VTEC77 wrote:Thing is hot hatches have to have more and more power to haul around all the extra crap cars have on them these days In the real world hot hatches now aren't all the faster than they were 25 years ago. Put a 1.9 205 GTi against a modern hot hatch and up to legal speeds there would be next bugger all between them :thumbup:
you are wrong on this mate, Weights are going down, current fiesta is lighter than previous generation, same with Mini, same with Golf Mk7. Weight is the cheap way for manufacturers to tackle emmisions regs and this trend will continue for the next few years.
The other thing people need to do is drive some of these cars they harp on about, I always remember when i was 19 and my mates had their Renault 5 Turbo's and i had my punto GT. back then the Renault 5's box was simply amazing, we all used to say how slick it was. But the other year i managed to get a drive in an old Renault 5 turbo and to say i was disaapointed was an understatement. most cars have not aged well and modern cars are usually for the better.
peugoet 205 1.9 was only about 7.8 and mid 8's once they got the cats and power steerings, in fact the late 1.9 205's were slower than early 1.6's