How much quicker are hot hatchbacks when compared to their predecessors? To see just how far hot hatchback performance has advanced, the team at Cars.co.za decided to drag race a new VW Polo GTI against an Opel Kadett Superboss. In this class of generations will modern drivetrains triumph over the feather-light build of classic hot hatches? Let’s find out.
The Polo GTI is the perfect hot hatchback for customers who want something smaller than a Golf GTI and bigger than the tiny UP! GTI. This middle-child hatchback is sold throughout the world but doesn’t reach the shores of America where the Golf GTI is the only VW-built GTI available.
