The Best Cheap Hot Hatch You Can Buy Right Now!

[@Josh-qm4rb]

My experience of the my Yaris T Sport (5 door facelift) has been overall brilliant, especially considering it's nearly 20 years old. Absolutely no major rust whatsoever, just the odd bit of surface rust, the engine is bulletproof too, 70k miles and it is absolutely not showing any signs of age whatsoever. In terms of how it drives, it's a very fun little car, takes corners effortlessly and I totally agree with u about the gearbox, absolutely smashing! At first, I disagreed with your statements on the power delivery, but no. I had the AC condenser replaced, and some other AC related stuff, and it noticeably has more poke, and it seriously does pull hard even at high revs. Before it felt anaemic above 5.5k rpms, now it still pulls above 6k. I'm chuffed to bits a viral content creator like u has acknowledged this car!

[@nathanashworth5254]

Haha, I was here in this video. Do you remember the 2020 Grey Honda Civic Type R that broke down. I am the drivers son! LOL. We was on holiday and all your crew helped push it.

[@Downshift13]

6 months ago I bought a Toyota starlet, 85hp but weighs about 110kg less than that Yaris, good fun and only cost me £1000, no rust 68,000 miles

[@SueKeeper]

Yaris TS would piss all over it.

[@Downshift13]

@@SueKeeper less money= less fast

[@SueKeeper]

@@Downshift13 can still pick up a Tsport for a grand. A Starlet is a bit fugly and old fashioned. I hope its not that green colour!

[@Downshift13]

@@SueKeeper both are good cars though! With the Yaris probably being more reliable and newer for people not as mechanically minded but still want to have some fun!

[@captainsunburn8510]

Fiat Panda 100HP needs to be part of the conversation. I reckon it's better than the Yaris, very similar ptw, better looks, better sound, corners better too. I might be biased though as I've got one...

[@willft2814]

no one has ever said a fiat panda looks good

[@captainsunburn8510]

@@willft2814 your mum

[@ikonuk]

​@@willft2814ummm. Yes they have. To start with, the comment above that you replied too said they looked good.

[@doyle7877]

Fn2 civic type r too, The most hated type r, higher ptw then both Yaris and panda, nicer day to day. And really not that much money ATM, with way more of them for sale.

[@mrworldwide2722]

@@willft2814the fiat panda 100hp is a good looking car tho!

[@z-trip5457]

Lift off oversteer is a rather prominent danger on these models. I have driven many hatchbacks, but this platform is the only one that loves throwing it's back around. Had it happen on two different models, despite not driving agressively.

[@william.0419]

I’d love to see a Peugeot 207 GTI feature in one of these videos

[@svengrube1]

Great shout👀

[@KurtisAdams-h2z]

@@svengrube1 Or 208 gti bypeugeotsport. How would i go about getting mine to feature?

[@svengrube1]

@@KurtisAdams-h2z That would be mega. Drop me a message on insta mate!

[@SteveGrube]

Cool car and lightweight obviously taking notice of Colin Chapman’s design principal and practical. Love it 👌

[@svengrube1]

Best recipe🧑‍🍳

[@noyesplease9522]

I absolutely love to rev that little vvt-i. My mom had that car for 14 years and I bought it from her. Over 300000 km and still going strong.

[@emigrant4life]

Amazing car, reliable. Cheap. I have usual 1.0L version, 167 000km on the odo, but with AC, electrical windows, central remote locking and rear disc brakes (bought for $1500).

[@3nd4tom1c8]

Love my t sport, always fun to rev out and chuck round corners

[@Birmingham_racing]

I've always had a soft spot for these

[@henryrolt3747]

I've had mine since 2021. From the factory the chassis is a bit average. It has the short wheelbase and light weight, but soft lacklustre suspension heavily biased to understeer. Sort it out with a rear anti-roll-bar, axle bushes and lowering and suddenly it all clicks. I don't have the greatest car experience, but you can *place it*, on the road like nothing I've ever driven. They're not fast, but my god are they agile. Mine has a custom intake setup that dynoed at 128hp, really opens the top end up 😁 They're really not a hot hatch though - more of a warm hatch that was so brilliant it frequently gets compared to contemporary hot hatches. It gets 50mpg on a run and comes within a whisker of an ST150 in a sprint to 60.

