If you haven't noticed, there's a lot of options if you're looking for something small and sporting. While there used to be an influx of hot hatches, it seems like a variety of form factors can be had now if you're looking for some speedy thrills.
That would include cars like the all-new BMW M2, recently refreshed Mercedes-AMG A45, Audi RS3 and the Honda Civic Type R that we do not receive here in The States. Two entrants that are missing include the Ford Focus RS and Volkswagen Golf GTI Clubsport S, but we assume there's only so many that the video could pull together.
That said, I am going to stop talking and let the video do the work. Let's see how this whole ordeal plays out. We're interested to see who walks away with top honors.
These are the hero cars of a generation. Hyper-hatches that deliver performance which supercars from just a decade ago might struggle to match. And we were hugely excited to see which was fastest.
We gathered the new BMW M2, the latest Mercedes A45 AMG (with 280kW), the Audi RS3 Quattro with active exhaust and the rather mental-looking Honda Civic Type-R for a proper head-to-dead track race.
This is internal combustion vs the clock, driver vs machine, and machine vs the conditions. It’s also a test of drivetrains: rear wheel drive vs front wheel drive vs all-wheel drive.
Let us know what you thought of the race in the comments below.
You’ll find performance stats and specifications for all the cars presented at the end of the video.