Ford, Honda and Cupra lock horns for a titanic hot hatch track battle. Which is fastest? Steve Sutcliffe finds out.

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Today's hot hatches are ridiculously potent, to the point where 'mega' hatch is a more suitable term. With masses of turbocharged grunt and super-focused chassis', all three cars here - the Ford Focus ST Edition, Honda Civic Type R and Cupra Leon 300 - have the ability to decimate a race track. The Focus ST has been given an extra lease of life in sharper Edition guise, while the Civic Type R and Cupra Leon 300 have proved themselves as two of the finest performance cars money can buy - full stop. But which takes the crown of fastest hot hatch around the Bedford Autodrome? Steve Sutcliffe is at the helm to find out.

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