Editing Hot hatch (section)

==Etymology==
Usage of the term "hot [[hatchback]]" began in the [[United Kingdom]] in 1983,{{citation needed|date=December 2018}} which was shortened to "hot hatch" in 1984.<ref>{{cite journal |title=The Motor |date=1984 |volume= 166 |access-date=24 December 2018 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=12tWAAAAMAAJ&q=%22hot+hatch%22 |publisher=Temple Press}}</ref> The term first appeared in ''[[The Times]]'' in 1985,<ref>''The Times'', Friday August 16, 1985; pg. 21; Issue 62218</ref> and is now commonly and widely accepted as a mainstream, albeit informal, term. It is retrospectively applied to cars from the late 1970s but was not a phrase used at the time.<ref>''Autocar'' 5000th Road Test edition March 2011</ref> While hot hatches generally come with two-box designs, three-box/sloped [[liftback]] designs are not unheard of, with some of them crossing into [[sports sedan]] territory.


Due to the historical scarcity of hatchback cars in the [[United States]],{{citation needed|date=August 2022}} the term hot hatch is not widely used in the US.

Since the 1990s and 2000s,{{citation needed|date=December 2018}} the term '''warm hatch''' has been used to describe sporting hatchback models that are slower than a hot hatch (i.e. a "junior" version of a hot hatch).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/advice-old/motoring/hammond/2008/01/04/warm-is-the-new-cool-115875-20273701/ |title=Daily Mirror 4 January 2008 |website= www.mirror.co.uk |date= 4 January 2008 |access-date= 12 May 2011}}</ref> Examples include the [[Mini Hatch (2001–2006)|Mini Cooper]] (which sits below the Mini Cooper S),<ref name = autoexpress1/> [[Peugeot 207|Peugeot 207 GT]] (which sits below the Peugeot 207 GTi)<ref name = autoexpress2>{{cite web |url= http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/carreviews/firstdrives/202961/peugeot_207.html |title= First Drives: Peugeot 207 |access-date= 30 December 2018 |website= www.autoexpress.co.uk }}</ref> [[Suzuki Swift|Suzuki Swift Sport]],<ref name="autoexpress1">{{cite web |title=Ford Fiesta ST v MINI Cooper v Suzuki Swift Sport |url=https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/car-reviews/13914/ford-fiesta-st-v-mini-cooper-v-suzuki-swift-sport |website=www.autoexpress.co.uk |access-date=30 December 2018 |language=en}}</ref> and [[Toyota Vitz|Toyota Yaris SR]].<ref name="telegraph1">{{cite web |title=Warm under the collar |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/first-drives/2747263/Warm-under-the-collar.html |website=www.telegraph.co.uk |access-date=30 December 2018 |date=1 June 2007}}</ref>