Sports Saloons and Hatches

WE all feel the need for speed every now and then.The well-heeled might splash out nearly quarter of a million on a McLaren 750S, which...

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SUZUKI posted a record year in the UK in 2023 despite ongoing challenging market conditions, selling 27,928 units, a 57 per cent growth...

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THE RS 7 Sportback performance is aptly named. It delivers performance in every sense offering amazing acceleration, fantastic stability...

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WHERE fire-breathing performance meets everyday practicality, Honda's new Type R stands as a legendary contender.The latest version is the...

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THE latest version of the excellent Ateca SUV comes dressed in sporty new threads as the Cupra version.With its 300ps petrol power, it...

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SPARE some sympathy for anyone looking for a hot hatch.Not because of shortage of desirable models. The opposite actually - there are so...

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THERE'S been a bit of a revolution at Mazda and it's all centred around the company's popular family hatchback, the Mazda3.The new, fourth...

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THERE are a handful of cars that lift the run-of-the-mill family runabout to new levels - models which inject serious fun - with a capital...

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EVERY now and again a car comes along which immediately turns heads, raises eyebrows and the game; then becomes a standard setter or cult...

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THE Ford Focus ST is one of the best hot hatches that money can buy and is a smart all-rounder that is also easy on the eye.It is a great...

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HOT hatches have been around a long time and many are not that cheap anymore.But from the Far East there's not been many entrants apart...

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IT would have been inconceivable a few years ago - a hot hatch without a manual gearbox.But the current VW Polo GTI, a racy five-door,...

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TOYOTA dominated the 2022 World Rally Championship and hopes some of this success will spread into its sophisticated city car, the Yaris.It...

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THE Volkswagen Golf GTI has been the iconic hot hatch for decades despite challenges from many would-be pretenders.But the growth in the...

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YOU may have bought a Toyota Corolla GR Sport for all the most sensible reasons - hybrid technology, economy and its practical nature.But...

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THE latest Audi RS 3 is really a supercar for sensible money.There has been a long line of highly acclaimed Audi RS 3 models, higher...

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THE Polestar brand is making steady progress after being launched five years ago by Volvo and parent Chinese company Geely.Currently three...

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WITH so much emphasis on hatchbacks, SUVs and practical cars these days it's always nice when a saloon comes along with striking design...

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THE Audi A5 Coupe is genuinely a very fine car and a very lovely vehicle to spend time in.Depending on what sort of budget you have, what...

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THE World Rally Championship may be about clipping seconds off your competitors but the Toyota GR Yaris took years off me.Built to permit...

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FORGET for a moment that it's a budget brand - sorry, high value - and forget it's powered by diesel, that thick stuff that's now regarded...

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THE hot-hatch concept has been revived in the shape of the Cupra Leon 2.0 TSI.Based on the family-friendly SEAT Leon, the tuning arm's...

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FIRING up the Audi, to part paraphrase TV detective Gene Hunt in Life on Mars, is with the press of a button these days,So if not quite...

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CAR buyers who pour over print or on-line reviews can become numbed to the choices and models laid out before their eyes.Badge envy may...

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