[@gingerbreadaudio]

Owned my yaris t sport phase 2 for just over 2 years and absolutely luv it. Over 40mpg air con and amazing boot space the only thing I'd luv would be a 6th gear but apart from that it's one of the best cars I've owned and I only paid £800 for it 😬

[@trwhelp-q5d]

great video love the hard driving

[@chico8707]

the corolla t sports are criminally underrated even compared to the yarises for the price

[@baker6928]

Do me a favour try the yaris sr 1.8 with 130hp. My mate used to have one of those, reckons it went toe-to-toe with a Swift Sport and even bested some Fabia VRS

[@svengrube1]

Source me one and I’m down😉

[@stevenhearnden6103]

I owned a 1.8 SR Yaris. 'hot' it most certainly wasn't. 😢

[@baker6928]

@@stevenhearnden6103 never said it was hot. Probably luke warm at best, just like this yaris t sport

[@tdoteva4973]

1.5 Mazda 2 is the one

[@luk3_86]

Ive had a swift sport in my tsport, very close race

[@tobymorris346]

Gotta love sending the smaller cars round B-roads. I've fond memories of nearly writing the fabia off while flying over Rivi with you chasing me in the C1 lol

[@svengrube1]

@@tobymorris346 Good times mate😉😂

[@crazyforiegner2]

I had a Honda Jazz 2015 1.3l as my first car and it also had 100 bhp. It was a reasonably fun car to drive, especially revving the engine out as that's where it made most of its power. The ride was a bit firm, but it handled well. Insurance was super cheap too and i got 55mpg on the motorway. Ended up upgrading a to a Golf GTI which of course was way better but still like the honda jazz for what it was.

[@lostgps3005]

Same recipe as the Suzuki ignis sport and you used to be able to get them cheap, so caj definitely see these doing the same.

[@svengrube1]

100%. Looking to review so if you anyone😉

[@clarksonoceallachain8536]

What about an also works rs/z Or the newer alto works rs turbo

[@cheesycracker1784]

@@svengrube1 where you based?

[@svengrube1]

@@cheesycracker1784 Drop me a insta dm @SvenGrube

[@RBRacing55]

Can confirm, proper little underdogs in the right hands and especially with the right handling mods. Mine beats quite a few quicker cars on track 😅

[@suhayl3519]

What handling mods would you do?Recently bought a 5 door 2005 model with 125k miles

[@lowrezz]

I very very nearly bought one. Then I decided fuck it and bought a GR Yaris instead. Both amazing cars

[@svengrube1]

Quite different cars but the GR Yaris is unbelieveable

[@fears2818]

bought one as my first car around 3 months ago and in that time ive put around 3000km/1800miles on it. if anyones interested in getting one and has any questions ill be happy to answer them

[@cosmixz6934]

I like these cheap hot hatch videos, it would be cool to see a mazda 2 and some other budget hot hatches reviewed especially for younger drivers

[@KostadinDelizhanski]

swift zc31s is the tried and trie answer for cheap fun (fwd)

[@DavidGrosse-wk7vj]

Honourable mention to the MK1 Puma! Be good to see one of those on this channel. The T sport do be epic though

[@svengrube1]

@@DavidGrosse-wk7vj I’d love to drive one!

[@tcalpin8248]

I had a 2001 puma was great fun

[@lukeverholleman1]

The best cheap hot hatch 🤝🏽

[@svengrube1]

I agree good sir

[@Paddy6.30]

106 gti ???

