The Brabus-tuned Merc-AMG A45 S has 444bhp
Mercedes likes to make a rather large song and dance about the fact that the 415bhp A45 S utilises the most powerful four-cylinder engine in mainstream production. It’s an incredible unit which you can read all about by clicking these blue words.
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Somehow, even that wasn’t enough for Brabus, though. Welcome to the B45. Yeah, the name doesn’t make sense, but that really doesn’t matter here.
Brabus has remapped the little 2.0-litre turbo, fitted a new duct for the air box and added something called a BoostXtra adapter. Brilliant. The result is a rather ridiculous 444bhp and 550Nm of torque, with the adapter apparently creating racecar-like blow-off noises. Oh Brabus.
The B45 also gets new 20-inch wheels and height-adjustable sports springs which lower the hot hatch by up to 3cm.
All of Brabus’ work means a 0-100kph time of just 3.7 seconds, and obviously there’ll be worries about the stresses placed on a four-cylinder engine that’s making as much power as a Porsche 959, so the B45 also comes with a three-year/62,000-mile Brabus Tuning Warranty.
See, it is sensible after all.
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