最近谍照记者在德国大街上拍到了奔驰-AMGA45最新照片，该车的车身伪装比过去略少一些。之所以判断这是一辆A45，除了车尾的四排气尾管外，这辆原型车还配备了更大轮圈，车身高度也进一步调低。不仅如此，透过伪装，可以看到该车采用了AMG车型独特的Panamericana格栅。奔驰通过AMG老板TobiasMoers透露了该车很多信息。虽然A35功率“约为300马力”，但A45将提升至400马力以上，这主要是由于新车搭载了新开发的四缸涡轮增压引擎。AMG希望利用A45为小型高性能车树立新的标杆，同时该车还将配备新开发的4Matic全驱系统。除了提供五门掀背车外，A45还将有轿车版本，后者将基于新一代A级轿车，未来还有望增加A35车型。据传，奔驰还将进一步开发A45并将提供混动系统以便能提供更高功率。同时，下一代A45将于2020年底前发布，在此之前奔驰还将在今年下半年或明年初推出A35。
New Mercedes-AMG A45 Caught On The Move Riding Low
While we’re patiently waiting for Mercedes-AMG to take the wraps off its Audi S3-rivaling A35, the talented folks based in Affalterbach are also working on a new A45. Believed to be promoted to the A50 nameplate, the hottest of the compact hot hatches from Daimler was seen this week roaming the streets of Germany with slightly less camouflage than before.
How do we know it’s the A45 replacement and not the first-ever A35? Aside from the obvious quad exhaust tips, the prototype has bigger wheels and appears to be riding substantially closer to the road. Not only that, but the familiar grid pattern of the front camouflage leads us to believe the RS3 competitor was hiding the Panamericana grille reserved for the top dog AMGs.
Mercedes through the voice of AMG’s boss, Tobias Moers, has been kind enough to disclose a great deal of juicy specs concerning the new A45. While the aforementioned Golf R-rivaling A35 has been confirmed with “around 300 hp,” the hotter derivative of the new-gen A-Class hatchback will up the power ante to more than 400 hp thanks to a newly developed turbocharged four-cylinder engine.
AMG wants to set a new benchmark among hot hatches with the next A45 and will give it a new 4Matic all-wheel drive system. Aside from offering it as a five-door hatchback, Mercedes will sell the A45 as a sedan based on the upcoming A-Class Sedan, which will likely spawn an A35 variant as well. Rumor has it a further development of the A45 will benefit from a hybrid powertrain with even more punch, but we’ll believe it when we’ll see it.
Meanwhile, the next-generation A45 will be out before the end of the decade, following the world reveal of the A35 in the latter half of 2018 or early 2019.