Hatchbacks

Swindon Performance has an EV conversion kit for the original Mini, but it isn't cheap.

The 2022 Volkswagen Golf R will be the most-powerful ever, and performance will be improved on all levels.

Volkswagen will follow a tried-and-tested performance path for its next Golf R, and we aren't complaining.

Anyone with a soft spot for hot hatchbacks will love the latest special edition from Mini.

The Hyundai N performance skunkworks has added a hot hatch packing 201 horsepower.

BMW has launched a front-wheel-drive hot hatch in the form of the new 128ti.

Audi's newest A3 plug-in hybrid has a bigger battery than its predecessor, and thus more electric range.

The Hyundai Veloster N's close cousin, the i30 N, has just been updated.

The new Tesla Model S Plaid model ups the power and performance to astronomical levels, with 1,100-plus horsepower and a sub-9.0-second quarter-mile time.

Dutch designer Niels van Roij has penned a Wraith shooting brake, and just seven will be built.

A new generation of the Audi S3 is coming to spice up the sport compact segment.

The 250-horsepower 2021 Mazda 3 2.5 Turbo will start at $30,485 as a sedan and $31,485 as a hatchback when it goes on sale later this year.

Quicker acceleration and improved economy are both possible with the Hyundai's new 8-speed dual-clutch transmission.

From its mild-mannered, 90-horsepower roots of the 1970s to the 242-hp 2022 model, the Volkswagen GTI started the hot hatch craze and has perfected it through eight generations.

A drive in a 1984 Volkswagen Rabbit GTI shows the first hot hatch wasn't so hot, but it sure was fun.

Mini is already testing an updated version of its battery-electric Hardtop.

Honda already set a record for a front-drive vehicle at the famed Formula One circuit in Japan.

The latest EV based on the Volkswagen Group's MEB platform is the Cupra El-Born.

The Mazda 3 sedan and hatchback will soon be available with a 250-horsepower turbo-4.

Mini looks to be readying more electrified models for its lineup.