From Ford to Mazda, Toyota, Subaru, and VW, hot hatchbacks are special treats that happen once in a blue moon.

France has played a pivotal role in the evolution of the hot hatch, a category of high-performance hatchbacks that have ...

Subaru is keeping most details secret for now, but said the new electric hot hatch offers “a design that evokes the brand’s ...

The Hyundai Ioniq 3 is set to redefine the hot hatch market with an attractive, high-performance new entry.

In the Integra, all of this works superbly because there's so much clean feedback through the transmission. Other carmakers ...

The Alpine A290 is driven back-to-back against a Renault Clio Williams to see if it's more fun. Reviewer Steve Sutcliffe says that while it isn't perfect, it's a lot of fun to drive. The Clio Williams ...

These automakers—including Porsche, BMW, Mazda, Honda, and more—are saving the manuals, one performance car at a time.

Hot hatches have gained popularity for offering performance in a compact package, but these five models took performance to another level with large and powerful engines. Compact hatchbacks became ...

With 300 horsepower and 295 lb-ft of torque on tap, a trick all-wheel drive system and some specially tuned suspension, the GR Corolla is hardly lacking when it comes to its performance chops. Of ...

The hot hatchback isn’t going anywhere, the automaker’s CEO says. The Volkswagen Golf GTI may have lost its manual transmission, but VW has no immediate plans to do away with the iconic hot hatchback ...

Half the job of a hot hatchback is to be, well, a hatchback. ST-ing a Fiesta doesn’t impact on how good it is as standard: ...

Another brilliant small Ford is gone. It’s the end of an era that once seemed like it would go on forever. The last Ford Focus ST has rolled off the production line in Germany, as confirmed by a ...