TOP 7 1990s Hot Hatches

Mazda 323 GTR

1.8 210ps/155kw
250 Nm (184 lb-ft)
117 ps per liter

1230 kg (2712 lbs) 0 - 100 kph 7.2s
171 ps per tone 1/4 Mile 14.6 s

Simon Sebera

Updated: 08 Dec 2015

Mazda 323 GTR

1.8 210ps/155kw
250 Nm (184 lb-ft)
117 ps per liter

1230 kg (2712 lbs) 0 - 100 kph 7.2s
171 ps per tone 1/4 Mile 14.6 s

Isuzu Piazza/ Impulse RS

Turbo, four-wheel drive, Lotus-tuned suspension, and the pop up headlights. What else do you need ? … ehm Maybe bit a power
150 ps (148 bhp / 110 kw)
226 Nm (167 lb-ft)
75 ps per liter

1277 kg (2815 lbs) 0 - 100 kph 8.8s
118 ps per tonne 1/4 mile 16 s

Renault Clio Williams

FWD
2.0 110KW/150PS 1024 kg (2258 lbs)
175 Nm (129 lb-ft)146 ps per tonne
75 ps per liter

0 - 100 kph 7.8
1/4 mile 15.87 s
Only 12,100 Wiliams was made.

Peugeot 205 GTi

FWD

1.9 94KW/126PS 875 kg (1929 lbs)
161 Nm (119 lb-ft) 146 ps per tonne
67 ps per liter

0 - 100 kph 8.2
1/4 mile 16.6 s

Nissan Sunny GTi-R

AWD
2.0 162 kw/220ps 0-100km/h 6 sec
267 Nm (197 lb-ft) 1220 kg (2690 lbs)
188 ps per tonne 110 PS per Liter

Ford Escort RS Cosworth

AWD
2.0 227 ps/167 kw 1360 kg (2998 lbs)
305 Nm (225 lb-ft) 167 ps per tonne
113 ps per liter

0 - 100 kph 5.8
1/4 mile 14.9 s

Honda Civic Type-R (EK9)

FWD
185 ps/ 136 kw)
163 Nm (120 lb-ft)
116 ps per litre

1073 kg (2366 lbs) 0 - 100 kph 6.8s
172 ps per tonne 1/4 mile 14.86s

Comments

Perfect list, i thought nobody else liked the piazza :)

A bit of nitpicking, the 205 GTI is more of a eighties son: 1984 iirc. May I suggest the 306 GTI-6 instead? It’s easily one of Peugeot’s greats, and among the best hot hatchbacks from the 90’s: 2.0 litre NA engine, 167hp, 6 speed manual (quite rare at the time).

Good call on the Piazza. It’s one of those forgotten hot hatches, it looks very cool indeed

Dude that Mazda looks absolutely sick. I want.

http://www.200sx.lv/albums/gti_r/CutawayGTI_RRallycar.jpg
So glad you included the sunny gtir,such a great and underrated car shadowed by the skyline and the s chassis nissans of the same period…

Designed in 1979 by Giugiaro, that generation Piazza was more of an 80’s car.
In the 90’s it was still sold in the U.S as the Impulse, and in Canada as the Sunfire.