancled in the US, but the Fiat 500 Abarth is still available overseas in several increasingly-more-powerful trims. And for 2021, the Italian hot hatch offers a limited-edition model: the Abarth 695 EsseEsse.

The WRC is going hybrid for 2022 with its Rally1-specification cars. And the first to be seen publicly testing is the Hyundai i20 N Rally1.

The Corolla Sport GRMN is an AWD, six-speed manual, 295-hp turbocharged hot hatch, and we are getting it in America. It just feels so good to say.

When it comes to hot hatches, the Mazda3 is one of the most popular and fun-to-drive options. That said, Mazda is always changing its cars, usually for the better but sometimes for the worse. Here’s a look at how a small tweak to the 2021 Mazda3 2.5 Turbo hatchback has made it less fun to …

The Golf R won’t come to the US until the 2022 model year. But the latest version of Volkswagen’s hottest hatch is shaping up to be seriously impressive. However, at least in the US, the Honda Civic Type R arguably wears the hot-hatch crown. So, which one delivers the biggest helping of speed? The YouTube …

Over here in the US, the Abarth name is mostly associated with the Fiat 500 and the 124 Spider. However, Carlo Abarth tuned a wide variety of cars back in the day, many of which were never officially sold here. And among them was a little Italian hatchback called the Autobianchi A112. The Autobianchi A112 …

Until the hinted-at Corolla hot hatch finally arrives, the only GR car Toyota offers in the US is the Supra. But overseas, the GR Yaris has been making plenty of waves—and that’s even before the tuners got a hold of it. Specifically, UK-based Litchfield. However, the six-cylinder Toyota Supra 3.0 has also gotten a power …

Sadly, we’re not getting the latest 500 here in the US. But Fiat did bring the last-gen version to the US for several years. And while you could have the Fiat 500 in convertible or even electric 500e form, the most exciting version was the 500 Abarth hot hatch. Used examples tend to be rather …

The GR Yaris’s rave reviews don’t make its lack of US availability any easier to bear. But the Toyota hot hatch isn’t the only rally-themed car kept from American shores. Although Mitsubishi eventually sold the Lancer Evo here, we never got the earlier models. For example, the celebratory Lancer Evo VI Tommi Makinen Edition. But …

While the standard Golf has been discontinued in the US, Volkswagen hasn’t left its hatchback buyers high and dry. In addition to the upcoming Mk8 GTI, we’re also getting the next-gen Volkswagen Golf R. And while the ongoing pandemic has made reviewing cars trickier, YouTube team The Straight Pipes still wanted to witness the Golf …