Piston Heads Top Hot Hatches.....

[allye 530 3 Cars]

You lose Golf GTI's!!!!

 

http://www.pistonheads.com/news/default.asp?storyId=26468

 

Nice to see 106's, 306's and even 309 doing alright

[matt.f 16]

S1 Escort RS Turbo wins hands down on looks imo.

Awaiting the usual ford rust comments and the fact that other models would waste it down a country lane!

[Edp 67 3 Cars]

That renault wins hands down for pure retro old school coolness

Edited October 3, 2012 by Edp

[stu8v 68 1 Cars]

S1 Escort RS Turbo wins hands down on looks imo.

Awaiting the usual ford rust comments and the fact that other models would waste it down a country lane!

 

Nah, I wouldnt waste my time, they where rubbish end of...!

[shalmaneser 26]

As far as I'm concerned a hot hatch needs to be FWD and ideally three door... That renault or the escort RS don't really count, do they? And the lancia delta integrale? Beautiful car, but it's a flat out sports car as far as I'm concerned.

 

Which hands the 205 the win, obviously.

 

Nice.

[Atari Boy 11]

I have/had five of the cars in the top 50, not bad, but I bet others here have had more.

[AlexRS2782 136 1 Cars]

I was kind of expecting some interesting choices in this list when the threads asking for suggestions were put up on PH over a month ago, and some of them were quite amusing, with a lot of debate & discussion over what exactly makes a hot hatch.

 

Personally having owned a facelift Clio V6 myself, i certainly wouldn't class it as a hot hatch lol.

Edited October 3, 2012 by AlexRS2782

[allanallen 528 2 Cars]

The 205 is the best looking, 309 is the best.

 

End topic

[matt.f 16]

As far as I'm concerned a hot hatch needs to be FWD and ideally three door... That renault or the escort RS don't really count, do they? And the lancia delta integrale? Beautiful car, but it's a flat out sports car as far as I'm concerned.

 

Which hands the 205 the win, obviously.

 

Nice.

Escort is 3dr,lsd standard and just look so cool.Never have i seen so many people say "nice car mate" or people flash there lights as when my bro had his S1 escort.

But each to there own

[Gman 29]

Clio Trophy should have been much higher. Not an iconic looker, but one of the best cars to drive ever

[S@m 156]

Surely the 205 would have been top if they hadn't split the 1.6 and 1.9 into two seperate cars!

 

Either way its clearly the winner, intergrale doesn't count just like the 205 T16 doesn't!

 

Sam

[welshpug 1,657]

why would the Delta not count? its a full production car?

[MiniGibbo 142]

Suprised by that tbh.. knew the mk1 golf and 205 would be top five but honestly would of thought the vw would of topped it.. no fiesta xr2...??????

[gerry 5]

I have had 17 out of that lot lol

 

Suprised the 145 cloverleaf was 50 though as that engine was great and revved out hard too!!

[Juttie205 123 2 Cars]

Cannot belive that a dc2 integra type r not in that list

[welshpug 1,657]

was never sold in the UK was it?

 

 

ah its not that as the EK9 is 8th

Edited October 4, 2012 by welshpug

[MiniGibbo 142]

Cannot belive that a dc2 integra type r not in that list

 

Probably as most see the ek9 as more desirable and the "better" car

 

EDIT:

 

DC2s came in 98 spec with twin round headlights in ukdm.

Edited October 4, 2012 by MiniGibbo

[gerry 5]

Ek9's are sweet!!

[GLPoomobile 958]

There's obviously various things on that list that are open to personal interpretation.

 

Personally I don't have any issue with the Integrale being in (and winning) that poll. After all, it most definitely is a hatchback, it's definitely hot, and it grew out of much more placid production hatchback. The only reason for discounting it is that it's 4wd and had a power advantage over it's peers at the time, but why should that matter?

 

Wheareas I don't see the DC2 Integra or the Imprezza as hot hatches. Going by my comments on the Integrale, they DO count as Hot Hatches, but for some reason I just don't think of them as being in that class. Perhaps because I tihink of the Integra as being more of a coupe, and the Imprezza as more like a saloon (or estate).

[MiniGibbo 142]

The dc2 is such a coupe.. its just the rule of thumb, if the glass goes up with the boot its a hatch and that makes the dc2 a hatch..

 

id of said though the subaru is a loon...? isnt the boot seperate to the glass with a solid bulkhead between cabin and boot....???

[Juttie205 123 2 Cars]

Ek9 type r never sold in uk import only i have driven a ek9 didnt feel as complete as the dc2 but the ek9 is more sought after due to it being rare.

[MiniGibbo 142]

Never driven a ek9, its one of the only hondas i havent experianced.. am curious about the seam welded shell though

[Batfink 201]

why would the Delta not count? its a full production car?

 

Surely the HF turbo was the 'hot hatch' version

I've never regarded the 4x4 versions to be hot hatches more the next class above...