Seven budget hatchbacks coming to UK in 2026 – including nation’s cheapest new car and serious rival to Mini Cooper

IT'S been a difficult couple of years for the hatchback - especially the hot hatch. Ford’s decision to axe the Fiesta in 2023 - once the UK’s favourite hatchback and still the all-time best-selling car - as well as ending production of the Focus has come to symbolise the decline of a body style that...