dunno
as an American I can safely say that it describes our roads quite well dunno about Europe
Americans that buy Hot Hatches
Julian Green
Jose Evans
>wagon
lesbian hippie / weedbro
Camden Hall
Holy shit that's why people laugh at us.
>Roads are poorly thought out and narrow,
They are "poorly thought" because roads in yurop existed way before your inbred family emigrated here. So of course they're not car friendly.
>They're also poorly maintained.
I've been to several countries in Europe and it's the exact same thing as here. Stop spewing bullshit made by your rednecks relatives who have never left their county.
>the MSRP of a mustang that has more space,
lolno. Also I wonder if the rustang is faster in winter conditions. Oh yes maybe you forgot to mention that the Focus RS is AWD, which is a pretty big deal for people who don't live in Arizona.
Brayden Parker
Hot hatches are the European equivalent of muscle cars. They're just designed for twisty european roads instead of wide straight american ones.
Muscle cars: Acceleration through LOTS OF POWER, RWD because it's cheap, V8s taken from premium models of family cars.
Hot hatches: Acceleration through power to weight ratio, FWD because it's cheap, 2.0L I4 taken from premium models of family cars.
If you want to go fast and hit a wall because you can't turn, you buy a muscle car.
If you want to go fast and hit a wall because you don't know HOW to turn, buy a hot hatch.
Cameron Peterson
>why would Americans but hot hatches.
Because we have mountains and roads that are twisty. Also the exact same reasons yurop buys them
Michael Lee
>replying to obvious bait thread
Measuring space in volume is a crappy way to measure usable space. The mustang might have more volume overall, but try throwing a big TV, 2x4s, or a dishwasher into a mustang. Not possible even though it has "more space."
I still think something like the Focus RS is dumb at that price, but you can grab a barely used Fiesta ST for like $15,000. If you only have one car and still want something fun it is a pretty solid compromise.
Josiah Barnes
This.
Considering that all of Western Europe is like the size of the east coast, I'm willing to bet America has more total miles of twisties than Europe.
Chase Lee
>I'm willing to bet America has more total miles of twisties than Europe
But our twisties are much more fun
Here's some fun with a 90hp shitbox
Jose Cook
W-WELL WHEN IT SNOWS AND IT'S MARIO ANDRETTI VS GRANNY GOODCOOKIE
lol ouiabeaux.
Kevin Hughes
>lightweight
>good power/weight ratio
i don't see what's wrong with this?