Battle of the hatches

[RS6]

I suppose the BMW might just be the best, but I cannot live with those looks. The Alfa is the most attractive and it makes one of the best noises of any current production car engine. Yes, IMO, it sounds better than any current Ferrari.

[LotusLocost]

Voting for the Clio V6..... Again...

Question for you Matra.. I have had a Renault Meganè Coupè 2.0L 16V.
And I heard that the 2.0L (150 bhp) was built in the Alpine factory as well... Is it true?
Renault is, as fare as I know, using the Alpine factory for the more special models/versions.. (the particular 2.0l Coupè wasn`t that special, but not too common either..?)

[nota]

For trivia, I read the other day that the UK currently swallows up around 50% of total RenaultSport production!

[Matra et Alpine]

Voting for the Clio V6..... Again...

Question for you Matra.. I have had a Renault Meganè Coupè 2.0L 16V.
And I heard that the 2.0L (150 bhp) was built in the Alpine factory as well... Is it true?
Renault is, as fare as I know, using the Alpine factory for the more special models/versions.. (the particular 2.0l Coupè wasn`t that special, but not too common either..?)

yes.
Current (2004) production from Renault factories at http://www.renault.com/docs/atlas_gb...es_sept_gb.pdf

[dcsbeemer]

Alright, seems so far the clear leader is the Clio Sport. I know it's mid-engined, but hey, I added it anyway to be daring .

Second place so far seems to be between the GTA and GTI at the moment, with the A3 at 3rd. 4th spot so far is the 130i, with the rest making up joint 5th.

Have to say it didn't turn out quite as I expected, with each car receiving at least 1 vote and the Clio storming away into the lead, despite it's relatively low top-end and average acceleration.

[Matra et Alpine]

Having missed out the Clio 182 Trophy you've missed one of the sweetest hanlidng and lowest track time cars in the "hot hatch" range
The Megane's too big !!!!

[dcsbeemer]

Yeah I've heard great things of the Clio 182, but I had to choose between it and the Sport V6...

I should've added the smaller hatches too like the above-mentioned Clio 182, Polo, Fiesta, Mini, Corsa, Punto and those, but I got lazy

Come to think of it, I missed the Civic Type R and RunX RSi as well! Just shows you what a dizzying wide variety there is at the moment if you're shopping for a hot-hatch!

Next time I'll list the whole lot, promise.

[Matra et Alpine]

Fieata, Polo, Corsa and Punto won't be missed, you're OK

[fpv_gtho]

As tempting as the beemer and sport clio are, i think i'd go with the Focus

[dcsbeemer]

AND THE WINNER IS... THE CLIO V6!

With 33.3% of the votes, it won by a country mile over second-placed A3 Quattro (15.15%).

[shakawkaw]

i'd take the aston martin bertone jet II