Best new cars 2019 – the most exciting new performance cars arriving this year - Best new cars 2019 – the most exciting new performance cars arriving this year

Mercedes

Mercedes’ extensive roster of new models, and its AMG derivatives, promises to keep the Mercedes press departments busy for the rest of 2019, but without a doubt it’s the new A45, and its platform mates that is most interesting for us. Promising a new, rear-biased all-wheel-drive system, and a power figure of over 400bhp from its 2-litre turbocharged four-cylinder engine, we’re hoping the A45 will finally have the driving feel to match its potent performance potential.

> Click here for more on the upcoming A45 AMG

Elsewhere, Mercedes’ E-class will undergo its mid-life update, taking its AMG variants along for the ride. AMG will also apply its hand to the new GLE to create the GLE63, with the same to apply to the massive new GLS. Mercedes’ big two – the S-class and C-class – are both due total overhauls in 2020 and 2021, missing out on our 2019 deadline.

Peugeot

Peugeot’s 508 PSE arguably stole the (mainstream) show at the Geneva motor show this year, and even though it was touted as a concept, a production version (with less power) should be with us before the end of the year.

 > Click here for more on the Peugeot 508 PSE Concept

Expect Peugeot to remain tight-lipped about a new 208 GTi though, as it focuses on launching the standard and electric 208-e models before the end of the year.

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