Dragonlady Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 March edition of car mag has done the largest group test of hot hatches to date:- Mini Cooper S Renault Clio 197 BMW 130i Volvo C30 T5 Audi S3 VW Golf R32 VW Golf GTI 30 Ford Focus ST Vauxhall Astra VXR Seat Leon FR Mazda3 MPS Honda Civic Type R And the winner was.................. Honda Civic Type R "To drive the new Civic Type R is to find petrolhead nirvana. It will be remembered as one of the true greats" Was a very good read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahamc Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 kinda obvious... was always going to be the honda... will still have to find and read since I just bought a Mazda 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 Odd, EVO magazine weren't impressed with it at all - poor handling, vague steering... they liked the Megane R26 a lot more and it slaughtered the Type-R on the track. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wilson Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 FWD's pah, shouldn't even be considered as a performance car option, it was designed to get as many people in as small a cabin space as possible Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyknox Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 Type R the winner woo hoo!! imi will be pleased!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockys96 Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 where's the supra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 where's the supra Is the Supra a modern hot hatch in your world? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dee_rz Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 still hasn't been a better hot hatch than the ctr yet, i drove quite a few before i bought my two ctr's and loved them great cars for a fwd car but not in the supras class in any aspects other than taking the shopping home from the super market.... o and rear leg room Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cashpoint Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 FWD's pah, shouldn't even be considered as a performance car option, it was designed to get as many people in as small a cabin space as possible Small cabin!!! came up behind one of the new clio's the other day and thought how on earth can it be considered a small car looked as wide as mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Millsy Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 I like Type Rs a lot. Haven't driven the new one, but would have had the old one over a lot of other hot hatches - Cooper S, VXR, Mk5 GTI, Renaultsport Megane or Clio. Focus ST was good, but the CTR is a lot of fun. Always dubious of car reviews in mags anyway, different people like different things. VXR got slated for too much power and crappy handling but I thought it was a hoot to drive, comfy and looked good. Bit like the hot Clios, never saw what the fuss was about apart from the Trophy spec, but the mags raved about them - and they're not all expert drivers that test them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockys96 Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 where's the supra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 where's the supra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockys96 Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 Is the Supra a modern hot hatch in your world? isnt this supra chat! i wasnt refering to the supra being a hatch, as this thread is off topic:rolleyes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 Good point, well noticed - I apologise for doubting your intentions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockys96 Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 lol, is it really 18:00 hrs now, or has the forum clock pissed up? or have i been working too much to notice ive lost an hour, hehe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steb9780 Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 My Girlfriend has a Civic 1.6 VTEC Sport, and it's a really nice car to drive. I know it's not the Type R but it's very nice to drive seems to handle pretty well too. I had a run in with a Renault Megane RS when I had just put a FMIC and a GT28R on my Rover Coupe Turbo. It was quicker than the Rover just, but I think I would have had him if I wasn't running actuator pressure only (6psi IIRC). Also had a do from the lights with a Leon Cupra R in the Rover. Pretty even from the start, my car just used to spin, he probably had some newer half decent form of traction control. But as soon as we were rolling I pulled away from him. For a £2.5K car I used to have some fun against some higher priced/exotic cars in that. The best one was a BMW 750i or it could have been a 745i, had a do with him, pulled away from him. Then got back and found out those cars are about £60k or something stupid, made me feel great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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