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Peter Barnwell

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We are totally smitten by this car on a whole range of fronts, not just performance and handling at which it excels. The Mercedes-Benz A45AMG promises much and delivers more at a price that makes it the best value hyper-performance car on the road right now let alone the hottest hot hatch.

Price

The $74,900 ask might seem like a lot but is around the same as some V8 dinosaur from HSV or FPV and believe me, the Benz is a whole lot more car that even sounds better and... it's a four banger. Better yet, the engine/transmission is hand-made painstakingly by a German technician locked away in a sterile engine facility somewhere in Bavaria.

Read the full Mercedes-Benz A45 AMG 2014 review.