Mercedes Benz A45 AMG, Super Hatchback From Mercedes!

To be exact, it delivers 355bhp from a four-cylinder 2.0-liter turbocharged engine with a specific output of 178bhp per liter mammoth. And technical changes to the car are low, so that the costs Mercedes Benz A45 AMG near enough £ 40,000.

About the A-Class hatch on which it is based, the A45 gets a new bumper and grille at the front, which are not significant, they were not supported by an intercooler for the turbo, and that a secondary radiator inside a front wheel.

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Rockets are also different because stabilizers, springs and dampers. The electric power steering, the constant ratio rack is tailor-made AMG also more differentiated. The A-Class

The transmission is a seven-speed dual-clutch automated, and this is where the effort has really been done to make this more than just a quick A-Class. It leads through 4MATIC Mercedes and AMG A45 highway four-wheel drive. To this end, the rear multi-link suspension is new, while improving weight distribution, the clutch actuator is mounted on the rear differential at the rear.

Hard 'On' backwards? Uh, yeah. The A45 is equipped with four-wheel drive, but only if slippage occurs Push is power to the rear wheels. The 4Matic system was developed to help traction, instead providie rally replica style permanent all-wheel drive. Is it important? It's possible.

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Meanwhile, inside, it feels like an AMG Class A should. The black flag diddy shifter and carbon fiber as armor properly, red seat belts and exhaust to we could live without. The front seats are very beautiful adjustable tension and comfortable, while the rest of the package is A-class as-you-were: respectable head and rear legroom and a large boot.

Run it, walk away and - hello - this is certainly not an area Class A standard. We are not at all that free hanging on the ride quality of the latest generation A-Class, but also its worst-large wheels AMG sport, it does not feel that way. This is something else.

This is not a criticism, mind. A few meters from rolling so that you realize that this is not a Hard drive for their own good. The Mercedes Benz A45 AMG has a deliberate, while each force that reminds us of other AMGs and good: the C63 AMG Black Series, even the old CLK Black Series. It is not as hard as these, but it is hard for a reason, its deliver impressive levels of body control. To feel ... Special.

Interior of Mercedes Benz A45 AMG

On gas, lacking brightness A45 engine, but it is a four-line, turbo and turns just 6500rpm (peak power at 6000rpm with a maximum torque of 331 pounds feet of 2500rpm), it would mean too much to expect. There is 40.9mpg on the combined cycle and emits 161g/km of CO2. A small suction stuff would not hurt. At the intersection, at least there are pops and gurgling and wastegate chirping necessary.

For all its specific performance, it is a civilized pieces. It is slow, of course - you can not expect 178bhp per liter without them. Accelerate at 1500rpm and you will be greeted by a big step. By the A45 2000rpm and 3000rpm woke up, it offers a solid midrange. Just above 4500rpm, however, he began to be like claiming to 62mph 4.6sec car feel in a short and exhilarating rush from there the 6500rpm redline engine.

The A45 seven-speed dual-clutch drive gear is fine, and upshifting quickly, but this is another Mercedes-unit, not as sensitive as the type of some of its competitors, and is sometimes reluctant downshifts.

Dynamics of A45 is good. Really good. Specific training has advantages when things get tough. We often say, a decent travel is possible, while the car a great driver (such as the Lotus Evora and current Ford Focus ST show), but we are not likely to feel ill at A45 set for the riding in the same way we dislike poor deceased of the Nissan GT-R or Ford Focus RS think recently. It feels nailed to a goal.

The vertical movements of the body are small and fast, and rolls and floats A45 just nocticeably. It offers strong, too. There are no major through sensation roadside, but it is part Alcantara-wrapped steering that always makes you feel better. And that is practical and fun, the A45. No question.

If there is a "but" this is what we want to say a little more adjustable and it was life a little more mid-corner. The Mercedes Benz A45 AMG goes, stops, steers and handles with confidence, but basically, as it says, a heavy car forward stable. If power to the rear with traction drives, but can not be used to cut the line that you can turn into a true four-wheel drive car. And somehow, the AMG does not take off, causing brake adjustment, for example, a Fiesta ST, either.

It is engaging, effective and brutally fast, but the current data (we soon publish a full road test) lacks the last degree of chassis gameplay, which is ironic because it is the business card of all other AMG is today.