If you are shopping for a high-powered hot hatchback these days, you are in luck because not only do you have great standard factory choices, the tuners too are showing a particular interest in this segment, the result of which is some seriously exciting cars. ABT Audi RS3 is one of them, and it packs 430 horsepower.

That is a huge amount of power in a car the size of RS3. But those who are familiar with the works of ABT know that they have actually held back. When they start working on an Audi engine they can’t stop until the push it beyond what is deemed possible by the average tuner.

In the case of ABT Audi RS3, the output is upped from 367 hp and 455 Nm of torque to 430 hp with 530 Nm. That extra oomph is translated on the road into a 0 to 100 km/h time of 4.1 seconds and a top speed of 280 km/h which is 30 more than the default limited top speed.

As always, ABT has refrained from messing too much with the exterior design of the car. All ABT Audi RS3 gets in that aspect is a set of wheels (ER-F and ER-C Design in 8.5 x 19 inch or 9.0 x 19 inch and “Gun-Metal“, “Silverbullet“ or “Black Magic“ finish), and ABT muffler system with four black end pipes.