2025 Volkswagen Golf GTI Review – The Hot Hatch Icon Reimagined
The Volkswagen Golf GTI has long been a benchmark in the hot hatch segment, and the 2025 model continues to push the envelope with refined styling, enhanced technology, and thrilling performance. What is it? The Volkswagen Golf GTI is a legendary name in the hot hatch world, and the latest iteration, the Mk8.5 GTI, continues its legacy. Originally introduced in 1976, the GTI set the benchmark for combining practicality with...
Volkswagen Golf GTI Mk8.5: The Hot Hatch That Never Grows Old
The Volkswagen Golf GTI Mk8.5 gets a fresh facelift, more power, and smarter tech—proving that this hot hatch icon still has plenty of life left. But with fierce competition, does it still set the benchmark? What is it? The Volkswagen Golf GTI has been the benchmark for hot hatches since 1976, blending performance, practicality, and everyday usability. Over the years, it has had its highs and lows, with some generations losing their...
Renault Mégane RS
Renault’s potent RS is a very alluring hot hatch writes Suzanne Keane What is it? The Megane RS is the latest hot hatch to be unleashed by Renault Styling? With its Tangerine Orange paintwork, wider wings for extra air intake, F1 splitter and flared sills, the new Renault Megane RS certainly hasn’t been designed to blend into the crowd Under the Bonnet? The Megane RS is powered by a growling 1.8-litre petrol engine with 280bhp...
First Drive: Renault Mégane RS
The Renault Mégane RS is the most fun I had, on track and off, in a long time writes Geraldine Herbert What is it? Sitting lower to the ground than the regular Mégane, the RS 280, the latest hot hatch to be unleashed by the French marque, is low, orange and racetrack-ready. Its predecessor was revered by hot hatchback aficionados, so much is expected of it. First impressions of the new Renault Mégane RS? Despite being painted an...
Hyundai i30 N Performance
Rivals will ignore Hyundai’s first hot hatch at their peril writes Hannah Gordon What is it? A new hot hatch developed by Hyundai that marks an exciting motorsport era for the company. Who is it aimed at? Its hard to nail down just one sector that this car is aimed at, but the ‘popping’ and ‘banging’ exhaust will appeal to the driving enthusiast whilst the i30 N can then flip to an extremely comfortable and well equipped...
