The Hot Hatch in Australia and Asia
While the term is not widely used in Australia and Asia, there were locally developed models which provided performance and visual improvements to the regular family hatchback such as the Ford Laser TX3, Honda City Turbo/Turbo II and Suzuki Cultus GTi / Suzuki Swift GTi. More recently hot hatches in Australia have included the Ford Focus XR5 and HSV Astra VXR.
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