Tag: Hatchback

Small cars are usually frugal runners. Yet now there are new Yaris and Swift petrol electric versions to trim fuel ...

Cabriolets (officially defined as a two-door convertible) are traditionally expensive little beasts to buy, but they’re falling in price as ...

Suzuki is a notoriously conservative company but it’s an approach that has made it long-lived, over 110 years and counting. ...

By sheer luck, NZ Autocar, got a brief i30 N fling on a short hillside test track during the 2017 ...

Here, at last, is a Chrysler sports-coupé in the mould of the awesome e49 Charger R/T. Crossfire might look diminutive ...

There’s hardly anything quite so satisfying to drive as a lightweight hatch with more motor than seems absolutely necessary. Hence ...

The limited-edition Ford Focus RS breathes new life into a nameplate associated with rally success. It brings together some of ...

Occasionally you get to drive something a bit quirky and the Abarth 595 Competizione certainly fits that description. It’s tiny, ...

AMG is back with a new A 45 S, packing the most power per litre of any production engine. Does ...

Renault’s Megane RS has always been a fave around here for its entertaining handling. It returns anew, but this time ...

Hmmm. Skoda hasn’t said much about its facelifted Fabia, and I’m thinking I now know why. Have to say, the ...

Nissan’s Micra disappeared quietly from local showrooms a couple of years ago but a comeback is imminent. We take the ...

The second A-class arrival, the a 250 4matic, with a bigger engine and AWD is only $3k more than the ...

With gas prices heading the wrong way to expensive-ville, one happy faction will be the climate change campaigners; the less ...

Kia’s Rio has always been a bit different from the run-of-the-mill shopping baskets, being slightly bigger than a supermini but ...

Small cars continue to evolve and have become ever more sophisticated, and that’s especially true of the new VW Polo ...

Audi has rejigged its RS 3 Sportback hatch, with an even stronger engine and improved weight balance so it’s faster ...

Increasingly base variants of compact hatches are better specified. We compare two newbies, the Hyundai i30 2.0 GDI and the ...

So I finally get to drive a C4 Cactus, having never driven the quirky original. Evidently, it came in both ...

Spanish car maker Seat has been dormant here for yonks but now reactivated, it’s on, offering compact SUVs like Ateca. ...