The market for electric hot hatches is burgeoning, with long-time stalwarts of the genre like Volkswagen, Peugeot, Renault (through the Alpine brand) and Vauxhall all rolling out sporty plug-in hatches. This is, undoubtedly, a good thing: whether we like it or not, most regulations around the world still point to the long-term future of cars being electric, and if we can’t have traditional hot hatches, then electric ones are better than nothing.
It does, however, mean that the market for petrol-powered hot hatchbacks is well and truly on life support. The simple fact is that, in Europe, ever more stringent emissions rules mean it’s becoming…
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