Hot Hatch

The 2024 version of the Toyota GR Corolla Circuit Edition gets a new blue paint color, blue interior accents, and tweaks to its aerodynamics.

From basic car roots to rip-roaring hot hatchbacks, this dynamic duo rocks. But does the Kona N or GR Corolla rock harder?

The Honda Civic Type R’s formula has been refined, but a few nitpicks keep it short of being perfect.

The Honda Civic Type R proves growing up isn’t a bad thing for a hot hatch as it wins our Motor Authority Best Car To Buy 2023 award.

The Toyota GR Corolla asks if a rally-bred powertrain and trick all-wheel-drive system in a hot hatch is enough to win our Motor Authority Best Car To Buy 2023 award.

Cold temperatures, wet pavement, and a demanding track couldn’t hide the improved character of the 2023 Honda Civic Type R.

Toyota engineers managed to turn an digital-age automotive appliance into a hot hatch with analog appeal.

Formula 1 driver Max Verstappen tests out the 2023 Honda Civic Type R on a racetrack in a new ad.

It's been 20 years since the Volkswagen Golf R32 hit the streets, and to celebrate VW is building about 1,800 Volkswagen Golf R 20th Anniversary Edition models.

Set to arrive in fall 2022, the Civic Type R will be the most powerful Honda-badged model ever sold in the U.S. market.

A leaked teaser of the forthcoming hot hatch presages the July 20 reveal.

The Veloster N hot hatchback will be discontinued at the end of the year.

When the eighth-generation Volkswagen Golf GTI arrives for 2022, it will feature a digital instrument cluster and a larger touchscreen. The hot hatch also gets a more potent turbo-4 engine.

Both models get new Digital Cockpit displays, and a head-up display is available, and steering-wheel buttons go capacitive.

Toyota has developed an AWD Yaris with a 268-horsepower turbocharged inline-3 to serve as a homologation special for a future rally racer.

Hyundai's performance division and Bisimoto Engineering are set to show off tuner and off-road concepts at SEMA in Las Vegas on Nov. 5.

Just one month shy of the five-year anniversary of the reveal of the Volkswagen Golf R 400 concept, the brand has announced there are no longer plans to build a production version of the extra fiery hot hatchback. VW's R division head, Jost Capito, delivered the Golf R 400's death sentence in a...

The current Ford Focus RS is preparing to depart the production line on April 6, but Ford has plans for another RS-badged Focus, and it might even be a hybrid. That's the rumor from Dutch publication Auto International, which reported last week that the next-generation Focus RS will sport a 48-volt...

Could you imagine the world without the Volkswagen Golf GTI? While it's one of many options for those seeking practicality with a splash of fun, it truly was the nameplate that birthed an entire segment, which many of us like to call the "hot hatch." Volkswagen wasn't too hip on building the...

There are many things to love about the Volkswagen Golf R32. It's an all-wheel drive hatchback with premium feel and a potent, mellifluous VR6 engine. But soon, the VR6 may get a hopped up, 496-horsepower, twin-turbo variant. Put that in your R32 and smoke it. Literally. The new VR6, according to...