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Car looks good!

Problem is that the golf gti was out late 70’s, 78 ish I think in Europe, and it’s the term ‘hatch’

I posted the same on PistonHeads and all the nerds moaned that that the early sud wasn’t a hatch.

Then all the nerds posted simcas and all sorts of crap

Anyhow, good vid and I agree that the sud was the first hot hatch even when it had a boot.

If we get totally anal, maybe it was the sprint.......is that a hot hatch or a hot coupe

Veesix75 wrote:Anyhow, good vid and I agree that the sud was the first hot hatch even when it had a boot.

If we get totally anal, maybe it was the sprint.......is that a hot hatch or a hot coupe

What about the Austin A40???

Totally agree about the Sud. The Golf got there in the end, but the Sud was designed to go, stop and handle right from the start - I mean, who designs a 5-speed box and then releases it as a 4-speed???

Well they did race the Austin A40, so that has to be the first hot hatch ?

It has a hinged rear window, not a combined hinged hatch........

Phase 2 Rochdale Olympic had a proper rear hatch in 1963.

It was hot if you touched the exhaust manifold

Some say Aston Martin DB 2/4 was the first "production" hatch. 1953.