Mercedes-AMG A45 S: Hot hatch thermometer hits furnace temperatures for this range-topping A-Class

摘要

The new Mercedes-AMG A45 S 4Matic+looks like a significant landmark in the evolution of the hot hatchback. Depending on how public opinion continues to view outlandish and excessive performance cars like this over the next decade, it may even turn out to be a high-water mark of a sort. With 416bhp on tap from its new turbocharged four-cylinder engine, this is nothing less than the most powerful series-production example of its performance breed there has ever been. It is, in short, the very hottest hot hatchback in the world.