MERCEDES-AMG A45S FROM $94,900
Mercedes-AMG’s A45S hatchback, and its CLA45S sedan counterpart, are priced respectively at $94,900 and $111,300.
Big money for small cars. But their party trick is, well, pretty impressive. It’s the world’s most powerful series production four cylinder engine, a 2.0-litre turbopetrol that produces an astonishing 310kW of power and 500Nm of torque.
That’s sufficient to fling the A45 from rest to 100km/h in just 3.9 seconds, en route to
