Mercedes - AMG A 45 S - The Most Powerful Four-Cylinder Car
Overdrive|January 2022
Is the most powerful four-cylinder car as riveting off the track as on it?
Tuhin Guha
Mercedes - AMG A 45 S - The Most Powerful Four-Cylinder Car

Type 1,991cc, Inline-4 turbo petrol

Max power 421PS@6,750 rpm

Max torque 500Nm @5,000-5,250rpm

LxWxH(mm) 4,445 x 1,850 x 1,412

Price ₹94.49 lakh, on road Mumbai

+ Engine performance and tractability, handling and grip, features, efficiency

- Low-speed ride, seat comfort

When we first drove the Mercedes-AMG A 45 S a couple of months back, we were always going to be taken by its immense performance. But what stayed with us for longer was how the most powerful hatchback in the world had us riveted through what was otherwise a fairly straightforward highspeed run. But does the A 45 S continue to be this engaging out in the real world?

Driving impressions

This M 139 engine is still central to the Mercedes-AMG A 45 S experience away from the racetrack, as it should be in a true AMG. The 421PS and 500Nm in S guise make it the most powerful 2.0-litre turbo engine ever fitted to a production car, and with its 211PS specific output, one of the most power-dense engines currently on sale. But these numbers are hardly a representation of the motor’s best attribute, that being how easily it adjusts itself to any situation you might find yourself in with the A 45 S.

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