Vs BMW M135i vs Mercedes A45 AMG review - Auto Express

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[Tumbo]

Again no S3... Geeez...

 

[Zafiro]

Wow. M135i most fun and most comfortable to drive.

 

[Merc1]

And the AMG is faster around the track, roles have reversed here.

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[Zafiro]

I still wonder why every single review keep on using RWD version of M135i. Hello, AWD is also available. I mean there're traction differences between AWD and RWD.

 

[Tumbo]

Until the day that BMW fixes this the design, I will continue to hate this car. No matter how good it drives. It's like getting laid with an ugly lady, and saying "omg it was worth it cause she was so good"

I think they facelift of the 1er will be a succesful one. They just need to fix the headlights.

Until that day, I will pick the A45 every day.

 

[Mr Robert]

I still wonder why every single review keep on using RWD version of M135i. Hello, AWD is also available. I mean there're traction differences between AWD and RWD.

I'm happy they use the RWD version!

 

[DeDe]

Scans: here.

 

[Zafiro]

Those acceleration times are weird. Except for 0-60 the bimmer is much quicker in gear acceleration. Is the gearbox in the bimmer so much superior than the AMG gearshift.

 

[DeDe]

Those acceleration times are weird. Except for 0-60 the bimmer is much quicker in gear acceleration. Is the gearbox in the bimmer so much superior than the AMG gearshift.

The 8-speed-ZF has a much shorter gearing.

Engine speeds at 80 kph (5th/6th/7th gear):
M135i: 2700/2100/1750 rpm
A45 AMG: 2100/1650/1300 rpm

 

[Zafiro]

The 8-speed-ZF has a much shorter gearing.

Engine speeds at 80 kph (5th/6th/7th gear):
M135i: 2700/2100/1750 rpm
A45 AMG: 2100/1650/1300 rpm

So its superior then

 

[Deckhook]

^The gearbox in the M135i is keeping its engine in the sweet point better than the one in the A45, though in the real world when you bury the throttle the gearbox kicks down to the gear best suited for maximum acceleration and that means the Merc will be the beast to beat.

 

[Zafiro]

^The gearbox in the M135i is keeping its engine in the sweet point better than the one in the A45, though in the real world when you bury the throttle the gearbox kicks down to the gear best suited for maximum acceleration and that means the Merc will be the beast to beat.

doubtful.

 

[Deckhook]

doubtful.

So you think that if each car are traveling along side each other in auto mode at say 50km/h and both drivers floor it the A45 won't start to pull ahead?

 

[Zafiro]

So you think that if each car are traveling along side each other in auto mode at say 50km/h and both drivers floor it the A45 won't start to pull ahead?

maybe, maybe not. Im sure we'll see it in a future M5board.com event.

 

[Cashmere]

I can only imagine how good the proper 1M will be if the M135i is already this good.

 

[Betty Swollocks]

It's like getting laid with an ugly lady, and saying "omg it was worth it cause she was so good"

Where I come from we have a saying about having a "fun time" with a facially challenged female. "You don't look at the mantelpiece when you're poking the fire".

I still wonder why every single review keep on using RWD version of M135i. Hello, AWD is also available.

Not in the UK it's not, and this is a UK magazine.

 

[Mr. Mercedes]

Where I come from we have a saying about having a "fun time" with a facially challenged female. "You don't look at the mantelpiece when you're poking the fire".

Here we call them prawns. Beautiful body with a less than attractive head.

 

[as7920]

Not in the UK it's not, and this is a UK magazine.

Again no S3... Geeez...

And there aren't many (if any) S3 press/demonstrator cars here either

 

[Betty Swollocks]

Here we call them prawns. Beautiful body with a less than attractive head.

Or....."body from Baywatch, face from Crimewatch".

* Crimewatch is a programme which aims to get the public's help in identifying criminals.