Fiat's New 70-Horsepower Gas Hatchback Is For 'Real People' The former electric-only Fiat 500 now has a tiny 1.0-liter engine and a manual gearbox. By Adrian Padeanu Industry - Jul 7 2025 -
‘How to Get 100 MPG In Any Vehicle:’ Mechanic Starts a Toyota Yaris. Then He Pops the Hood "Look at that." By Mustafa Gatollari Trending - Jul 2 2025 -
Volkswagen Sales Are Way Down—Except for One Model VW reported a 29% decline in sales for the second quarter of 2025 amid a "challenging environment." By Brian Silvestro Sales - Jul 2 2025 -
'10 Years Too Early:' Mercedes Says Futuristic EQS Styling Is Hurting Sales The design boss also says the car might've been more successful if it had been marketed as a futuristic S-Class Coupe. By Adrian Padeanu Design - Jul 1 2025 -
Porsche Can't Stop, Won't Stop Breaking Lap Records at Road Atlanta With new records from the Cayenne and Panamera, Porsche now holds SUV, gas sedan, and electric sedan records at Road Atlanta. By Chris Perkins Records - Jun 27 2025 -
‘That Honda Fit Sounds Like the One:’ Used Car Salesman Picks His Top 6 Vehicles Under $4,000. But How Reliable Are They? 'Sips gas like your aunt sips boxed wine.' By Chad Swiatecki Trending - Jun 24 2025 -
This Is the Most Powerful Volkswagen GTI Ever For the first time, Wolfsburg pushes its front-wheel-drive hot hatch into 300-horsepower territory. By Adrian Padeanu Official - Jun 20 2025 -
‘That’s Obviously a Villain Car:' Man Spots Honda Fit in Parking Lot. Then He Notices the Back 'I thought it was crashed at first.' By Mustafa Gatollari Trending - Jun 19 2025 -
The Base 2026 Nissan Leaf Doesn't Get The Cool Taillights Even the midrange model misses out on the Z-like rear lights. By Adrian Padeanu Design - Jun 19 2025 -
The 2026 Nissan Leaf Is Finally Here, and It Has Way More Range it goes on sale later this year. By Anthony Alaniz Official - Jun 17 2025 -
Peugeot Brings Back The GTi, But It's Electric Sacré bleu! The E-208 GTi breaks with the hot hatch tradition by eschewing the gas engine. By Adrian Padeanu Official - Jun 13 2025 -
The Golf GTI Edition 50 Is The Fastest VW Ever at The Nurburgring But it's still slower than a Honda Civic Type R. By Adrian Padeanu Records - Jun 13 2025 -
Prices Gone Mad: VW Wants $32,000 for a Hatchback With 94 HP With a five-speed manual gearbox, no less. By Adrian Padeanu Pricing - Jun 12 2025 -
The New Nissan Leaf Is Torquier. But That's Not Even Its Biggest Upgrade It should be more fun to drive thanks to a key improvement. By Adrian Padeanu Official - Jun 10 2025 -
Honda Says It's Forced to Kill The Civic Type R In Europe The Ultimate Edition bids farewell to the hot hatch, even though Honda doesn't really want to discontinue the CTR. By Adrian Padeanu Special Editions - Jun 5 2025 -
Why The New Nissan Leaf Is Less Aerodynamic In America The electric crossover is a touch more slippery in Europe. By Adrian Padeanu Design - Jun 4 2025 -
The Once-Dominant Volkswagen Golf Is Quietly Fading Production has drastically fallen in recent years. By Adrian Padeanu Manufacturing / Production - Jun 4 2025 -
The Ford Hot Hatch Is Officially Dead After 45 years of performance hatchbacks, Ford confirms to Motor1 it's exiting the segment. By Adrian Padeanu Official - Jun 4 2025 -
Toyota Wants to 'Increase Power' in the GR Corolla With success on the track, Toyota could bring some of that power to the road. By Jeff Perez Interview - Jun 3 2025 -
The Ford Focus ST Reaches the End of the Line The order books are closed, but you can buy one of the roughly 170 still on dealer lots. By Anthony Alaniz Manufacturing / Production - May 30 2025 -
Confirmed: Toyota Will Make the GR Corolla In the UK But it doesn't say whether the hot hatch will be sold in Europe. By Adrian Padeanu Official - May 30 2025 -
Bugatti's Boss Owns and Drives a Volkswagen Golf R32 Mate Rimac loves his six-cylinder hot hatch. By Adrian Padeanu Celebrity / Entertainment - May 29 2025 -
The Baja Bug Is Back, Baby The Twisted TBug is an off-road Volkswagen Beetle made modern, with usable tech and real power. By Anthony Alaniz Aftermarket / Tuning - May 19 2025 -
Nissan's Mid-Engined Hot Hatch Is Back. And It's Even Cooler Now The Nissan Micra 350SR was a mid-engined hot hatch with a powerful V-6. Now it's back more than 20 years later. By Jeff Perez Concept Cars - May 15 2025 -
