The best hot hatches of the 1990s

From the Clio Williams snatching the crown of kind of the hot hatches for Renault to the Volkswagen Golf GTI catastrophically falling from its perch, the 1990s was a year of change for the hot hatch. As cars got bigger and a bit flabbier some hatches struggles to have the same aura as they has before. But the French and Italians managed to still hold out with some cracking models.
These are the best of the best from the decade of Blair, Clinton, The Spice Girls and Britpop.
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[@GoodwoodRR]

We all know the Clio Williams is number 1 right?

[@mickwrinkles2318]

Nope that's wrong, because A) the Renault Clio Trophy is clearly better in almost every way and B) drive the LHD version of the Peugeot 206 RC before you start judging and C) from the 106 S16 to the 205 GTi and the 306 S16 there are lots of better hot hatches than the Williams and D) if you want the truly best you better start looking at the 1995-1998 JDM Honda Integra Type R, that car blows all the european stuff away

[@jasoncooke1999]

306 rallye 167 bhp much better drive

[@AK-wj1bn]

The Clio Williams still is one of the best hot hatches so far in my opinion❤❤❤

[@nextgenpsychos1016]

no pulsar gtir that was a pocket rocket

[@ExMachinaEngineering]

The Saxo S1600 was turbocharged..? Come on, guys. You're supposed to be car enthusiasts. S1600 was a category in rallying and it was, by regulation, NA. SO all of the S1600 cars were NA.

[@GoodwoodRR]

If we mess up, we'll admit it. Fair play for spotting and calling us out. A small error in the script.

[@chilltill6267]

Where are the jdm gems? I miss them alsowe in the 80s Clip.

[@gaspererjavec7108]

No mention of a car that destroyed the competition without even being anything special. The humble civic vti....

[@gemaskerdebeuker8511]

My first car was a 306 XSI 1995. Absolutely fantastic car (except for the paint).

[@X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X]

Those were the days!

[@HFIntegrale]

I also miss the Citroen AX GT and the FIAT Uno Turbo :)

[@CLK.11]

Those are more of a 80's Hot hatches, with a short life to 92 max. But i would like a Punto GT in there :D

[@GoodwoodRR]

AX is in the 80s video 👍

[@HFIntegrale]

@@GoodwoodRR Thanks for replying! Is the 80s video out yet??

[@GoodwoodRR]

@@HFIntegrale It is here kzbin.info/www/bejne/j3-9gGpmbM-KZ9E

[@FrescoyMembrillo]

306 GTI-6

[@RSADYNAMICS]

Not a fan of Japanese hothatches then !

[@265justy]

Seems so.. And they really were better.. Pulsar GTiR abd VZR.. 323GTR, Mivec Mirage, Starlet /Glanza GT Turbos, Civic Vtecs... List goes on..

[@RSADYNAMICS]

@@265justy I agree love the 323 GTRs

[@zombeloffical]

I mean… every other list on hothatches are all about jdm cars so im glad to see some alternatives from other countries

[@HFIntegrale]

Those were the days...

[@jareknowak8712]

CUPRA = CUP + RAcing

[@tedt7991]

Clio Williams no doubt

[@MrGwaldo]

Fiesta RS Turbo sadly didn’t come with lsd like the Escort. Really fast though with 133bhp not 135 as stated here. You got the 133bhp correct on the 80’s video about the Escort though.

[@Lego_oldschool]

nostalgia...

[@nessuno5403]

Usual errors & omissions, along with the usual butchered foreign language pronunciation 👌🏻

[@TheVentour79]

Saxo Kit Car and S1600 on JWRC never was turbo. 1.6 atmospheric like the Ignis, Clio S1600 etc..

[@nevillepretorius8948]

Cool video thank you!

[@adammundell406]

Come on guys the silver 306 Rallye isn’t a UK GTI-6 based Rallye! It’s the 1.8 from the continent. I should know I own S891OAC who’s photo you use in your video!

[@wickiezulu]

The Renault Clio Williams makes one wish Renault made an effort with the Hot Hatch versions of the Renault 19 1.8 16v / Megane 2.0 16v during the 1990s by fitting the latter two with similar spec engines that would later find their way into the Clio RS 172/182. The Peugeot 306 meanwhile should have received the same spec engine as the Peugeot 206 GTi 180, though Peugeot could have also done a better job of developing a proper successor to the Peugeot 205 instead of the mess that is the Peugeot 206 which would signal the company's decline in Hot Hatch terms against the likes of Renault and Ford.

[@fr4gl3]

Good one.

[@wickiezulu]

Thought the mk2 SEAT Ibiza was derived from a modified mk2 VW Golf platform? Since it would be shrunken even further to become the Arosa / Lupo city cars.

[@thewojtek]

Ibiza is Polo. Leon was Golf.

[@wickiezulu]

The Leon shared the same A4 platform as the mk4 Golf, the mk3 Polo and mk2 Ibiza shared the A03 platform which (along with the A00 platform e.g. Lupo / Arosa) was based on the previous A3 platform as the mk3 Golf/Vento.

