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Written by Ollie Kew
Here we are then. It wasn"t me, and it probably wasn"t you either, but the critical mass behind tall hatchbacks has now spawned fast ones. The hot hatch SUV. We asked for this.Crossover-SUVs are too much of a money-printer to ignore, and much as the car industry might hope that iPhone connectivity and forty-three ambient lighting colours are what sells cars, truth is that people are still grabbed by performance. Sporty sells. Give a car a chinny bodykit, a fleet of exhaust pipes and pretend it"s what astronauts and race drivers take to the shops, and we"ll crash the online configurator.But woah there. Won"t somebody think of the compromises? The hot crossover will have the centre of gravity of Richard Osman, ride with all the finesse of a derailed express train and deliver the acceleration to fuel consumption ratio of a rocket ground test. You"d prefer a proper hot hatchback. No?Photography: Mark Fagelson & Jonathan Fleetwood
Date written: 18 Feb 2019
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 14881
Here we are then. It wasn"t me, and it probably wasn"t you either, but the critical mass behind tall hatchbacks has now spawned fast ones. The hot hatch SUV. We asked for this.Crossover-SUVs are too much of a money-printer to ignore, and much as the car industry might hope that iPhone connectivity and forty-three ambient lighting colours are what sells cars, truth is that people are still grabbed by performance. Sporty sells. Give a car a chinny bodykit, a fleet of exhaust pipes and pretend it"s what astronauts and race drivers take to the shops, and we"ll crash the online configurator.But woah there. Won"t somebody think of the compromises? The hot crossover will have the centre of gravity of Richard Osman, ride with all the finesse of a derailed express train and deliver the acceleration to fuel consumption ratio of a rocket ground test. You"d prefer a proper hot hatchback. No?Photography: Mark Fagelson & Jonathan Fleetwood
Date written: 18 Feb 2019
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 14881
