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YouTuber Drag Races His 450 HP Mercedes-AMG A45 against Fellow YouTuber's BMW M3

450 HP Mercedes-AMG A45 vs BMW M3 Airfield Drag Race 5 photos
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YouTuber Drag Races His 450 HP Mercedes-AMG A45 against Fellow YouTuber's BMW M3YouTuber Drag Races His 450 HP Mercedes-AMG A45 against Fellow YouTuber's BMW M3YouTuber Drag Races His 450 HP Mercedes-AMG A45 against Fellow YouTuber's BMW M3YouTuber Drag Races His 450 HP Mercedes-AMG A45 against Fellow YouTuber's BMW M3
Back in the day when the vlog industry was still in its infancy, seeing a YouTuber displaying his performance machine online was something big. Nowadays, such shenanigans are no longer special, which is why camera addicts turn to tricks such as the one we're here to show you.
We're talking about two vloggers who pitted their go-fast machines against each other. And the adventure gets even sweeter, since both cars have received aftermarket attention. Then there's the location chosen for the velocity brawl, since the fight took place on an airfield in the UK.

Paul Wallace, the guy behind the Supercars Of London label, brought his BMW M3 to the challenge, duking it out with Archie Hamilton, the racing driver who spends his time on the road inside a seriously modified Mercedes-AMG A45 these days.

The compact has been taken way past the "normal" output for a hot hatch, with the all-wheel-drive animal packing a meaty 450 hp. As for the M3, the Bimmer shouldn't be too far behind the output value mentioned above, with its twin-turbo 3.0-liter straight-six working with an Armytrix exhaust.

It's worth noting the Taiwan-based aftermarket developer makes some of the loudest exhausts on the market. Decibel fans shouldn't fret, as the piece of footage below allows us to get a complete idea on just how loud this M3 can get. And no, not everybody will love the voice of this bimmer, so we expect this clip to split opinions in the BMW-adoring community.

Should this battle seem familiar, it's probably because you've checked out our previous story involving this A45, a tale that saw the Affalterbach compact fighting a BMW M4 with more serious mods than the ones fitted to this M3. The two went sprinting on the same airfield seen here, albeit with the weather being in a different mood.

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About the author: Andrei Tutu
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In his quest to bring you the most impressive automotive creations, Andrei relies on learning as a superpower. There's quite a bit of room in the garage that is this aficionado's heart, so factory-condition classics and widebody contraptions with turbos poking through the hood can peacefully coexist.
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