Mercedes A45 AMG on the cards

Mercedes-Benz says it wants to focus on its ultra sporty AMG cars in India. Plenty of AMG products are already available here: there’s the C63 AMG, the SLS AMG with its gullwing doors and the updated E63 AMG will be launched on July 25. But Mercedes now wants to make its AMG products more accessible.

The German luxury carmaker is looking at getting the seriously quick A45 AMG to India. What makes this car so quick is a massively powerful four-cylinder engine under the hood. The A45 AMG may only have a 2000cc petrol engine under the hood, but forced induction or turbocharging helps it attain the highest specific output among production car engines – 355bhp! The very hot hatch also features a four-wheel-drive system for greater traction and this allows it to deliver serious performance; 0-100kph comes up in a claimed 4.6 seconds, genuinely sportscar quick, and a top speed of 250kph. Styling is appropriately sporty, with most of the chrome bright work blacked out, huge 18-inch wheels sat in the wheel arches and massive red brake callipers.