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Distinguished - BHPian ![]() ![]() | ![]() Mass market hatches getting souped-up engines! Market response to these will bring in hotter hatchbacks to the segment. Car makers are launching hatchbacks with engines powerful enough to haul a sedan or a mid-sized sports utility vehicle. Volkswagen is all slated to bring the Polo GTI's to India this year, but it will be more of a halo model for the brand. ![]() Source Last edited by volkman10 : 19th July 2016 at 10:59. |
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| ![]() Commuter vehicles doing 10-11s to 100 km/h are nothing to write home about and IMHO shouldn't be called "hot hatches". 7-8s would be more realistic. I mean for god's sake VW's TSI engine is ducking below 1.2 lit to get the tax benefit. Even after the turbo, these cars reach "acceptable" level of performance (the old level of 15-17s to 100 km/h should be termed as "pathetic"). Is it necessary to have a third world definition of even hot hatches for India. |
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![]() In today's market, Abarth Punto is THE ONLY True Blue Hot Hatch, which is also a mainstream offering, albeit at a tiny premium. Considering the infrastructure of the roads we have, the adulterated fuel we get, the congested highways to drive and the polluted air we have, I can bet my bottom buck that even the Global Hot Hatches can never match their own numbers here ![]() 0-100 Km timing is just a universally accepted measuring stick. There are cars plying on our roads that can do these numbers before the blink of an eye,..but an 'Eye Blink' is all it takes to crash into people/walkers/bikers in India. So IMO, anything close to or <10s is a fast car in India, Hatch or not. | |
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Distinguished - BHPian ![]() ![]() | ![]() Hyundai India has shelved it's plans of launching the Elite i20 N Sport variant in India, citing high costs and extremely limited economies of scale. Produced by the newly started N Sport performance division of Hyundai, the Elite i20 N Sport variant comes with a 1.4L gasoline engine which produces 115PS of power and 160Nm of torque, which is paired to a 6-speed manual transmission. This "hot hatch" version of the i20 comes with 17-inch alloys, stainless steel free-flow CAT back-exhaust system, multiple N badges on the front mudguard, fenders and rear boot-lid door, and ventilated disk brakes up front along with solid disk brakes at the back. Quote:
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Either way, this sounds like a great car that will fit nicely between the Polo (gets excise benefits) and the Punto. | |
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And the car looks fab! Low slung and oozing character! The 'N' division looks quite promising if this is what they have started with. ![]() It's a manual transmission with the 1.4L engine, not the AT. Image copyright: Respective owner Last edited by swiftnfurious : 10th September 2016 at 18:44. | ||
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Infractions: 0/2 (9) | ![]() I hope when the Tiago Sport finally arrives its more than a luke warm hatchback that's simply has a lot of plastic cladding and simply 20 bhp more. The product should disrupt the market norm than simply be one of the many options available to customers. JLR have revealed the 2.0 Ingenium petrols, with power output upto 300bhp!! So a 4cyl 1.6 litre version of the present 3 cyl engine, producing simply 120 bhp is simply lame when they do have the resources at their disposal. A 150bhp Tiago sounds more like it! |
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| ![]() I think the launch of VW GTI has pretty much nailed it and has killed the purpose of this thread! Its the real 'Hot Hatch' in the true sense of the word and there apparently is no question about that. Except if you want the even more higher priced Mini Cooper and the likes. |
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| ![]() Not really. This thread will be killed when we have a GTI for the price of a 800 with the maintenance costs of a moped and FE of a bicycle. Until then this thread will remain open. |
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BANNED | ![]() The only vehicles which can qualify for this now are the VW Polo GT TSi and the Tata Tiago JTP. The Polo GTi sadly is a discontinued product. The Mini Cooper Brand New is a terribly expensive car. Am not sure if they are still selling the Baleno RS but that would also be a fair priced contender. |
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