(VIDEO) Hot hatch head-to-head

22nd August 2017

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The best hot hatches on the market go head to head in a quarter mile drag and a rolling start race to see who comes out on top.

Lets get straight into it, the cars that will be taking part are:

Audi RS3
Mercedes-AMG A45
Honda Civic Type R
Volkswagen Golf R
Ford Focus RS

The Audi, with its 400bhp 2.5litre engine is the most powerful hot hatch you can buy at the moment, so can any of these cars beat the Audi?

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