Quickfire Hot Hatch Buying Guide: GR Yaris, Civic Type R, AMG A45 S, Fiesta ST, Golf GTI | Top Gear

The last 12 months have seen some cracking new additions and a few mid-life alterations to the hot hatch game. The already brilliant Civic Type R had an update with some special lightweight editions, VW released the 8th iteration of their benchmark for the sector – the Golf GTI – and then Toyota came along and blindsided everyone with the Toyota GR Yaris homologation special...

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[APNelhams]

£25k is more than enough for a hatchback, stretch to £30k for a kitted out one maybe. £50k is ridiculous.

[finleypdoherty]

Who else was waiting for Chris Harris?

[gutterrashautomotive]

I can't be the only one who likes how the Honda looks... One of the few manufacturers who went to town with their styling and desgined something outside the eco-box aesthetic

[Murphynd]

“When you buy a Honda you end up... with a Honda.”

Jeremy Clarkson

[rohanbanerjee_]

We’re dying for some Chris Harris drives... can we please get some?

[Beatbox]

They simply must extend the Yaris' production run, it's transformed Toyota's image overnight. The Hyundai is coming up hard on the rail though...

[Wet_woofer]

Bro I watched the whole thing thinking it would be a drag race at the end, well that’s 5 minutes wasted

[SChapps]

I don’t mind this guy, but Chris does this way better

[revelare_xvii]

*Its both hilarious and impressive how the Yaris out of all things is now taking the hot hatch world by storm.*

[fuckseabrook]

The only man in the world that should be doing the quick fire guide is Chris

[Shithappenswhenu]

Those gr yaris are gonna be future collectors items. Fiesta punches way above it's belt here! 💪

[grantorino]

I30N Facelift for sure. The new DCT is just crazy. 0-100 4, 8. And 100-200 in 13, 3 Stock 🤯

[STAG]

the GR-Four Yaris (as it's known here) is what I'm waiting for. why? because there's now a 2 year (possibly longer) waiting list to get one.
I took one for a test drive (there's a queue for that too), and it's every bit as good as they say it is. hats off, Toyota.

[rtorbs]

A45 S is a hyper hatch not a hot hatch, in that line up it should have been the sits a tier above with the RS3 etc imo

[michaelhathorn]

Why wasn't the Focus ST involved instead of the Fiesta. Different rival...

[Gochsener]

for me, it's the i30N first, then the Yaris. If you budget is tighter, the Fiesta is awesome as well. Honda is not my Taste, Golf's screens + surroundings suck, S3 is stunning but too expensive and AMG is even reaching into C63 territory with it's price.

[malcolmar]

These hot hatches are keeping driving fun alive for the working man . Enjoy these times while you can. BTW for me it is all about the Type R!

[MEYHM]

Who else came here to see the Toyota GR Yaris ?

[iantownsend]

Yaris GR, Civic Type R, Fiesta ST any of those 3 you can’t go wrong all sublime

[dafico]

Where are the comparison: lap times, braking distances, drag race???