Mercedes Benz A45 & CLA45 AMG
 

Anybody seen the specs on these? Should be a rocketship from what i can tell, hope to test drive one sometime.

Under the hood sits an AMG-tuned 2.0-liter turbocharged I4 breathing through a sport exhaust system helping the five-door produce 360 horsepower and 332 pound-feet of torque. This engine is paired to a seven-speed AMG dual-clutch transmission and power is sent to the ground using 4Matic all-wheel drive. Mercedes-Benz says that the A45 AMG will be able to accelerate from 0-60 miles per hour in under 4.5 seconds and it will have a top speed of 155 mph; in the land of hot hatches, it doesn't get much hotter than that. For added performance and handling, AMG has retuned the A-Class' suspension and steering systems and equipped The A45 with a three-stage stability control system that is specific to this car.

http://www.autoblog.com/2013/02/13/m...ttest-hatches/

sounds like its gonna price itself out of the hot hatch battles no matter how fast it is

Still a POS German car that people will buy for the 3-pointed star.

CLA will be a great seller at least in Canada.

I would say the CLA45 AMG, will be atleast pricey, base msrp for cla is $33.9K CDN, I would suspect the AMG would easily be 60-70k+.

Edit:

The A45 should be very similar to the CLA45..

Eitherway, fast car! :D

I would bet my last 3 dollars it won't see North American shores. :sigh:

Wow another hatch I'm digging. And its not likely coming to America?

SOB!