Hyundai i30 N (2023) review: keeping up with the competition Price: £35,595 24 February 2023 by Adam Binnie Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 5 out of 5 Read more ...
Peugeot 205 at 40: celebrating an icon Price: £4,965 16 February 2023 by Keith Adams Peugeot 205 at 40: celebrating an icon Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 5 out of 5 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 5 out of 5 Read more ...
Vauxhall Astra GSe (2023) review: the warm Vauxhall gets electrified Price: £40,550 25 January 2023 by Alan Taylor-Jones Electrified hatch one of the first of many higher-performance GSe models Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 3 out of 5 4 out of 5 3 out of 5 4 out of 5 3 out of 5 Read more ...
Honda Civic Type R (2023) review: dazzling all-weather genius from new 325bhp hot hatch Price: £46,995 25 January 2023 by Ben Miller Rain doesn't stop play as we test new Type R on road and track Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 5 out of 5 5 out of 5 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 5 out of 5 Read more ...
VW Golf GTE hybrid (2023) review: big thrills, smaller bills? Price: £35,320 19 January 2023 by Curtis Moldrich The Golf Mk8 in hybrid form, driven Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 3 out of 5 3 out of 5 3 out of 5 4 out of 5 3 out of 5 Read more ...
Kia EV6 GT (2023) review: a journey to the end of the earth Price: £62,645 29 December 2022 by Jake Groves CAR heads to Svalbard and the world's northernmost EV charger in Kia's hot EV6 Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 5 out of 5 4 out of 5 5 out of 5 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 Read more ...
Abarth 595 (2022) review: small but mighty Price: £22,745 09 December 2022 by Luke Wilkinson We drive Abarth's manic hot hatch to see if it can still stand up to the competition after 14 years on sale. Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 2 out of 5 5 out of 5 Read more ...
Volkswagen Polo GTI (2022) review: comfort uber alles Price: £27,805 09 August 2022 by CJ Hubbard This ain't no new rose - facelifted Polo GTI driven Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 3 out of 5 3 out of 5 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 3 out of 5 Read more ...
Mountune Ford Focus ST M365 (2022) review: how much is too much? Price: £35,774 23 June 2022 by Alan Taylor-Jones Mountune boosts the Focus ST's power to 360bhp. Is it a tune too far? Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 3 out of 5 3 out of 5 4 out of 5 3 out of 5 4 out of 5 Read more ...
Ford Fiesta ST (2022) review: still got it after all these doors Price: £27,245 10 June 2022 by CAR’s road test team Latest facelift of Ford hot hatch legend driven - plus we recap past heroes, too Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 5 out of 5 5 out of 5 4 out of 5 5 out of 5 5 out of 5 Read more ...
Mountune Ford Puma ST M260 (2022) review: the Puma gets pointier teeth Price: £31,449 26 May 2022 by Alan Taylor-Jones How does the Puma ST cope with another 60bhp and 33Ib ft of torque? Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 5 out of 5 5 out of 5 Read more ...
Audi S1 Sportback review: a little rotter Price: £25,560 15 March 2022 by Jake Groves and Ben Barry Audi's technology-packed tiny tearaway of 2014 remains unmatched Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 3 out of 5 3 out of 5 4 out of 5 3 out of 5 4 out of 5 Read more ...
Skoda Octavia vRS Bonneville review: land speed record car driven 19 August 2021 by Jake Groves This car still holds the record for the fastest 2.0-litre forced induction production car Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 0 out of 5 0 out of 5 0 out of 5 0 out of 5 0 out of 5 Read more ...
Honda Civic Type R review: GT and Sport Line driven Price: £30,995 29 June 2021 by James Taylor Faster and better-rounded, the fourth-gen Civic Type R is a step on from its predecessor in every way Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 5 out of 5 5 out of 5 5 out of 5 4 out of 5 5 out of 5 Read more ...
Birds BMW M140i (2021) review: the afterlife Price: £5,781 25 June 2021 by James Taylor Specialist unlocks more potential from RWD 1-series, without spoiling the recipe Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 4 out of 5 5 out of 5 5 out of 5 5 out of 5 5 out of 5 Read more ...
Mini John Cooper Works hatch (2021) review: sanitised fun Price: £28,815 02 May 2021 by Jake Groves 2021 introduces a nipped and tucked Mini range – has the JCW kept its joyfulness? Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 3 out of 5 5 out of 5 Read more ...
Hyundai i20N prototype (2021) review: anything you can do... Price: £25,000 26 March 2021 by Ben Miller ...the Fiesta ST can do better? It's a closer match than you might think... Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 5 out of 5 5 out of 5 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 5 out of 5 Read more ...
Hyundai i30N review: 2020's tweaks tested Price: £27,995 28 October 2020 by James Taylor Hyundai’s first serious go at a hot hatch turns out to be really rather good Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 4 out of 5 5 out of 5 5 out of 5 Read more ...
BMW 128ti prototype (2020) review: chasing status Price: £32,995 08 October 2020 by Georg Kacher Munich wants to get in on the front-driven hot hatch action again, in order to topple the mighty Golf GTI Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 0 out of 5 0 out of 5 0 out of 5 0 out of 5 0 out of 5 Read more ...
Mini GP (2020) review: hold on very tight 29 April 2020 by Georg Kacher Don't you dare call Mini's latest hardcore hot hatch cute Car Handling Performance Usability Feelgood Car ratings 5 out of 5 4 out of 5 5 out of 5 2 out of 5 5 out of 5 Read more ...