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Peugeot 205 GTI
Peugeot 205 GTI

A hot hatch is an informal or slang term for a high-performance derivative of a three (or sometimes five) -door automobile. The Peugeot 205 is a supermini produced by the French car manufacturer Peugeot between 1983 and 1997 The term is more popular in Europe because of the popularity of hatchback configuration. Hatchback is a term designating an Automobile design containing a passenger cabin with an integrated Cargo space accessed from behind the vehicle by a single The United States also uses the term sport compacts, however, this deviates from the true original meaning of the hot hatch terminology. A sport compact is a high-performance version of a Compact car or a Subcompact car. Vehicles of this class are typically based on a budget, family-oriented automobile, and equipped with improved suspension and a more powerful engine. Suspension is the term given to the system of springs, Shock absorbers and linkages that connects a Vehicle to its Wheels Suspension Front mounted petrol engines and front wheel drive is the most common powertrain layout. A front-mounted engine describes the placement of an Automobile engine in front of the vehicle passenger compartment Front-wheel drive (or FF layout) is a form of engine / transmission layout used in Motor vehicles where the engine drives the front Wheels For the UK engine manufacturer see Powertrain Ltd. In a Motor vehicle, the term drivetrain, powertrain or powerplant

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Development of the hot hatch

The design most often considered to have started the hot hatch genre is the 1977 Volkswagen Golf GTI, (although some considers the first "true" hot hatch was the Simca 1100 dating from 1967/8 or Alfa Romeo Alfasud[1]). Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays The Volkswagen Golf or VW Golf ( Mk1 and Mk5 badged as Volkswagen Rabbit in the United States and Canada, Mk1 badged as Volkswagen The Simca 1100 was an Automobile built from 1967 to 1982 by Chrysler Europe 's division Simca. The Renault 5 Alpine also pre-dated the Golf GTI, being launched in 1976. See also Renault 5 Alpine Turbo, and Renault 5 Turbo - the mid-engined supercar

The original 1974 version of the Golf was in mass production at this point, and the addition of a higher performance 1. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. 6 litre fuel injected engine, sharper handling, and sports-focussed marketing found the birth a huge market for small, practical cars that still had excellent performance. Fuel injection is a system for mixing fuel with air in an Internal combustion engine. In popular usage "marketing" is the promotion of products especially Advertising and Branding However in professional usage the term has a wider meaning of The Golf GTI enjoyed a short run of unparalleled success, but by the early 1980s car manufacturers worldwide were racing to market with their own alternatives. Notable big-sellers in the early days were the Ford Escort XR3i, and Vauxhall Astra GTE. Over the years the name 'Ford Escort' has been used for several models See also Opel Astra, Holden Astra Astra is a model-name which has been used by Vauxhall, the British subsidiary of General Motors

By the end of the 1980s the hot hatch had taken its place across Europe, and was pushing into other worldwide markets. The brief heyday of Group B rallying pushed the hot hatch genre to its limits, and small numbers of ultra-high performance variants were manufactured to comply with the rally rules (often termed "homologation specials"). The Group B referred to a set of regulations introduced in 1982 for competition vehicles in Sportscar racing and Rally racing regulated by the FIA. Rallying is a form of motor competition that takes place on public or private roads with modified production or specially built road-legal cars Homologation is a technical term derived from the Greek homologeo (ὁμολογέω for "to agree" which is generally used in English to signify These enthusiasts vehicles represented a brief, extreme branch of the hot hatch, and included such notable vehicles as the Peugeot 205 T-16 and MG Metro 6R4. The Peugeot 205 is a supermini produced by the French car manufacturer Peugeot between 1983 and 1997 Austin/MG Metro On 8 October 1980, BL introduced the Austin miniMetro.

The hot hatch in North America

Before the Volkswagen Rabbit (the North American version of the Golf) was introduced in GTI form in September 1982 as a 1983 model, sports versions of family hatchbacks were little more than cosmetic upgrades of the basic models, typified by magnesium wheels and body decals. The Volkswagen Golf or VW Golf ( Mk1 and Mk5 badged as Volkswagen Rabbit in the United States and Canada, Mk1 badged as Volkswagen The introduction of the GTI in the U. S. and Canada quickly led the American and Japanese manufacturers to produce models worthy of competing with VW. As in Europe, the GTI found several direct competitors in North America. Ford offered the Escort GT, and its Lincoln-Mercury division offered the identical Mercury Lynx XR3. The Mercury Lynx was a Compact car produced by the Ford Motor Company for its Mercury division from 1981 to 1987 Chrysler offered the turbocharged Dodge Omni GLH in 1985 to 1986 (which the Dodge division said stood for "Goes Like Hell") and in 1986 to 1987 the intercooled GLHS (Goes Like Hell Somemore). The Dodge Omni and the similar Plymouth Horizon were Front wheel drive cars introduced by the Dodge and Plymouth divisions of Chrysler Corporation Both were prepared and named by Carroll Shelby. Carroll Hall Shelby, (born January 11, 1923 in Leesburg Texas) is an American racing and automotive designer and former racing driver General Motors offered a few sports version of its J-car hatchbacks, including the Chevrolet Cavalier Z24. The Chevrolet Cavalier was Chevrolet 's version of the compact GM J platform. After 1995, however, the J-chassis Pontiac Sunfire GT and Chevrolet Z24 were offered only as two-door coupés. Toyota offered the Corolla FX-16, and Honda introduced the Civic S (later called the Si when that model gained fuel injection). (pronounced) is a Multinational corporation headquartered in Japan, and is currently the world's largest Automaker. Hot hatches maintained some popularity in North America throughout the 1990s, even as most small cars were designed with trunks. The Honda Civic was the benchmark for Japanese hot hatches in America, but when the Civic line was redesigned for 2006, the Si came in coupé form only; the Civic hatchback was no longer available in the U. The Honda Civic is a line of subcompact / Compact cars manufactured by Honda. S. in any form. Volkswagen remained committed to the market segment in North America, though, releasing a turbocharged, redesigned GTI in early 2006 with a notably successful advertising campaign. Mazda introduced its Mazdaspeed 3 in October of 2006, a turbocharged version of their popular 3, with 260 horsepower (190 kW/260 PS).

