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Mercedes-Benz A Class horsepower

  • 06-08-2018 1:47pm
    #1
    lemmno
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 421 ✭✭


    Can anyone tell me which model of the new A class (2015 and up) has the highest horsepower please? Can’t find/understand the info available online.
    Thanks!


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  • #2
    wonski
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    AMG variant I guess :)


  • #3
    AlphaOmega1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 53 ✭✭AlphaOmega1


    AMG A45 facelift has: 381 PS (280 kW; 376 hp)@6000, 475 N⋅m (350 lbf⋅ft)@2250–;5000 from 2 Litre 4 pot turbocharged

    Same specific output as the bugatti chiron


  • #4
    biko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,220 ✭✭✭✭biko


    https://www.parkers.co.uk/mercedes-benz/a-class/specs/


  • #5
    RedorDead
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    AlphaOmega1 wrote: »
    AMG A45 facelift has: 381 PS (280 kW; 376 hp)@6000, 475 N⋅m (350 lbf⋅ft)@2250–;5000 from 2 Litre 4 pot turbocharged

    Same specific output as the bugatti chiron

    Explain this part please?


  • #6
    kirving
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,125 ✭✭✭kirving


    Specific output is a measure of engine performance. It describes the efficiency of an engine in terms of the brake horsepower it outputs relative to its displacement

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Specific_output


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  • #7
    Henry Ford III
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators Posts: 17,852 Mod ✭✭✭✭Henry Ford III


    RedorDead wrote: »
    Explain this part please?

    It essentially means horsepower per unit of engine capacity.

    So a 1 litre engine with say 180bhp (can be done) has a greater specific output than a 3 litre engine with 500bhp.


  • #8
    Zubeneschamali
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,686 ✭✭✭✭Zubeneschamali


    Henry Ford III wrote: »
    So a 1 litre engine with say 180bhp (can be done) has a greater specific output than a 3 litre engine with 500bhp.

    And we know it can be done, because the subject of the thread has a 2 litre engine with 376 bhp, so 188 bhp/litre.

    Which is a bit nuts for a road car.


  • #9
    AlphaOmega1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 53 ✭✭AlphaOmega1


    BMW s1000rr - 196BHP from a 1litre 4 cylinder N/A


  • #10
    lemmno
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 421 ✭✭lemmno


    All the ones I’ve seen advertised are 109 or similar. I assume the higher bhp in a diesel is rare to find second hand?


  • #11
    AlphaOmega1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 53 ✭✭AlphaOmega1


    lemmno wrote: »
    All the ones I’ve seen advertised are 109 or similar. I assume the higher bhp in a diesel is rare to find second hand?

    The highest BHP diesel model is the A220 blueefficiency with 168BHP. Not much point in sticking to diesel if you're looking for more power?


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  • #12
    lemmno
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 421 ✭✭lemmno


    AlphaOmega1 wrote: »
    The highest BHP diesel model is the A220 blueefficiency with 168BHP. Not much point in sticking to diesel if you're looking for more power?

    168 would be enough for me. I currently have a 147 so anything equal or slightly above that would be fine. I just know I don’t want to go as far down as 109.


  • #13
    AlphaOmega1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 53 ✭✭AlphaOmega1


    lemmno wrote: »
    168 would be enough for me. I currently have a 147 so anything equal or slightly above that would be fine. I just know I don’t want to go as far down as 109.

    A200 petrol is 154bhp from a 1.6


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