We've been waiting a while for the A45 S to land on our doorstep, but it was certainly worth the wait. What's it like to drive the world's most powerful 2-litre? We handed the keys to Ciro the video guy and let him get on with telling you.
How far can you stretch a 2.0-litre motor? How much power can you squeeze out of it? According to Mercedes-AMG, 310kW seems to be the answer, so far.
And the result is one of the most powerful 2.0-litre performance cars ever, the 2019 Mercedes A45 S AMG. We finally got our hands on one and spent a day out on an airfield drag racing it against the limited edition BMW M2 CS, and you can watch that video here .
In this video, our relatively tame motoring journalist Ciro De Siena is let loose on a 2km runway in Merc's million-Rand little monster. Is this car just a straight-line hero, a robot-to-robot racer? Or is there enough in the dynamics department to keep you interested when things get twisty?
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Mercedes-AMG A45 S price in South Africa:
R1 156 840 (as of April 2021)
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