[@autobling2012]

That steering wheel is hideous! 😆

[@beangz2981]

I'd choose swift sport any day of the week over t sport, just more bhp and a bit quicker 0 to 60, might sound bias cause I own one 😂

[@clarksonoceallachain8536]

I like my daihatsu 800kg , 64hp, its a saloon The older 90s mira is over 60kg lighter with same power, some of them come with quad steer

[@skater3246]

I’d say the best value Hot Hatch was the Saxo VTR me and my friend got for £400 haha! Was a fun little car that!

[@hduncan2587]

Sadly there's no getting around the slow steering rack that I know of, and they could get even worse in this platform. They were something like a 17.4:1 steering ratio, but I've seen as slow as 19:1 in facelifted Scion xA's (a damn near identical twin under the skin, known as the Toyota Ist elsewhere). I've spend around two decades chasing what the Vitz RS/Yaris T-Sport is. We didn't get the full treatment in North America. All we got was the sedan and coupe version of the Yaris/Vitz in The States (the Japanese Platz, though to be fair the Coupe was a North American exclusive), and Canada had an Echo RS hatch that was none of the brawn-- not the suspension, not the gearbox, not the brakes... only the seats and 1.5L engine. The T Sport was lowered and stiffened versus the regular Yaris, not to mention the 15x5.5" alloys and four wheel disks, and some added bracing and welds. What the United States did get was the xA. Same 93.3" wheelbase, short overhangs, but somehow weighing far more than the Yaris TS. Lucky for the U.S., the Echo was more basic-- virtually all of them came without power windows or locks, among other features to weigh it down, yet they all had the 1.5L powering them. To put it into U.K. terms, our advertised curb weight for the coupe was 916kg, or 2,020lbs. The Scion xA was 1,062kg or 2,340lbs... not really sure how, aside from maybe crash ratings, a little more sound deadening, and various things added (power windows and locks were standard, 15" wheels were heavier, and beefier suspension all played a part). Oddly enough, even though the Scion xA has a smaller muffler than the Echo sedan and coupe (the canister itself was larger, not to mention a longer pipe for the longer overhangs), the Scion muffler actually weighs a few pounds more. Both even have the same variable backpressure design with a spring loaded flap that opens and closes depending on load. That stiffer loaded rear torsion beam of the Scion xA and Yaris T-Sport wasn't given to the Echoes in North America, even though the rest of the world had them (even economy models)... not sure why. Maybe fear of snap lift-off oversteer? The front control arms aren't listed as compatible with the Scion's (which are shared with the MR2 Spyder, along with front brakes), yet they fit an Echo; bushings were probably less firm on the Echo. And since the Scion was heavier, it had shorter gearing like the T-Sport (a 4.3:1 final drive, as opposed to the Echo with a 3.53:1... imagine second gear going up to 64mph instead of 55mph). Even the air snorkel opening for the intake is noticeably wider on the Scion than the Echo. I've got the seats, leather wheel and shift knob, stiffer beam, chunkier rolling stock, etc. Now it's a matter of the transmission. These cars really do take well to suspension and chassis tweaks because of the lighter weight. Some light wheels, pulleys, and opening up the intake all definitely help them. While the engine isn't a powerhouse, it does have close to the same hp/L with the Chevrolet LS7... just food for thought. The power to weight of a Yaris TS is very similar to the Mk1 Golf GTi's, as well, but with more safety (and reliability) and way less of a premium to buy since the Yaris isn't a sought after classic. I really enjoyed the exterior shots of this thing getting thrown around as hard as you did, as most reviews are much more tame about it.

[@jeremywentworth1833]

Only Yaris thats a hot hatch & it definitely is the fantastic GR Yaris 4 WD beast with 260+ bhp or the latest with 280bhp. Would love 1 at sometime maybe afternoon my leon Cupra 280.

[@jakewhatling4]

Nice video. I imagine you'd like the panda 100 and r50 mini for similar power to weight ratios & fun NA power. I think theres a sub class called 'warm hatches' that describe these cars perfectly. For the same money I'd rather an r53 supercharged mini but you'd defintiely not have the same reliability.

