Mercedes-Benz Releases Official Info on A45 AMG

Mercedes-Benz Releases Official Info on A45 AMG  阅读原文»

This is the rumored A25 AMG hot hatch, except now that official info is available, we now know that it will be called the A45 AMG instead. Whether this has anything to do with the 45th anniversary of Merc’s high-performance luxury car subsidiary or is just another in a long line of seemingly arbitrary names is up to you to decide.

There’s still no official data provided for top speed as well as power, but torque has been pegged at 295 lb.-ft. and the car is going to come with the seven-speed double-clutch transmission system from AMG.

Aside from those, the A45 AMG is said to contain a number of performance-oriented features such as Sport Handling with the traction control, AMG’s sports steering system that is based on the car’s speed, AMG brakes, and AMG’s own sport suspension.

While current AMG engines are of the V8 and V12 varieties, this A-Class AMG will be given a 2-liter turbo I-4 engine, which will be built at different site apart from the other AMG engines. Still, prospective buyers can look forward to thorough quality as the engine of the A45 follows the "one man, one engine" mantra of AMG.

The Mercedes-Benz A45 AMG will likely debut next year, and it is quite possible that the venue will be the 2013 Geneva Motor Show.

Source: Motor Trend

1936 540K Special Roadster Could Become Auction King  阅读原文»

There have been few Mercedes-Benz 540 Special Roadster units produced, and if you auction one that comes with a rich history, then it’s no wonder that the auctioneers are thinking that there’s a possibility that this one might just clinch the record for the price paid for a vehicle at an auction.

The 1936 model year car used to be owned by a Prussian baroness, one Gisela Josephine von Krieger. It will be up for auction sometime in August, headed by Gooding and Co. in Monterey. According toDavid Gooding, founder and president of the classic car auctioneer, the vehicle was purchased brand-new by the baroness’s family, where the baroness herself used it. Even when she was running from Nazis, the car accompanied her.

This 540K Special Roadster has been restored, even though the body panels of the car were mostly good to go when it was discovered in 1992 at some warehouse in Connecticut.

The current record stands at $16,390,000―made by Gooding and Co.’s own auction of a 1957 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa just last year. Well, you know what they say… records are made to be broken, and it’ll be all the more sweeter when you break your own record.

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