the rest of mercedes lineup pretty much is rwd or awd and uses longitudinal engine mounting which I generally trust more anyway, it seems like the a class is a faux benz

I could swear the A class is a leftover from the FCA mercedes merger and is actually on the dart platform.

Dont quote me on that tho

I dunno, the a45 is impressive and it would surprise me if the dart platform allowed for such a machine on it

but I still wouldn't buy one

Stick some bracing and suspension upgrades on a dart and it will do fairly well. Shitty original platfirm notwithstanding. Tho i could be wrong.

I hear the A45 has hellacious potential for serious tuners tho, thanks to the engine's damn near indestructible internals

I've only seen ~450ish, I'm not sure if that's due to engine limitation, drivetrain or both

it isn't that cheap to get that power either, but I guess considering rrp that's not surprising

https://www.autocar.co.uk/slideshow/how-today%E2%80%99s-cars-might-have-looked-past

omg this website is complete shit. <:kermit_spree:378719408438116352>

but the article is hilarious because of how awful shitty cars are and how awesome should-be-good cars are

https://www.topgear.com/car-news/modified/one-peugeot-308-gti-300bhp-road-racer

weeew

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hE66dG7SQ4

haha

wtf

it seems kinda...

stupid

like if you just want to blind buy cars and pick them up, ebay does it, if you want to take cars for test drives and stuff then you kinda need to actually take it out

7 days, next time I visit the US I might just "buy" a car and return it after using it as a rental

https://www.topgear.com/car-news/tgs-guide-japan/new-toyota-supra-stiff-lexus-lfa-supercar

but not as light

or as good

also it doesn't really surprise me that a convertible underpinning ends up very stiff when a fixed roof is added

That's very woke

https://twitter.com/BBC_TopGear/status/1022881961520640000

The LC 500 is stiffer than the LFA too, but much heavier. The Supra might not actually be a whole lot heavier.

https://twitter.com/FordPerformance/status/1022858654771539968

YUGE

I'd also gladly buy that CLK GTR but @LOGiK can handle the bill.

I'm ok thanks

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/44990884

I doubt it's gonna cost them more to run or not run, they've probably paid the cost of running races already, sort of sad though - f1 doesn't need to lose teams even if it is a shadow of former f1

heh they should race with a for sale sign

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/311530871909777419/472764928860880916/unknown.png

They're one of the more competitive teams outside of the top 3, someone will buy them, they'll be fine.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UMaRWkZx9s

Full lap up

https://streamable.com/8shtd

Haha fuck