WHY ARE HOT HATCHBACKS SO EXPENSIVE ??????????

whats up people was looking to switch my tired bmw 118d for something a bit more powerful 200hp+ but the prices of hot hatches these days is absolutley ridiculous i.e.

audi s3 – £30,000
ford focus rs – £32,000
vw golf gti – £30,000
vw scirocco 2.0tsi – £27,000
bmw 135i – £30,000
mini cooper s jcw – £25,000

now lets the alternatives for that kind of money

2009 audi s5 – £30,500 (and i am not joking search auto trader)
2007 audi rs4 – £32,000
2009 bmw 335i m sport **fullu loaded** – £30,000
2007 bmw m3 **20.000 miles** – £35,000
2006 bmw m5 – £32,000
2009 porsche cayman – £30,000

and many more so my question is with so many hyper performance cars out there for near enough the same money why would anybody bother with hot hatches these days ?? if i can remember clearly hot hatches were meant for people who wanted performance but couldn’t afford prestige marques i.e. young working professionals on less than 30k a year but these days these so called hot hatches are seriously overpriced

so c’mon people let me know what you think

One Response to “WHY ARE HOT HATCHBACKS SO EXPENSIVE ??????????”

  1. Vipassana on July 9th, 2010 2:27 am

    You answered your own question.

    Those hatchbacks are hot. Which means, in high demand. Demand versus supply, always means that the prices will skyrocket. If everyone didn’t think they were popular and try to buy them, like you’re doing, the prices wouldn’t be so high.

    Go after a car that isn’t "Hot" and you won’t have to pay nearly as much.