New Mercedes-AMG A45 S Review: Better Than Ever? | 4K

The Mercedes A45 has recieved an update! Rory hops aboard the latest version to see if its any better than the previous model

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[outdoorx]

I bumped into Rory on this shoot last week on Wednesday 👍 and was happy to have a photo with me 👍

[nzudzanyoranwaha]

To echo some in the comments, I am quite astounded that the name “RS3” was never mentioned once when you were reviewing this, regardless of what you think of its quality of being ‘fun.’

The GTI an STI reeeally cannot enter the conversation before the RS3 does. Just incredible!

[ElikeIke]

A45 has always been close to my heart. I think this has the best composition of everything to love in a car. Absolutely impressive to live with

[M.....................]

Finally...Giving Rory and the team even more proper videography. Channel is going over 1M subs!

[somerandomfella]

That rear wing is designed that way Rory. It's the new adaptable body part technology. Helps with airflow..

[DeltaCreativeBranding]

As a previous GTI owner, not going to lie, I've have had my eye on the A-Class! 😎

[stevietrucker]

Yes i agree with the build quality it could be better.

[steveaustin]

"The faster you drive it the better it becomes". I love that! That should be everyone's philosophy when driving!

[tj_enju]

On this point about fake noise, I used to pick the cars in racing car games based on the "engine sounds" they made in addition to their performance, and that was during the era of NFSU2 and the GT games... I suspect that if they added eq controls for the driver to modify the "synthetic engine sounds" then people would be more excited about "fake" engine noise feature

[mziwendukuntsele]

The fact the current king of the segment, the Audi RS3, isn't mentioned has me thinking this a sponsored review! The intro says it all.

[ntobekobhodoza]

The greatest performance in a hot hatch but just packaged in what basically is a go-kart in terms of build quality

[The_journeyy]

My brother just recently bought an AMG and I was out driving it this weekend I am so in love with these right now the cars Mercedes are putting out now are so good to drive need to get my hands on one of these some day soon

[axegrind]

A new Golf R in New York is $60k, I cannot imagine what this would cost if it was offered in the US. Hot hatches that cost more than a new C8 Corvette…..what a world.

[whoisnishan]

Absolutely love the facelift model… been reading some comments that are considering the pre-facelift… don’t do it. The facelift model is so much better. It’s like they found all the things that could be improved on the old model and changed them.

The audio system, although appearing to be the same as the pre-facelift, has been tuned and sounds amazing. Deeper base and richer sounds. So good.

And the Mercedes voice control is 99% accurate. Especially the hot words like “next track”, or “show map”… you can talk and talk, but when you say those key phrases, it will do what you want. No need to say Hey Mercedes! Works VERY well.

The steering wheel feels great. Haven’t had any issues with the touch buttons - but you can also reduce its sensitivity… I’ve got it set to the lowest sensitivity.

And the driving - it’s just as amazing as always. Love this car, and love this version.

[shred-ed]

Would like to see Rory browsing auto trader for used/nearly new cars costing £63k. Maybe several categories of car at this price. I love hot hatches, but for £63k I’d be thinking bigger, louder and more luxurious.

[ResizeFilms]

The Mercedes A-Class is best in class since day one.

[TerryTibbs]

Looked at the A45. Treated myself to the new audi rs3 💥💥

[chrischristopherh]

I owned the old model and have the new 2023 Just one point I'd like to mention the suspension in comfort mode is a lot more compliant than the old model, and is much better for an everyday car

[anony-mousex]

'The sound is better inside' literally the one thing you DONT want to hear with an AMG

[TomPulfrey]

It's hard to say that this competes with the focus ST, given that this is double the price and some, of a brand new Focus ST.
If you bought a Focus ST and ploughed 30k into mods, it would be a better car that the A45.
I do however love the A45.