There's nothing new about hot hatches. They date back at least to the early '60s when the Mini Cooper came on the scene. But it was taken to a new level with the VW Golf GTi and Peugeot 205 GTi. The ...

Debate runs rife as to the origins of the hot hatch. The Mini Cooper S dates all the way back to the 1960s, while Abarth were turning out mad little hatters as early as 1971, in the form of the A112.

We have just compared two machines we now believe to be the first genuine small supercars, and we must say, immediately, that the Fiat Uno Turbo lost decisively to the Peugeot 205 GTi; not because the ...

Peugeot 306 1.9d (17.7 seconds to 62!), Peugeot 206CC, Peugeot 206 GTI 180, Peugeot 308CC, Peugeot 208 GTI, Peugeot RCZ 200 THP, Rover Cabriolet, Daihatsu Fourtrak, BMW E90 325d, Jaguar S-Type 2.7d ...