AMG A45

[Kiwi Peter]

I was lucky enough to drive and have a good look around the new A45 today, we even had it up on the hoist for a poke and a prod, this is a real nice motor car.
BMW needs to watch out as this is very much new tech 4x4 and all, at the RRP BMW have nothing that comes even close.

BMW watch out the new Mercs are coming.



Nice to see Joe, John, the new owner Donald, and ladies

[oystero]

Congrats Donald !!

[froop]

Grats Don!!! Would love to see it in person sometime.

How's it compare to the 1M?

[Alpine*]

I'm a lover of 'stuff', the A45 delivers in spades.

Grunt, tech and some nice inclusions, a GREAT daily driver Donny

As Pete said, BM, you got nothin.

[Curare86]

What turbo is hiding in there? Havent been able to figure it out.
congrats on the new car! Ive been trying to convince my gf to get the CLA45 without much success haha

[Zuzu]

Congrats on the new A Don.

Nice to catch up with you and the gang today at Advan.
Must say, the A does look the money in White.

[1MOz]

What? all these talks and no photos to show???

Congrats Donald, nice addition to your garage collection.

[david.orr]

Thanks Pete for the use of your shop.
Was good to catch up with all of you and the missus'.
Still in run in mode, will def feedback and photoshoot both cars later.
First impression tho', awesome package and great value.

[recce]

Originally Posted by Peter@Advan

I was lucky enough to drive and have a good look around the new A45 today, we even had it up on the hoist for a poke and a prod, this is a real nice motor car.
BMW needs to watch out as this is very much new tech 4x4 and all, at the RRP BMW have nothing that comes even close.

BMW watch out the new Mercs are coming.



Nice to see Joe, John, the new owner Donald, and ladies

Hehehe.......cant wait for mine to turn up next year April..........................whoohoo.......:happ yanim:

[Alext]

Ian I think your 1M will take a stock A45 if traction is not an issue.

[skidz]

Originally Posted by Alext

Ian I think your 1M will take a stock A45 if traction is not an issue.

in his mind he might but i seriously doubt it in reality. 3 reasons traction, traction and traction.

[Karmic Man]

Why not? After 2nd gear the 1M will start catching up.

[Kiwi Peter]

Originally Posted by Karmic Man

Why not? After 2nd gear the 1M will start catching up.

I recon that Donald will answer all your questions about performance comparisons between the 1M and the A45 very soon.
He is Probably the only guy in Australia with both cars

[skidz]

Originally Posted by Karmic Man

Why not? After 2nd gear the 1M will start catching up.

well iirc there is only a handfull of peeps with highly modded n54's that are sub 13's so in real terms i dont see many beating this stock AMG at the TLGP unless the gods give them a helping hand. shit even in second the 1/3er's have a very hard time holding traction.

[Karmic Man]

The 1M stock is already a 12.9s car Quarter mile.
With tune + bolt on mods easy low 12s...

I aren't taking about TLGP...that's for sissys..I m talking about the 1/4.

[skidz]

Originally Posted by Karmic Man

The 1M stock is already a 12.9s car Quarter mile.
With tune + bolt on mods easy low 12s...

I aren't taking about TLGP...that's for sissys..I m talking about the 1/4.

when you have a slip let me know

[1q2w3e4r]

Originally Posted by Karmic Man

The 1M stock is already a 12.9s car Quarter mile.
With tune + bolt on mods easy low 12s...

I aren't taking about TLGP...that's for sissys..I m talking about the 1/4.

Has someone locally tracked a stock car or modified one locally? What trap did it put out?

[Karmic Man]

Originally Posted by skidz

when you have a slip let me know

We are discussing what the car can do, not what I can do with my car. Go check on the US forums on what N54s are doing quarter mile and then you let me know.

[1q2w3e4r]

Originally Posted by Karmic Man

We are discussing what the car can do, not what I can do with my car. Go check on the US forums on what N54s are doing quarter mile and then you let me know.

No need. They aren't really directly comparable as a lot of them are below sea level and have better atmospheric conditions than we get in Sydney hence why the times are always faster in the US than here. They also ran a CLA45 at 12.7 at 110 mph at Sydney Dragway. I'd think an A45 would be a smidgen quicker and you could probably improve the 60 ft time.

I'd like to hear Donald's thoughts on what it's been like to live with for a few days and his overall impressions of it TBH.

[froop]

There's no reason why a tuned 1M can't beat a stock A45 down the quarter mile but it really will all come down to the driver and maybe a little bit of luck.

With my car (not a 1M), the best quarter mile time I've gotten is 12.5 @ 116mph. Of course it's not easy and a lot of the time I'm getting 12.7s due to wheel slip. If I had more skill I'm sure my car would be capable of low or even sub 12s. And that should be the same for Ian's car, especially as he's pulling similar power on Pete's dyno and has more rubber at the rear as well as an LSD.

The best 0-100kph time I've achieved (according to my P3) is 3.89 seconds. Official acceleration times for the A45 is 4.6 seconds. Of course I can't replicate this every time, often getting in the 4s or even 5s with too much wheel spin off the line, but it's possible. Just not easy unlike with an A45 with DCT and AWD.

If I were to race a stock A45 down the quarter mile I'd probably lose about 50-70% of the time.

[Karmic Man]

If I am so hyped up about drag racing I would get this instead of the 1M

http://www.carsales.com.au/dealer/de...?Cr=10&sdmvc=1

No, I get it because it's fun to drive around.

[Karmic Man]

A stock 1M 12.8s 1/4 here

http://www.1addicts.com/forums/showthread.php?t=589565