The Mercedes-AMG A45 is a potent performance hatchback in standard form, but what if you start the journey to chase the quarter-mile record?
Nicholas Neophytou didn’t take the easiest route to building a 10-second car. While the A45 AMG was a stonking hot hatch from factory, it never really caught on in the tuning community, even though many saw its potential.
The quarter-mile world record for this generation of A45 AMG is currently 10.7 seconds, and this South African special is getting pretty damn close!
By his own admission, these are not the easiest cars to modify, especially in South Africa where parts are scarce.
However, over the last five years, he has persevered and at altitude is now running the quarter mile in the high 10s.
Here is Nicholas’s story, detailing just what it took to get the car right and reliably make those big numbers.
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