Mercedes A35 AMG 2019 review - better than a Focus RS? | Autocar
The most affordable AMG yet, the Mercedes-AMG A35 is the new entry-point to the world of Mercedes' high performance cars.
To see if it's an improvement on the fast but ultimately frustrating A45 AMG, Dan Prosser drives the A35 on the best roads on the Spanish island of Majorca.
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Didn't know Chris Martin did car reviews!
Griffin Nagel and that car is all yellow.....🤘🏻
*Easy - Got so Fed Up with Gwyneth Tripe about CO2 and taking Private Jet's everywhere to spout **-crap-** Rubbish about **_Destroy the Planet etc_** can you blame him?*
Really enjoy your reviews Dan!
I’ve got a M140i and absolutely love it, however I can’t deny Mercedes AMG is at the top right now. Every car they bring out is a hit. I’d be really interested in the new A45 and if this A35 is anything to go on it will be another hit.
keep that m140i and put a m sport diff in it
///M [R]S m140i is such an amazing car but I get why you’d want to go over to MB they’re doing amazing at the minute.
I WANT an M140i........except it isn't available in North America. RWD hatchbacks are awesome.
M140i ftw
Why didn’t you just buy a Merc then instead of the 140?
Dan is a great reviewer. No repetition of words. Particularly noticeable when he was talking about grip. Lovely
I can’t wait for the A45!!!!!
Can't wait for the A45, now that will be a beast🤘🤘😃
The new a class, goes extremely fast and still looks really depressed doing it
🤣🤣🤣😂
Sounds like me in bed then.
can u guys do a comparison of this car against M140i & S3? please?
Very interesting. Sounds like you’re suggesting it’s a lot like the golf r/s3. So is it better than them?
Dan Possner’s review are always ace.
Good review and presenter.
35k sounds okay for this car, but then I wonder what the price of the actual press car is like...
Petrolheadish almost certainly 45k+ 😛
Gas Pedal Subscribe yup both would be a more fun drive. The a35 would be quite nice to live with daily though and in winter
I’m waiting to buy one it’s gone from 32k to 36k 😤 it’s creeping up might be an M2 for me now
Petrolheadish I just specc’d one up with the optional Dampers, Premium Plus pack (the top trim available) and connectivity pack for under £40k.
Calvin Orr base price is actually £34,350
So is it all wheel drive when u want it to be or is that just a thing that kicks in when the from wheels lose traction
Nice. These A class AMGs will be fun little winter beaters to spice up our most dreaded and boring season of the year for us Car enthusiasts. Can't wait to pick up an A class AMG and the new Supra coming out (I want the BMW convertible but boy does it look ugly...)
What is the sound system like? Nobody every talks about it but it’s quite important 😂
wanna see if this new a45 can finally overtake the rs3 on a strait drag without any mods
Might be a clue in the fact they launched it somewhere with smooth roads.
Yeah, why did they make the a35? if the a45 will eventually be build?
Love the YELLOW!
Review great but missing 0-60 time and Top speed. Also it would be nice to hear the exhaust all the downshift pops and crackles
Best Hatchback EVER!!!
As a 1 series owner I shouldn't like this but I kinda of do. Still prefer RWD but since BMW are ditching it in the one I'll have to get used to AWD hatches
Is it normal that you can see the painted metal on the inside of the door. Or is that just more cost saving by Mercedes?
Very tempted.
Let see how would it be the result with the Golf R!
cant wait for A45 and comparison against RS3... pls pls pls
Or the a45s...
Why didn't show us that engine panel???
looks good
So is this better then the focus rs he didn’t say it was or it wasn’t
Interestingly the car he’s driving has the optional 19” wheels and night pack with no spoiler, but in the UK you have to have the chavvy aero pack in Order to have the larger wheels - annoying!
Is this one is the cheapest ??
The best hot hatch from previous years was the rs3
you should have take few minutes to show some of the car features, the dash board, the engine and just all around. just saying
How many times does he say “front axle” in his reviews
Looks excellent to me! Love it
It's mercedes-amg A35 thank you very much
Not a fan of mercs but that's a pretty hot design. :) Needs a manual.
Why not just make it the awd more red biased. Send power to the front if the rear starts to slip...
Sounds like a plan👍
So...is it better than the Focus RS?
can't wait for the B45 lol
Couldn't make my mind up on these so I've ordered and s3 instead. Some angles it looks great and others it looks horrible really not a fan of the back
This guy looks a bit like the Bishop Heahmund from Vikings
Front is outstanding. Rear needs improvement
This or M140i?
And this one probably won't quickly make it to the US market, either. Bought a Golf R in '15 because the A45 and RS3 couldn't be had here, and the Focus RS is so juvenile/cheap feeling.
The new a45 going to have over 400bhp that’s incredible for a stock everyday car like that I remember the days where Subaru’s and evos were fast with around 280-300hp
Paused it 50% through, not one word on this car and if it is good or bad yet. Loads on the old car and the Fous RS though.
I want this interior in my M240i
Not keen on that rattling noise
I cant wait for an all new a3/s3 from audi
A class hatch always looked a bit odd to me, prefer the saloon version.
CLA makes the saloon look retarted.
In France, this car is 10k€ cheaper than the audi S3... and I think I prefer this one !
Finished. This is the sort of mind-numbing review Autocar youtube did for years, recently they have been interesting and entertaining. Tough watch.
Maybe he should scream into the camera and make faces to entertain you? It's an informational review, not a stand up show. If you want to see clowns, look elsewhere.
