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Motor Awards 2019: Best Hot Hatch of the Year

Published 12 August 2019
By Sunday Times Driving
The Sunday Times Motor Awards 2019, Here is the rundown of all the contenders for Best Hot Hatch of the Year.
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Top 100 Cars 2016: Top 5 Hot Hatches

The Sunday Times Driving presents the five best hot hatches of 2016, featuring Volkswagen, Honda, Peugeot, Mini and Ford.
Published 03 January 2016
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The Clarkson review: Ford Focus ST estate

Back in 2010 the Conservatives announced that there would be no more idiotic bus lanes on the M4 and that speed cameras would be switched off.
Published 02 November 2015
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2015 Honda Civic Type R vs Ford Focus ST, VW Golf R...

There has surely never been a better time to buy a high-performance small car – better known as a hot hatch. If you owned a Peugeot 205 GTI or a...
Published 10 June 2015
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First Drive review: Ford Focus ST (2015)

I am spending quite a lot of time at the moment driving schoolchildren to exams: A-levels, AS-levels, GCSEs — you name it
Published 01 June 2015
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Five brilliant hot hatches for under £10,000

Many of us have at some point enjoyed sharing our life with a hot hatchback. Putting a powerful engine and sporty suspension in a small and affordable...
Published 06 February 2015
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News: Ford Focus ST details released at Paris show

We already knew that Ford's new Focus ST was going to be available with a diesel engine for the first time, but now full details of the hot hatch...
Published 02 October 2014
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News: Diesel-engined Ford Focus ST to be revealed at...

Boy racers on a budget take note: an updated version of the Ford Focus ST will make its debut this Friday, June 27 at the 2014 Goodwood Festival of...
Published 24 June 2014
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Top 10 hot hatches and coupés

In a land before time — well, the 1980s — hot hatches ruled the road.
Published 04 March 2014