The baddest Audi hatchback ever the RS3

Things are heating up on the European hot-hatch scene! If the turbocharged 300 HP Ford Focus RS is currently the king of the castle, it will have to order to raise the drawbridge and and man the towers because Audi is coming, and they are ready to fight. For 2011 the four ringed German automaker will debut their hottest version of the A3 to date, and in 2012 the Audi RS3 will be terrorizing blue oval aficionados throughout the European Union.

The Audi RS3 will be powered by the same engine found under the hood of the Audi TT-RS: a 2.5 Liter turbocharged five-cylinder engine making 340 HP mated to a seven speed DSG and a limited slip differential.