[@agondard12]

Lupo GTi would be another great one like this. Except it's 950kg and 125hp

[@svengrube1]

@@agondard12 Definitely!

[@luk3_86]

Nearly 10k to buy one though

[@agondard12]

@@luk3_86 believe it or not i got one in Ireland for 3k 🤣🤣 they go for at least 8k here and there's never even any for sale 95% of the time

[@luk3_86]

@@agondard12 yeah they are stupid money now might aswell get a swift sport or yaris tsport for the money tbh but they are great cars

[@eranamir19861986]

Got the phaze 2 . For 3 years 290,000 km . B road beast

[@neildebono7530]

you gotta make a video of the c30 in the background, thats the underappreciated gem XD

[@delpedrob6994]

What about 1996-2000 motsubishi colt? There is the mirage version with a turbo and 160hp

[@janimize-3066]

More hot hatch reviews please

[@JohnnyBluebeam]

“Toyota Vitz”

[@shabba890]

Short ratio, noisy engine, hardly any sound deadening means they sound so much faster than they are. But they still surprise people off the line.

[@mo_malik9067]

What mm are the springs lowered too? Front and rears?

[@craiglothian1291]

Hi mate was wondering what kind of roof rack you had on your old c1. Kind regards Craig

[@svengrube1]

I think they were eBay specials. Got them a very very long time ago

[@craiglothian1291]

@@svengrube1 cool thanks for replying keep up the content

[@jrgaminghd9253]

Got to try a corolla mate, can drive mine if you fancy ot

[@svengrube1]

@@jrgaminghd9253 I’d love to! Drop me a message on insta😎

[@CPT_Haddock__]

LOL sadly in quebec, Canada...... we got the phase 2 car with phase 1 interior only engine available the 1NZFE 1.5....... BUT ! these go for 3 to 5000 $ here

[@epp9122]

Dude, bought one 2 weeks ago 😂 Been fighting rust since day one haha

[@bradleyhanson2886]

Where are these roads?

[@killapakiz786]

Now there are 2000 to 5000 I did had 2003 toyota yaris 1.3 sr i paid 250. And sold it for 500. Then i brought 2006 toyota yaris 1.3 mk2 there good to drive. But loved to owner 1.5 toyota yaris 2005

[@MurderdMeriva]

Amazing little cars I was gonna get one for my first car. I've currently got a corsa c SRi 1.7 absolutely love it fun to drive brilliant on fuel because diesel 🤣 pretty quick aswell

[@timbecks81]

I got 1.8 sri corsa, beast, surprised lots of bigger cars lol

[@MurderdMeriva]

@timbecks81 ohh yeah they do everyone thinks mines a 1.2 or a 1.4 hahaha

[@timbecks81]

@@MurderdMeriva it's funny as fk aunt it, I like wiping smiles of bmw drivers, wen they can't keep up, mines tuned, decat, induction, bilstiens all round, uprated fuel pump, sports bk box, wanna do cams, injectors, and remap, be even better lol

[@MurderdMeriva]

@timbecks81 sound sick that mines still completely Standard haha project car but my only car

[@timbecks81]

@@MurderdMeriva I'd have a diesel, but we in ulez, so il stay away, have a play with it mate, they are very restricted, once they can breathe it's a different ball game, 👍

[@kristianspencer1978]

The Citroen C2 Vts is the best value hot hatch, 1.6 16v 125 bhp. Nearly bought one recently only a grand.. the Yaris tsport is a warm hatch not a hot hatch..

[@mohdzaki5977]

Please tell me about the shoot location 😢😢

[@gabro4864]

Un auto muy querido y usado en Paraguay

[@sim6699]

Why not a Yaris diesel d4d remapped to 95 bhp. It sounds slower but it would have 60 lbs more torque and give much better fuel economy.

[@norbertberi9035]

Nissan Micra SR, Fiesta ST, Swift Sport....

