First. Car. LIVE! #9: [Mercedes A210 Evolution AMG] Rate it in the comments below.
Intro: Thanks for the tips in the last one. I should pay more attnetion to how cars handle and not only their power. That being says, let’s go with this one. The 10th one is so close and it’s gonna be special.
We are starting hard with a rather unusual inline-4.
First of all it’s 2.1L engine and so it’s just barely over the 2.0L tax tier. Secondly, it’s an OHC, so only 2 valves per cylinder, which, again, is very unusual for a hot hatch.
Anyway, it has 140HP and 205Nm of torque. Quite low, but you can’t really complain.
This is one of the forgotten Evolution models from Mercedes and also the cheapest AMG. (The AMG styling came sepparatelly from what i’ve read.)
But, although being underpowered, it’s still really cool.
It’s the most affordable real AMG and a jawdropper nonetheless.
Since there is quite a lot of work to be done to achieve my target 100HP/L, i’ll start with making the valves larger. It has only 8 of them, so i should make the best of them. After a port and polish of the said valves, machining the pistons to fit the new valves would be mandatory. After that, i would install a small supercharger kit, which would be the tiny but powerful Aisin AMR500. It’s a pocket rocket sized roots supecherger.
I would tune it to run at around 8PSI to produce almost 40HP.
Next up would be the intake and exhaust. And to push the most power of it, i would DIY it into a 4-2-1 exhaust.
Finally get that software tuned to tie it all together and hopefully have 220HP.
The car is extremelly cheap nowadays and that supercharger is barely under 160€. The whole thing shouldn’t cost more than 2000€ after selling the old parts.
This would really be a fun project and a head turner.
It’s a real Evolution and a real AMG at the same time and it could be someone’s first car.
I chose to supercharge it because that supercharger is very cheap and it fits in a tiny car like this without any problem.
This is also quite practical because of how tall it is. It has a lot of cargo space, since the W168 was so purpose built. And even has 4 doors with detachable rear seats.
Scores
Last Score:
7.40 Renault Laguna RXE
Best Score:
8.90 Citroen ZX Coupe 16V
Comments
Cargo space is truly impressive in thia one.
Evolution badge
Ooh, I love the A210 W198!
10/10
Thanks. :)
It’s so weird and cool.
I’m not a big fan of the looks do 7/10 cuz the other things are really awesome.
Cool. What do you like the most from this post?
Also, next I’m gonna write about Passat B7. Any things you would want me to add about the car? Personally, I prefer B6 over it. What about you?
B6 all the way, but it’s basically the same as the B7.
They both have an R model and an R-Line kit.
And i think they both come with 4Motion.
I dunno what you can add about it.
I never really liked the Passat.
I’m more of a Jetta guy.
Lovely! 10/10 first car unicorn if you can find one! :)
Actually i found a lot of them in germany and the transportation is not that expensive. 😂
7/10 just because it’s unique, don’t really like the exterior… And the interior…
What do you think of a Skoda VRS (Fabia or Octavia) for the next?
That’s for a later episode. I want the 10th one to be special for me.
You can probably guess what it is.
But don’t spoil it. 😂
7.25/10. Weird looking car. Probably has something fun about it underneath.
No, not really.
All the punch it packs is in the price and AMG-ness.
I hate mercs
But why? I mean, if this wasn’t from Mercedes and it was just from a random brand, what’s so bad about it?
God I hate these, so ugly and I feel like its just waiting to tip over… 4/10.Btw have you considered a Citroen Saxo VTS?
I already did a Citroen, i’mma wait a little. I kinda wanna do the C4 VTS first. Saxo VTS and Xsara VTS are also on the list.
Citroen kept pumping dope cars. I dunno which one first.
Might do the Saxo since it’s less known.