RE: New Mercedes-AMG A45 and CLA45 - official!

[forest172]

I have an A35 (wife`s car) with aero which looks great in grey. But also have a F80 m3 comp pack. All I can say is almost the same power as my M3 in that A-class chassis will be fantastic. Can`t wait to test drive

[Onehp]

forest172 said:

I have an A35 (wife`s car) with aero which looks great in grey. But also have a F80 m3 comp pack. All I can say is almost the same power as my M3 in that A-class chassis will be fantastic. Can`t wait to test drive

Not only that, the chassis should something else altogether... the last proper transverse 4wd car was the Evo. The latest Focus RS was good but not great, this, with a good whack of more (real) power, could be something..

[NicoG]

forest172 said:

I have an A35 (wife`s car) with aero which looks great in grey. But also have a F80 m3 comp pack. All I can say is almost the same power as my M3 in that A-class chassis will be fantastic. Can`t wait to test drive

LOL - careful; you're heading for "His & Hers" !

[Burwood]

No doubt the Mark 8 Golf R will have 400hp as rumoured to join the BMW 140 with 400hp.

[Baileyk]

Burwood said:

No doubt the Mark 8 Golf R will have 400hp as rumoured to join the BMW 140 with 400hp.

Thought VW had said they weren't entering that territory with the Golf R?

[shantybeater]

Trophy Husband said:

Hang on! A 4 seater that likely may leave a 911 Carrera S for dust down the lanes? What more do you expect?
I'd have the AMG A45S in a heartbeat. Ace motor!

Edited by Trophy Husband on Thursday 4th July 14:49

Leave a 911 for dust? What a ridiculous statement. Fast and capable no doubt...basically a golf R with a mercedes badge..HP Bragging rights over driver involvment, i'll pass.

[mudnomad]

If new GLA45 will keep the drift mode, I might finally be interested in a new car!

[Alex_225]

Ultrafunkula said:

I think they look bang on, the CLA looks much better than it did.

It really does. The first CLA was as appealing visually as a dog egg. Attempting to be a mini-CLS and capturing none of the big cars styling properly. It seems with this new version they have managed to get the looks nicely proportioned and it now does look like a mini-coupe-four-door-thing in a good way.

I'm not a fan of the matt finish on these though, I think in a nice metallic and perhaps with silver wheels they'd look that bit less 'boy race'. I'm showing all 37 of my years with that comment but I think they'd be more classy in a less modified finish.

They are expensive though and for that reason I wouldn't (and couldn't) justify the cost. That said they're very fast cars, sub-4 seconds to 60 in the S model. That is faster than cars that were more expensive years ago.

Take my CLS63, 0-60 is about 4.4/.5 seconds and it was an £75-80k car in 2007 so that puts some perspective on it I suppose.

[Onehp]

shantybeater said:

What a ridiculous statement. Fast and capable no doubt...basically a golf R with a mercedes badge..

That in bold is bordering rediculous also. And I drive a Golf R relative so I can say so

[Frimley111R]

Lovely I'm sure but the price of these mega hatches is getting well beyond the reach of most normal budgets, and as said earlier, for this money the competition looks a lot more substantial.

[markBXTR]

What's the weight of the 45? Last one was a bit of a heffer. I'm trying to like it, but just don't like four door hot hatches. They just don't look right imo.

[anonymous-user]

shantybeater said:

Trophy Husband said:

Hang on! A 4 seater that likely may leave a 911 Carrera S for dust down the lanes? What more do you expect?
I'd have the AMG A45S in a heartbeat. Ace motor!

Edited by anonymous-user on Thursday 4th July 14:49

Leave a 911 for dust? What a ridiculous statement. Fast and capable no doubt...basically a golf R with a mercedes badge..HP Bragging rights over driver involvment, i'll pass.

Nobody mentioned the feel of the drive.

Are you doubting that this car would at least as quick as a C2s across the ground ?

I’m not.

I suspect this could make for a very fun daily and a great tour car for the likes of NC500. Will definitely be trying one as a replacement for current E63.

Edited by anonymous-user on Thursday 4th July 16:26

[Trophy Husband]

shantybeater said:

Trophy Husband said:

Hang on! A 4 seater that likely may leave a 911 Carrera S for dust down the lanes? What more do you expect?
I'd have the AMG A45S in a heartbeat. Ace motor!

Edited by Trophy Husband on Thursday 4th July 14:49

Leave a 911 for dust? What a ridiculous statement. Fast and capable no doubt...basically a golf R with a mercedes badge..HP Bragging rights over driver involvment, i'll pass.

"Likely may" are the operatives. That's two opportunities to be wrong. I'd hazard I'm not far off correct. Perhaps the "for dust" was a little speculative, perhaps " in the rear view mirror" may have been a little more realistic?

The car in S form will be beating the McLaren Senna for BHP/litre which is some doing.

Hats off to MB.

[eddharris]

Electronicpants said:

421 Bhp!

The German horsepower war continues, where will it end?

BMW engineers footage below after releasing the new 4 pot M135i figures.

Brilliant!

[Harry_523]

So, the march now begins to the 500hp hatchback.

A CLA 45 S Shooting brake with drift mode could be a wicked all rounder, but no doubt at a truly shocking price.

Nearly new c63 would probably be similar money

[Dave Hedgehog]

Greenmantle said:

Is it false exhaust tips again!

on mine with the optional sports box the bumper surrounds are filled

[Dave Hedgehog]

OMG what a hideous giant grill, i love the single blade sensible sized grill on mine

this one looks like a gadget to slice hard boiled dinosaur eggs

Edited by Dave Hedgehog on Thursday 4th July 16:37

[Dave Hedgehog]

Harry_523 said:

So, the march now begins to the 500hp hatchback.

A CLA 45 S Shooting brake with drift mode could be a wicked all rounder, but no doubt at a truly shocking price.

Nearly new c63 would probably be similar money

you can spec them to near 80k

[tekyd]

I started reading this article and began to think...ooh this looks worth considering....then as I read more and more about it, I realised that as an actual ownership proposition, this is a car no one will want to maintain; at least not outside of warranty. This is one hideously complicated car so will be good only for people prepared to fritter away their pennies on its first three-year-lease and then dispose of.

[ghost83]

Nah not for me