Golf R vs A35 AMG vs M140i vs M135i | Track Battle

These guys brought together four of the most popular performance hot hatches to find out which one is actually fastest around the track.

In this episode of a Driven+ Track Battle, Racing Driver Sam Maher-Loughnan sets the benchmark as he pushes each car to the absolute limit to see which delivers the quickest lap time.

The contenders:
BMW M140i
Volkswagen Golf R
Mercedes-AMG A35
BMW M135i

With rear-wheel drive vs all-wheel drive and old school vs new generation performance, this is one of the most interesting hot hatch battles we’ve done so far.

Can the rear-wheel drive M140i still dominate?
Or will the modern AWD hot hatches take the win? Watch the video below to see and for more content like this one follow us also on Facebook, Pinterest or Instagram!

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