Mercedes squeezed so much out of the A45 AMG's little turbo four that, per litre, it matched the specific output of a Bugatti Chiron's W16.
Median 84 hp across 225 similar cars
Lead trim: A 45 AMG (M133 2.0 twin-scroll turbo, 360 PS) · up to 376 hp
Mercedes-Benz A-ClassW176-A45 · 2013–2018
- 0spots by members
- Unclaimednobody has spotted one yet
- 0sets it belongs to
Nobody in Burbles has spotted a Mercedes-Benz A-Class yet. See one on the street, point the app at it, and the first card is yours — with your @handle permanently credited on this page.
FactMercedes squeezed so much out of the A45 AMG's little turbo four that, per litre, it matched the specific output of a Bugatti Chiron's W16.
The A 45 AMG is the performance version of the third-generation (W176) A-Class: a 2-litre four-cylinder turbo (M 133, twin-scroll) with AMG Speedshift DCT 7-speed sports transmission and Momentary M mode, 4MATIC all-wheel drive, 3-stage ESP with "ESP Sport Handling" mode, AMG sports suspension with independently developed front and rear axles and a high-performance braking system with 350 x 32 mm front and 330 x 22 mm rear discs, identifiable by its "twin blade" radiator grille, AMG twin-spoke light-alloy wheels and two square chrome-plated tailpipes. The engine table lists 360 PS (355 hp) at 6,000 rpm and 450 N·m (332 lb·ft) for the 2013–2015 car and 381 PS (376 hp) and 475 N·m (350 lb·ft) for the 2015–2018 facelift; at 381 PS the A 45, CLA 45 and GLA 45 had the highest specific output per litre for a four-cylinder motor in the passenger car sector at the time of their introduction, 187.5 horsepower per litre, the same as the Bugatti Chiron. It was unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show with a sales release date of 8 April 2013 and Germany marketing beginning in June 2013. The facelift's Dynamic Plus package adds a mechanical locking front differential, with a claimed 0–100 km/h (0–62 mph) of 4.2 seconds, 0.1 faster than the 2015 Audi RS3 and 0.4 seconds faster than the pre-facelift model. Wheelbase 2,699 mm (106.3 in), width 1,780 mm (70.1 in).
Collectors Spotted in the Mercedes-Benz A-Class Lineage
No member has published a public street spot of the Mercedes-Benz A-Class yet — the First · Worldwide stamp is wide open.
Trims & Figures
2 published trims in the catalogue. A blank is a figure not recorded, not zero.
| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A 45 AMG (M133 2.0 twin-scroll turbo, 360 PS) | 2013–2015 | 2.0 L Inline-4 | 355 hp | 332 lb-ft | — | AWD | — | — |
| A 45 AMG Facelift (M133 2.0 twin-scroll turbo, 381 PS) | 2015–2018 | 2.0 L Inline-4 | 376 hp | 350 lb-ft | — | AWD | — | — |
Owning one
An estimate, for the A 45 AMG (M133 2.0 twin-scroll turbo, 360 PS) trim: fuel on its EPA figure and a dated national price, upkeep on a per-mile average for the kind of car it is.
Owners’ builds
Nobody has claimed one yet.
Photographs
When the A35 reached North America for 2020, the US only got the sedan. Canada and Mexico got both the hatchback and the sedan.
AMG calls the A45 S engine the second most powerful four-cylinder in series production, full stop.
The fourth-generation A-Class, sold in the U.S. starting with the 2019 model year, marked Mercedes-Benz's return of the A-Class nameplate to the American market after it had never been officially sold there before.
Mercedes squeezed so much out of the A45 AMG's little turbo four that, per litre, it matched the specific output of a Bugatti Chiron's W16.
The A 45 AMG squeezed as much power per litre out of its tiny four-cylinder as a Bugatti Chiron does from its quad-turbo W16 — a hot hatch matching hypercar efficiency.
Mercedes built 500 electric versions of this A-Class using powertrain components made by Tesla.
The A 210 Evolution was only the second Mercedes ever to wear the 'Evolution' name — and just 2,629 were built, making the entry-level A-Class's flagship rarer than many actual supercars.
This A-Class flipped over during a Swedish magazine's moose-avoidance test — Mercedes denied it at first, then recalled every one of the 2,600 cars sold and halted sales for three months to fix it.
Rivals
Same body, same money, other badges — tap any card to flip.
Japan was a minor market for the Swift: when it passed 2 million sales in 2011, about 39% were in India and 27% in Europe, against roughly 15% at home.
To adapt the Horizon for America, Chrysler bought nearly 100 Volkswagen Rabbits purely to reverse engineer them.
The Mk3 Focus RS's AWD system could send 100 percent of engine power to the rear wheels alone — built not in Ford's home country, but at the Saarlouis plant in Germany.
In June 2003, a Mégane II became the subject of the first ever live televised crash test with a real human driver at the wheel instead of a dummy — filmed by Top Gear.
This Wagon R redesigned its rear doors specifically to kill off the D-pillar — bigger doors with built-in quarter glass solved what earlier generations needed a whole extra pillar for.
The BX was the UK's best-selling diesel car for four years from 1987, and 2,315,739 were built in all.
Six months before Suzuki retired the Fronte name for good, the CN11S's 796cc version was already being built in China under a completely different name: the Anchi 6330.
Built to use up Chrysler-Simca's parts bin, it took its engine and gearbox straight from the front-wheel-drive Simca 1100 but mounted them amidships instead.