With nothing but a plug-and-play ECU tuning kit, the Aussies from Wilall Racing Pty managed to get an A 45 AMG do a 12.280 seconds run in the quarter mile, or about as fast as a late 1990s supercar.
Truth be told, the plug-and-play ECU kit may or may not have increased the M133's engine from 360 hp to a lot of over 400 hp, but the drag time is more than impressive either way for a FWD-based compact car.
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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