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The second recipient of the world's most powerful four-cylinder engine has already been launched on most markets around the world, with most reviewers raving about the model's class-leading performance.
We are of course talking about the Mercedes-Benz CLA 45 AMG, which is sporting the smallest engine that AMG has ever built.
Using a cocktail of four cylinders with a displacement of just two liters, direct injection and a twin-scroll turbocharger, the resulting M133 engine has a record-breaking output of no less than 360 hp and 450 Nm (332 lb ft) of torque.
Translating these numbers into performance, the CLA 45 AMG can hit 100 km/h (62 mph) from a standing start in just 4.6 seconds using the launch control function of its 7-speed double-clutch transmission.
With a front-wheel based 4Matic all-wheel drive system, the small four-door coupe provides not only safer handling but is also highly-usable in the winter time, when most older AMGs were until recently resting in an air-conditioned garage.
The South Africans from iol Motoring recently had a go in a CLA 45 AMG, with the small AMG land missile giving them goosebumps according to their exhaustive review.
Using a cocktail of four cylinders with a displacement of just two liters, direct injection and a twin-scroll turbocharger, the resulting M133 engine has a record-breaking output of no less than 360 hp and 450 Nm (332 lb ft) of torque.
Translating these numbers into performance, the CLA 45 AMG can hit 100 km/h (62 mph) from a standing start in just 4.6 seconds using the launch control function of its 7-speed double-clutch transmission.
With a front-wheel based 4Matic all-wheel drive system, the small four-door coupe provides not only safer handling but is also highly-usable in the winter time, when most older AMGs were until recently resting in an air-conditioned garage.
The South Africans from iol Motoring recently had a go in a CLA 45 AMG, with the small AMG land missile giving them goosebumps according to their exhaustive review.
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