Cars
The hero variants that make this site — hot hatches, sports cars, and cool wagons worth obsessing over.
- japan · FWD · hatch· manual
Civic Type R
The driver's benchmark in the hot hatch class. Four decades, five generations, one of the most committed FWD platforms ever built.
1997–present - japan · FWD · sedan· manual
Civic Si
The everyday enthusiast Honda, still.
1986–present - japan · FWD · hatch· manual
Integra Type S
The Type R that wears a suit.
2024–present - germany · AWD · hatch· manual
Golf R
All-wheel-drive sleeper, every weather.
2012–present - germany · FWD · hatch· manual
Golf GTI
The original. Still the template.
1976–present - japan · AWD · hatch· manual
GR Corolla
Rally-bred turbo triple. Toyota remembered.
2023–present - japan · AWD · hatch· manual
GR Yaris
The homologation special everyone wants and nobody got.
2020–present - korea · FWD · sedan· manual
Elantra N
The hot sedan Koreans built while everyone else gave up.
2022–present - korea · FWD · hatch· manual· heritage
Veloster N
The car that proved Hyundai could.
2019–2022 - germany · AWD · sedan
Audi RS3
Five cylinders, all-wheel-drive, no apologies.
2011–present - germany · AWD · sedan
Audi S3
The reasonable RS3, except it isn't.
1999–present - germany · AWD · hatch
Mercedes-AMG A45
The most powerful production four-cylinder, daily edition.
2013–present - germany · AWD · hatch
BMW M135i
The M Performance hatch the M2 fans pretend they hate.
2019–present - us · AWD · hatch· manual· heritage
Ford Focus RS Mk3
Drift Mode happened. We were there.
2016–2018 - us · FWD · hatch· manual· heritage
Ford Focus ST
The torque-steering, recaro-clad people's champion.
2013–2019 - japan · AWD · sedan· manual· heritage
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo
Rally homologation, road legal. Ten generations of legend.
1992–2016 - japan · AWD · sedan· manual· heritage
Subaru WRX STI
The boxer-rumbling, rally-bred Impreza we still miss.
1992–2021 - uk · FWD · hatch· manual
Mini John Cooper Works
Go-kart hot hatch, John Cooper Works tune.
2008–present