[@myfriedrice]

I miss mine everyday 😭

[@jonathonedwards6741]

I raise you one Swift Sport

[@utb8536]

Hello everybody !Is it true phase 1 has gearbox problems and phase 2 less or none?

[@North49191]

$4000 in Canada.

[@jeremywentworth1833]

Im sorry but a car with 105 bhp can never be a hot hatch , they are a warm hatch . Nothing wrong with the T-sport yaris as a car though.

[@Paddy6.30]

The t sport e12 and yaris are good cars but i think the 106 gti and the 306 gti 6 is a nicer faster car and the saxo vrs

[@toefurrrrr]

I got a 2015 vitz (pink) 1.0 its kinda fun but auto so not very fun but she moves

[@jeremywentworth1833]

It's a Jazz here in the UK & no teenager or someone in their 20s would be seen dead in. In Europe particularly the UK Jazz owners are old age pensioner's.

[@toefurrrrr]

@@jeremywentworth1833 wrong vitz is the jdm version of the yaris it takes one google search bud

[@IsidorosMezopoulos]

This or the Ignis Sport 1.5? 🤔

[@creamsdestinedfuture]

this car for sale right?

[@The_Cheques_Offender]

Id say a C2 VTS would be a better choice than a yaris t

[@tynkky]

Is that one made in France or Japan?

[@plamenbogdanov1113]

Japan.

[@shabba890]

All made in Japan even at the end

[@markcraggs6471]

I've got what's probably the modern equivalent of this, the Hyundai i10 N Line. 100hp and 1000kg on the nose, lovely short-throw manual, bit of a louder exhaust and stiffer suspension from factory, darty as hell and it's about as much fun as you can have in a car on the road. Plasticy, too small to fit anything in the back of, but I absolutely love it! It'll also sit comfortably on the motorway doing 50mpg, can't ask much more.

[@Dturney]

Suzuki swift sport

[@tdoteva4973]

07 mazda2 sports better than the yaris looks better handle better n its faster

[@beanmw96]

Wrong, Yaris T Sport is too expensive now. Colt CZT/Ralliart is the true answer. 150bhp stock 1070kg. Mine was 230bhp.

[@stevenhearnden6103]

'HOT' hatch? My wife's 1.0 szt swift would eat it for breakfast. 😂

[@danigonzalez4299]

That's not the price anywhere, plus no environmental sticker means not being drivable everyday or anywhere. But yes its a cool car, expensive though not 1000 money at all. More likely 5 to 8 grand easy.

[@svengrube1]

@@danigonzalez4299 You can easily pick one up for that. We included a screenshot of one for sale!

[@danigonzalez4299]

@@svengrube1 not here in Spain. Believe me, the cheapest is 5K. You guys in the UK live in a parallel reality

[@ethompson5061]

Twingo Rs

[@supraking85]

Ahem *proton gti* 😂

[@rollthetape88]

unfortunately the way you speak just sounds horrendously scripted, if it is or not. You need to work on your cadence if car journalism is the way you want to go. look at Johnny smith he has simlair voice too you but he doesn't have such samey cadence. Please discover more than three pitches. if you don't get what I'm on about then don'y worry its already over.

[@svengrube1]

@@rollthetape88 This video is a slightly different style of video, to my usual. Still trying to work out what works best. I’m very new to this game, he has 20 years+ of experience. I will say that nobody is forcing you to watch the video, you’re the minority of people who don’t enjoy it🤷‍♂️.

[@markymark2719]

Wow you’re a delight, I think he did a great job and like he said is still new at this, everyone starts somewhere, give him time to find his groove and I’m sure he’ll do great, thankfully 99.9% of people are supportive and don’t pull the guy to bits, his cadence will improve, I’m guessing your negative attitude won’t.

[@Downshift13]

6 months ago I bought a Toyota starlet, 85hp but weighs about 110kg less than that Yaris, good fun and only cost me £1000, no rust 68,000 miles