Concept Car : Mercedes Benz A 200 Avantgarde
 

Now you might like this thing but it is the uglies hatchback I have ever seen!

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-General Specifications-
Country of origin: Germany
Year of introduction: 2004
Numbers built: N/A
Body design: N/A
Weight: 1270 kg / 2799.9 lbs

-Drivetrain-
Engine: Straight 4
Engine Location: Front, transversely mounted
Displacement: 2.034 liter / 124.1 cu in
Valvetrain: 2 valves/cylinder, SOHC
Fuel Feed: Fuel injection
Aspiration: Naturally Aspirated
Gearbox: 5 Speed Manual
Drive: Front wheel drive

-Performance Figures-
Power: 136 bhp / 101.5 kW @ 5750 rpm
BHP/Liter: 66.9
Torque: 185 Nm / 136.4 ft lbs @ 3500-4000 rpm
Power To Weight Ratio: 0.11 bhp/kg
Top Speed: 124.3 mph / 200.0 km/h
0-60 mph Acceleration: 9.50 s

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Is it just me or does it look a lot like a Prius?

Eeeww...total ass. And not only that, but it doesn't have very impressive performance figures to back it up.

Absolutely hideous. If the Prius got hit in the face with a frying pan, cartoon-style, this is what you'd get.

Alternately, I could say that it's the bastard child of a Ford Aspire and a Toyota Prius wiht an extra chromosome (in the same way that a Camaro and a 300ZX having an illegitimate child would look like a new Saturn)

Looks tons like a Prius, I thought the same thing.

wording
 

just for your information


look at the name of the car


AVANT GUARDE = against the norm

I like it - the standard A-class is okay, but this is a huge improvement.

They need to do a production version of the twin-engined variant from a few years back.

I think that they supplied them to David Coulthard and Mika Hakkinen.

They had two engines - one in the front, one in the back, 130 brake at each end, and were apparently quite fast.

I just saw a MB A Class whiz past me on the street the other day.... that was pretty weird.

Mercedes rolls another ugly ass car off their assembly line...

Mercedes loves to make dog-ugly , kitchen-appliance looking cars.
They have succeeded, yet again. Woohooo. Wow, why wouldn't everyone want this real winner of a car? I mean, it has low power, atrocious styling, and doesn't even look expensive!

Wait, how much is the MB name worth ? Probably enough to make this bastard child of a prius $30,000 .

Boo, Mercedes sells its A-class successfully in europe. They're meant to be econo cars.

It reminds me of a mouse.

How is that?

It looks like a Suzuki what ever they are called

I've seen tons of them here in Japan. People want them to show off. "See, I have a Benz". They're cute I guess but for the money there are lots of better cars out there.

i saw some similar to that one (mercedes and other brands) while in europe a few weeks ago. they have some awesome looking compact cars with diesels and gas that i honestly wouldn't mind having so i can have my truck for just a desert toy.

Haven't found any pictures of the A190 Twin yet, but I have some specs :

2x 1.9 liter engines, 300bhp (or 250, depending on what you read)
0-62 (ie. 0-100kmh) in 5.7 seconds.
Top speed 230 kmh.
Pulls 1.03G on the skidpan, which is pretty darned amazing.

The best links I've found :

http://www.suntimes.co.za/1999/04/25/sport/sport20.htm

http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/S...5350/atwin.htm

Last site has quite a few images ...