RE: 2020 Mercedes-AMG A45 S | UK Review

RE: 2020 Mercedes-AMG A45 S | UK Review

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drpep

1,758 posts

167 months

Tuesday 18th February 2020
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thecremeegg said:
Pistonheads everybody, where speed matters, as long as it's in a car that's under 1000Kg, manual, no dashboard and will break every 5 minutes,

What an unbeliveably boring lot you all are!
You’ve got a point, I mean, There’s fun to be had here for sure. It just seems like it misses the mark for a hot hatch - it’s pretty heavy and personally I think there’s more fun to be had with a 3-pedal car, especially on the great roads you have in the UK.

Progress is progress. FWIW, I’d still take an M2 Competition over this in a heartbeat.

Leon R

3,183 posts

95 months

Tuesday 18th February 2020
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Baldchap said:
My issue with the old A45 is that in my experience it's a complete chav wagon. Overly noisy, overly styled, excessively driven at all times. I suspect we'll see more of the same here. Time will tell.
So if you don't spec the AMG exhaust or aero pack and don't drive like a dick then you have no issues?

cerb4.5lee

30,189 posts

179 months

Tuesday 18th February 2020
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drpep said:
thecremeegg said:
Pistonheads everybody, where speed matters, as long as it's in a car that's under 1000Kg, manual, no dashboard and will break every 5 minutes,

What an unbeliveably boring lot you all are!
You’ve got a point, I mean, There’s fun to be had here for sure. It just seems like it misses the mark for a hot hatch - it’s pretty heavy and personally I think there’s more fun to be had with a 3-pedal car, especially on the great roads you have in the UK.
Whilst my preference is 3 pedals for sure I think with this it is chasing as much performance as it can, so I can forgive it a little bit for only having 2 pedals.

I'm also a massive fan of the R35 GTR, and I wished that they had 3 pedals but they are the same and they chase ultimate performance so they go with 2 pedals as well. If a car is all about performance then I can(just about) turn a blind eye about the lack of a third pedal.

Fast Bug

11,597 posts

160 months

Tuesday 18th February 2020
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Miserablegit said:
There was a Mercedes saloon next to me at a junction last night. Had a purple neon “mood” light around the dash and doors panels. Looked like a nightclub. Not a good look.
Then choose one of the other colours for mood lighting then, and if you don't like any of the colours then turn it off.

Apt username biggrin

sidesauce

2,456 posts

217 months

Tuesday 18th February 2020
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Miserablegit said:
There was a Mercedes saloon next to me at a junction last night. Had a purple neon “mood” light around the dash and doors panels. Looked like a nightclub. Not a good look.
To be fair, that was the choice of the driver/owner - one can turn off the mood lighting if they wish or indeed have the option of other colours therefore that's not the fault of the car per se

anonymous-user

53 months

Tuesday 18th February 2020
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Cracking car no doubt but like previous A45 they have an image problem. Will be the drug dealer car of choice along with the S3 and Golf R.
As good as they all are if I were in the market for a hot hatch I'd be looking French or Japanese.

SFO

5,162 posts

182 months

Tuesday 18th February 2020
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CLA 45 S will be lovely

Gitwhoismiserable

767 posts

122 months

Tuesday 18th February 2020
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Fast Bug said:
Miserablegit said:
There was a Mercedes saloon next to me at a junction last night. Had a purple neon “mood” light around the dash and doors panels. Looked like a nightclub. Not a good look.
Then choose one of the other colours for mood lighting then, and if you don't like any of the colours then turn it off.

Apt username biggrin
Yeah cheer up

Wills2

22,669 posts

174 months

Tuesday 18th February 2020
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Venisonpie said:
On the one hand it will leave that Cayman GTS for dead, on the other it's a bit on the garish side..
No it wouldn't, the GTS has a better power to weight ratio and a higher top speed, will be capable of pulling the same g through a corner (if not more) and is hardy lacking in traction on exit with that mid engine layout, you need a huge amount of additional capability to "leave another car for dead" on the road.

Traffic light LC enabled drags would go to the 45 but then you'd have to want to look like an arse...





Osinjak

5,453 posts

120 months

Tuesday 18th February 2020
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Mr_Sukebe said:
1.6 tons. Just WTF?
Did Merc add tungsten into the chassis to keep the centre of gravity low.

Just another car with stupidly high limits of capability that's probably no fun at legal(ish) limits. Great for those pub bragging rights, or those insistent on proving how self important they are in traffic light grand prix.

No thanks.
Back to your Vauxhall Insignia for you then.

rolleyes

ghost83

5,475 posts

189 months

Tuesday 18th February 2020
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51 grand

No thanks

I remember the previous a45 and rs3 been about 39-40k which was about right and they were trumped mostly by the 135i/140i at 31-32k

51k is just utterly ridiculous


Edited by ghost83 on Tuesday 18th February 10:07

TheDrBrian

5,444 posts

221 months

Tuesday 18th February 2020
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Sad that even on the range topper the vents and such are fake.

Macboy

732 posts

204 months

Tuesday 18th February 2020
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I can't get beyond the interior. I went in to have a look at the A-class for my wife and the interior is such a mess and the plastic chrome everywhere is hideous. It's like no one took overall control of the design - they just left individuals to get on with their own element and then stuck them all together. Urgh.

Dave Hedgehog

14,541 posts

203 months

Tuesday 18th February 2020
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configurator is up

https://www.mercedes-benz.co.uk/passengercars/cont...

no options apart from paint? no aero pack I'm defiantly out

Edited by Dave Hedgehog on Tuesday 18th February 10:11

Court_S

12,764 posts

176 months

Tuesday 18th February 2020
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I should like this, but whilst I respect it, I don’t desire it at all.

The interior, if anything remotely like lower models is awful. The silver plastic looks chintzy and feels cheap. The air vents feel flimsy and cheap too. The rockers to adjust the temperature are no where near the part of the screen that tells you the temperature. The alcantara dash inserts in my friends wife’s A250 are poorly fitted / stuck on. It doesn’t feel like a high end product and I don’t think that basic architecture is good enough at £51k plus.

The Mercedes voice assistant is a pain in the arse and not get useful too.

MISTLETOE

10 posts

49 months

Tuesday 18th February 2020
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The list price is largely irrelevant in the current market. These cars are so accomplished that its just point and squirt. It boils down to the monthly deal you can negotiate and off you go. In a market where an RS4 starts at 64k for a bog standard car , its all about the brand and the monthlies.

No question its probably the quickest point to point car for that money and the least involving but if thats what the market demands. that's what sells.

Sport220

619 posts

74 months

Tuesday 18th February 2020
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The fully loaded, aero pack like this one is £54,495 on the configurator

Dave Hedgehog

14,541 posts

203 months

Tuesday 18th February 2020
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Sport220 said:
The fully loaded, aero pack like this one is £54,495 on the configurator
hmm i only get paint as an option ??

Gitwhoismiserable

767 posts

122 months

Tuesday 18th February 2020
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ghost83 said:
51 grand

No thanks

I remember the previous a45 and rs3 been about 39-40k which was about right and they were trumped mostly by the 135i/140i at 31-32k

51k is just utterly ridiculous


Edited by ghost83 on Tuesday 18th February 10:07
Yeah Utterly ridiculous Hahaha

Fiesta1.0L

97 posts

97 months

Tuesday 18th February 2020
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I'll take one de-badged and de-spoilered in anaonymous grey please. Oh, and with the dash graphics of an A180d.