Audi pretty much invented the premium hot hatch with the first-generation Audi S3 back in 1999, effectively dropping in the running gear and engine from the Audi TT sports car into the A3.

Top-spec Vorsprung versions of the S3 get adaptive suspension ... the performance exhaust and red brake calipers. Do that, and the price edges close to an entry-level Audi RS3 – a car that ...