Hot hatches and compacts before 1980

Example of a hot hatch before 1980, the Golf GTI
Example of a hot hatch before 1980, the Golf GTI

Until 1980 the VW Golf dominated the hot hatch market segment. The Volkswagen Golf or VW Golf ( Mk1 and Mk5 badged as Volkswagen Rabbit in the United States and Canada, Mk1 badged as Volkswagen Competition was limited to non-hatchbacks, the Mini, and race-inspired enthusiasts' vehicles such as the Vauxhall Chevette HS. The Mini is a small car that was produced by the British Motor Corporation (BMC and its successors from 1959 until 2000 The Chevette was a model of car manufactured by Vauxhall in the UK from 1975 to 1983 However, sub-compacts and superminis had adopted a two-box design ever since the Mini, and, in spite of their small engines, had been adopted by young racing enthusiasts with little money because of their low weight. Thus, even though the Golf was one of the few cars with engines larger than 1. 4 L and with more than 100 hp (75 kW), other hatches were on their way to becoming "hot". Also, cars such as the Hillman Imp or the Simca Rallye, while having sedan bodies, were small enough to be considered direct ancestors of the hot hatch. The Hillman Imp is a compact rear-engined saloon car that was manufactured under the Hillman Marque by the Rootes Group (later Chrysler

1980–1990—The first generation

The first generation of hot hatches included the following notable models:

Renault 5 Turbo
Renault 5 Turbo

1990–2000—The second generation

1990s hot hatch, Ford Escort RS2000
1990s hot hatch, Ford Escort RS2000

With the Golf getting slower, heavier and more expensive to match its target market, space opened for a new breed of hot hatches in the 1990s:

Hot hatches since 2000

A hot hatch of 2000s, Alfa Romeo 147 GTA
A hot hatch of 2000s, Alfa Romeo 147 GTA

The late 1990s saw a gradual shift away from lightweight, economical small cars and the introduction of new market category-blurring vehicles. The SEAT Ibiza is a supermini manufactured by the Volkswagen Group and sold under the SEAT Marque. "Fabia" redirects here See also Fabius. The Škoda Fabia is a supermini produced by Czech manufacturer Škoda Auto The Škoda Octavia is a Small family car produced by Czech automaker Škoda Auto since 1996 its name revived from a model originally produced between The Suzuki Esteem is an export nameplate for the Suzuki Cultus Crescent -- also marketed in Europe and many Asian countries as the Suzuki Baleno The Suzuki Cultus is a supermini first presented at the 25th Tokyo Motor Show, formally introduced in 1983 and ultimately marketed worldwide under more than a The Suzuki Swift is nameplate marketed by Suzuki carried by vehicles of three distinct derivations Generations I II III a Supermini that The Toyota Starlet was a small automobile manufactured by Toyota from 1973 to 1999 replacing the Toyota Publica (and retaining the Publica's "P" code The Toyota Corolla is a line of subcompact / Compact cars produced by the Japanese Automaker Toyota, which has become very popular throughout The Volkswagen Polo GTI is a Hot hatch version of the Volkswagen Polo supermini, produced by German automaker Volkswagen. The Volkswagen Golf or VW Golf ( Mk1 and Mk5 badged as Volkswagen Rabbit in the United States and Canada, Mk1 badged as Volkswagen The Alfa Romeo 147 is a Small family car produced by Italian automaker Alfa Romeo since 2000 In the 2000s new hot hatch "class" was born, engine powers grew up to 265 metric horsepower (195 kW/261 hp).

Recent hot hatches include the following models:

American hot hatches of the 1980s

American hot hatch Dodge Omni
American hot hatch Dodge Omni

See also

References

  1. ^ HOT HATCH DEBATE. The Volkswagen Golf or VW Golf ( Mk1 and Mk5 badged as Volkswagen Rabbit in the United States and Canada, Mk1 badged as Volkswagen The Volvo C30 is a compact car produced by Volvo (part of the Ford Motor Company Group The Dodge Omni and the similar Plymouth Horizon were Front wheel drive cars introduced by the Dodge and Plymouth divisions of Chrysler Corporation The Chevrolet Cavalier was Chevrolet 's version of the compact GM J platform. The Chevrolet Citation was a Compact car sold by the Chevrolet brand of American automaker General Motors from 1980 through 1985 See also Dodge Charger for other models using this name and Shelby Charger, a high-performance version The Dodge Charger (L-body was The Dodge Omni and the similar Plymouth Horizon were Front wheel drive cars introduced by the Dodge and Plymouth divisions of Chrysler Corporation Over the years the name 'Ford Escort' has been used for several models The Mercury Lynx was a Compact car produced by the Ford Motor Company for its Mercury division from 1981 to 1987 See also Dodge Charger for other models using this name and Shelby Charger, a high-performance version The Dodge Charger (L-body was A sport compact is a high-performance version of a Compact car or a Subcompact car. The Import scene or Import racing scene refers to the Subculture that revolves around modifying imported brand cars (commonly referred to as imports especially pistonheads. com. Retrieved on 2008-03-19. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1279 - A Mongolian victory in the Battle of Yamen ends the Song Dynasty in China.

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hot hatch

-noun

  1. (informal) a high-performance hatchback motor car
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