Drag Race: BMW M2 vs Mercedes A45 AMG [Video]

Ciro De Siena

3 May 2016

In the acceleration-obsessed world of drag racing, one aspect of a car’s setup is often crucial to victory: all-wheel drive. Sending power to all four wheels significantly aids traction and helps the car move quickly off the line in those all-important first few seconds of a quarter mile drag race.

Which makes our latest drag race very interesting; although these cars have similar levels of power and torque, the BMW is rear-wheel driven while the plucky Mercedes-AMG A45 4Matic, now with even more power after a facelift, is all-wheel driven.

With the odds stacked in the AMG’s favour, would the latest M car from BMW be able to claw back a victory in tough conditions?

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Ciro De Siena

Ciro De Siena

Ciro built his first car website back in his university days and despite denting his first ever test car, it launched his career. He's still at this car journalism gig 16 years later and over the years has hosted live TV segments on national television and hosts a regular car segment on CapeTalk radio. He is most at his happiest however producing content for the Cars.co.za Youtube channel.

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