If we had a penny for each Mercedes-Benz A 45 AMG piece of news we delivered over the course of the last 30 days or so we'd probably have enough money to buy a real A 45 AMG. As a scale model, elementary.
It's not our fault that the smallest AMG in history has been tested and retested by pretty much all the major automotive publications of the world, especially since this is a truly special AMG model.
Powered by a two-liter, turbocharged four-cylinder called the M133 internally, the Mercedes-Benz A 45 AMG develops no less than 360 hp and 450 Nm of torque.
Sure, that might sound like the lowest powered AMG car in the current lineup – which it is - but its performance figures are nothing to be ashamed about. With just 4.6 seconds required to reach 100 km/h (62 mph) from standing still, the bonkers hot hatch can run circles around any AMG SUV.
The guys from Drive Australia had a go in the A 45 AMG, so in order to see their opinions in full you'll have to click the video below:
Alex handled his first real steering wheel at the age of five (on a field) and started practicing "Scandinavian Flicks" at 14 (on non-public gravel roads). Following his time at the University of Journalism, he landed his first real job at the local franchise of Top Gear magazine a few years before Mircea (Panait). Not long after, Alex entered the New Media realm with the autoevolution.com project. Full profile
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