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This Week in The World of Cars: Sept 23 – 29

Last updated: Sep 20, 2019 at 11:21AM
Published on: Sep 27, 2018 by Megan Hennessey

This week’s top stories picked by our editors feature a Mercedes hot hatch, Ikea-designed car interiors, and a Jetsons-style flying car.  Continue reading >>>

Filed Under: Car News Tagged With: AAA study, blind-spot monitoring, car safety features, hot hatch, Ikea autonomous driving, mercedes a-class

What’s Better: FWD Hot Hatch or RWD Sports Car?

Last updated: Dec 9, 2019 at 3:38PM
Published on: Oct 14, 2014 by tgriffith

Torque steer remains one of the spikes in the soul of the hot hatch.

Regardless, people love the little hatchbacks for their front-wheel drive and turbocharged engines. They are just as fast as some rear-wheel-drive competition and often have prices to match.

In my humble opinion, the hot hatch is for the guy or girl who wants a fun, fast car but wants everyone else to think they are driving something sensible and normal.

Take the Ford Focus ST for example.

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Filed Under: General Chat Tagged With: hot hatch, hot hatch benefits, hot hatch comparison, hot hatch drawbacks

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