[@thewojtek]

The Ibiza was a Spanish copy of VW Polo, not the VW Golf.

[@aussiebloke609]

Shame you didn't get the Ford Festiva Shogun - but I believe they only made 7 of them. It's similar in size and appearance to the Ford Fiesta (although not the same platform), only with Ford SHO's 3.0 DOHC V6 in the back seat.

[@bigdundee12345]

Escort cosworth? Sunny gti r? Uno turbo?

[@sdchaps]

We have to go back.

[@sergeymaltzeff2481]

Volkswagen Corrado with a VR6 engine .

[@pereldh5741]

Again you’ve been living under a rock (or, wasn’t even born) The Tipo 16V wasn’t half the Hothatch of the Punto GT, an evolution of the Uno Turbo albeit MUCH faster and refined. It would have to be that, or the 306GTI-6 although the Peugeot didn’t look as good. Again - I doubt you’ve even driven one... Talking of 90’s Peugeot’s I’d go for the ultra-cool 309GTI16 of 1992, a forerunner to the 306GTI, but with 5-speed box and masculine styling

[@pentagrammotorsport]

Hmm, not convinced that you’ve done your homework on the Mk3 Golf. The engine grew from a 1.6 in the early Mk1 and 1.8 in the Mk2 to a 2.0 with either 115bhp or 150bhp. Certainly more than the original 110bhp. Not enough power? There was a V6 version too. At the time, the press weren’t impressed by the weight gain but it was a relatively tiny amount and today they’re a light weight car. Combine that with the fact that it was essentially a wide-track Mk2 Golf chassis and driving one today will make you realise that they’d actually really got the car right.

[@nessuno5403]

It was a slow pig that flopped. See prior and subsequent better versions.

[@pentagrammotorsport]

Flopped? How many Mk3’s were sold? Also, subsequent versions, better? Have you driven a Mk4 “GTI” 2.0?!

[@nessuno5403]

@@pentagrammotorsport it's ok, we get it, you're a fan boi ✌🏻 it flopped with enthusiasts, unlike you

[@pentagrammotorsport]

I’ve owned 8 Mk1’s, a Mk2, 4 Mk3’s a Mk4 and a Mk6.

[@nessuno5403]

@@pentagrammotorsport happy motoring 🙂

[@matteovrizzi]

Lancia Delta Integrale Evoluzione2, Peugeot 205GTI 1.9, JDM Honda Civic EP3 Type R

[@garytrickett6531]

I would have to say the Supercharged Polo G40 was a nippy little 90's motor.

[@ByAdrigg16]

Citroën ZX 16v and Citroën Xsara VTS?..........

[@Shenron67]

Well, they are basically the same as the 306. Just like the Saxo and the 106, each brand got one, it's fair.

[@alfamonk]

306 rallye or a mint tip 16v pls

[@gus6071]

205/106 rallye-gti

[@colenicholson5698]

Saab Viggen?

[@nessuno5403]

Not a hot hatch

[@CLK.11]

And a video about "WHat if's" in Hot hatches? :D For example the Punto Abarth from 95, the Visa Lotus :D and so on.. Nice idea? :D

[@eziore44]

Where is Pulsar GT-R ?

[@rikkiej28]

Talks greatly about the peugeot gti6 yet slates the vw gti 16v for being sluggish,, I had the vw 16v the same as the 1 in the film red 3dr just added a scorpion exhaust and team dynamics pro alloys I was always commented on how nice it looked at that time, 6 year old car, my mate had a gti6 and it looked old not fresh like mine and it was also slower by a fraction than my car... People who review cars who have not owned or driven 1. I'm not putting peugeot down either my 1st car was a 1.9 gti my current car is a 208 gti all great fun cars

[@MrGwaldo]

Yes, the 16v mk3 was a lot more of a car with 150 bhp than the 8v model which seems to taint people’s impression of them.

[@millll8322]

If you've driven both you'd realise the GTi 6 was twice the car the Golf ever was. Felt so much sharper and responsive, better handling. More character, better styling. Just lacked build quality

[@rikkiej28]

@@millll8322 Peugeot are not known for handling ability so I doubt that

[@millll8322]

@rikkiej28 hahaha I kind of hope your comment is a joke seeing as they were the king of the fwd chassis in the 80s and 90s!

[@rikkiej28]

@@millll8322 The 205 was famous for letting go at the rear without warning many were totaled because of this

[@mickwrinkles2318]

Shame nobody reviews the LHD version of the 206 RC, the UK and 95% of the internet only knows the UK-built crappy RHD version.

[@MarkVictorArnold]

What's with the condescending '90s-hating intro?

[@edh7492]

Saxo S1600 a turbo? Errr

[@TheCramMichael]

Saab ftw

[@saulog408]

The Polo G40 kicks it all

[@mehrdadaghili6446]

Euro bias