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Merry Christmas from AMG
AMG has produced and released a video for the Christmas season again this year.
Text by HORIGUCHI Yoshihiro (OPENERS)
Picking up Grandma in the A 45 AMG Led to This
Last year, the concept was baking Christmas cookies in the engine bay of the 'SLS AMG.' This year, it's the 'A 45 AMG,' a compact car based on a front-wheel-drive platform, engineered for the first time by Mercedes-AMG. It delivers a maximum output of 360ps from its 2-liter inline-4 turbo engine, the highest in its class, and of course, employs AMG's own 4MATIC all-wheel-drive system.
The slightly-over-one-minute movie begins with a scene of a son preparing for a Christmas party, going to pick up his grandmother. While the young man escorts his elderly grandmother to the passenger seat with care, once they start driving, he becomes engrossed in 'naughty' driving, unable to resist the performance of the A 45 AMG.
With every sharp braking and cornering, the grandmother's dentures and antique necklace fly off one after another, and by the time they arrive home,──
Along with its uniqueness, the video also clearly demonstrates the mission assigned to the 'A-Class' lineup, topped by the A 45 AMG,Mercedes-Benztowards the brand. Is this a reflection of the German disposition, which doesn't settle for mere entertainment?