Welcome to the £120,000, 800bhp hot hatch twin test you’ve all been waiting for: the brand new Audi RS3 vs the mighty Mercedes-AMG A45S. It’s a sign of the times we’re living in – the last days of anything-goes internal combustion – that the latest VW Golf R or even a Porsche 911 Carrera are simply not powerful enough to come along and play. But which one out of these two £60k 400bhp 4x4 mega-hatches (both of which are more than happy to drift) makes the most sense? We sent Top Gear Magazine’s Head of Car Testing Ollie Marriage to a small track in Wales to find out…

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