ROAD TEST
Mercedes-AMG CLA 45S turns on the look and speed charms
It’s one part sexy four-door coupe and one part raging dragon
Some people might look at the new range of the 45S-badged Mercedes-AMG A-Class range and say a four-cylinder AMG is boring. For these people, an epic AMG must wield a turbocharged V8 and bellow like an angry kaiju. I recently stepped out of a 45S with a wide smile and a racing pulse.
This four-door coupe is one of two options available if you want to drive the world’s most powerful four-cylinder engine. The other is the hatchback A45S, and their numbers are pretty much identical: 310kW, 500Nm and a claimed 0-100km/h time of 4.0 sec for the CLA, with the hatch doing the sprint in 3.9 sec. Both have a 270km/h top end...
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