A new 335bhp Audi RS3 will lay claim to the title of Britain’s most powerful production hot-hatch when sales start next April.
Out-muscling rivals from Ford, Renault, Subaru and Vauxhall, the new RS3 will boast a powertrain borrowed from the TT RS, a turbocharged 2.5-litre five-cylinder engine pumping 332lb ft and mated to a seven-speed S-tronic dual-clutch transmission.