@@MyRealName the clown seems to have found me.
@@red00eye Didn't expect you to make any sense after the ridiculous comment..
@@red00eye He just left you with no arguments, politely and accurately. And now, your pride prevents you to act like a grown-up. So if a "clown" can teach you that, then you are not in a pretty enviable position I am afraid
Paddles, makes everyone a racing superstar....
Just remember you’re payment exec-segment prices for a B segment car, and that B-segment car is built to make money on its base model. These are extortionate cars but people are lapping them up! It’s these over-arching ‘pinnacle’ models in the range are there to sell the lower ones and also to bump their prices up. On top of that the number of driving modes means it’s basically digital management of the car literally between corners, can’t the engineers just design a passive system that actually works? Oh no wait, it’s the digital system they plug in to the basic models to make them seem developed for the price they are selling them at...
A35 AMG Or M135i?
Should of had 325-335hpninstead of 302. If it really wants to beat contenders like the golf r (330hp in clubsport trim) , audi s3 (305hp) , megane rs ( 300hp) Focus rs ( 350 hp) , bmw m240i ( 328hp) ....
I know these cars are all about pedal to the metal and so on. But why does this bloke only drive on picturesque country roads like in a TV commercial? What's the car like where people actually drive - like in a busy town? Will it behave like a ballerina in a close parking spot when you have to climb a kerbstone? Now I can just guess what it might be like to rent for a day trip in Tuscany or on Mallorca...
This bloke can review...
you have copied the layout dialogue of chris harris videos.
Like there aren’t enough Mercedes models
LO MEJOR O NADA Karl Benz
NICE hatch, Old S3 and Golf R are less expensive for the same performance
The S3 and RS3 are pigs.. great in straight line but horrid understeer at all times.. look up Chris Harris' video don't take my word For sheer performance no small hatch comes close to the A45, but I'd still have an M2 or even an M240i/M140i over it
Stefan Petrov If hooned around a track, then yeah they understeer at the limit. Appeals to a different buyer. I’m not hating on BMW at all and love the M2, but understeer at the limit doesn’t ruin the RS3 completely. They’ve come a long way from older gens (that Harris is reviewing), and are pretty much neutral on the road where 99.9% of drivers will keep them. Just seems a bit unfair to totally discredit them on that basis alone.
Stefan Petrov m2 is more expensive than a TTRS...
@@johnqiu1659 the M2 is $60k and the TTRS is $65k. How is that more expensive? It is more expensive than an RS3 yes but not by much.
@@effa114 every car understeer expecially compacts with AWD... You moron. Still S3/RS3 understeer less that's why they are faster on track than Mercedes.
Nice to see the A35 already having a quicker reacting rear axle, 45 have the potential to be a riot
what is the benefit of a quick reacting rear axle? thanks
Get a approved BMW M140I shadow edition currently available for around £28k (340HP, 500NM, 0-60 4.6) better value and sounds way better
And You can have it with manual gearbox :)
340hp and only 0.1 second faster? Yeah great value lol. Btw a car is much more than a 0-60 time and in terms of the interior the bmw is far behind xD
@@tomasz899 exactly
@@DnBDubstepManiak1 Some how you manage to contradict yourself in your comment looool and who said it all about 0-60? Happy New Year btw
London Cars and Games rwd will never hit 0-60 quick than a 4wd
Very very nice , and good review . I`ve subscriebed back ! Enjoyable and relaxing .
Would still prefer a BMW M140i... as long as its available, it should the only choice of any serious car enthousiast for a hatch. Nicely balanced and throttle ajdustable chassis with 6 cylinder music over fancy gadgets and screen please.
35.5k pounds? damn thats cheap.. I bought my Evox for 120k pounds in Singapore...
Modern hot hatches don’t interest me anymore, sure that have lots of power and are fast but they are just boring. Gone are the days where they had different engine configurations, now they are just 2 litre 4 pot turbo and its rather boring. No longer are hot hatches really all that affordable which is sort of the point of a hot hatch.
Yes well now days you would...because you can,t bite the hand that feeds you.back in the day you would have said it was too expensive and reliability will be in question too not to mention iffy overpriced servicing.
Nothing says premium better than exposed painted and visible door inners!
So true. Just brand something as luxury and it is.@The Truth
Its a hot hatch, not a roller
@The Truth Number what? Lol. Bullshit.
It’s part of the design, just like the golf. Nothing to do with premium or not.
0:03 - A45, but it translates as A35... hmmmmm
He said 45 at the start
Possibly better but definitely not better to buy brand new than a focus r.
Why??? Just why that front design? What is wrong with MB....they had the best looking “faces” on the market less than a decade ago
Pay all that money and it looks like a normal A Class AMG line. Crazy bodywork should be shared with the A35 not just reserved for the A45.
You can order it with the aero package which has agressive, wing/difuser and front bumper.
There's a bodykit package you're able to option on it.
The Truth no you can get amg line cars that aren’t amg. Same as Audi’s s line etc
@The Truth AMG Line is more of a trim level rather than a full AMG car,rather like Audi's S Line,so your wrong!!
Thanks god it looks like any other AMG line without any oversized fancy spoiler. Love it as it is.
Is he comparing renault with mercedes? Noo way
The rear looks so much like a Kia Cerato. Yikes. Front isn't bad though. Golf R any day over this.
Unless of course you have some morals and don’t want to buy into the corrupt VW dynasty, of which former executives reside in prison
What did they do? Explain please
RapatipatooO What did VW do? Have you been living under a rock over the last few years? The HUGE diesel cheat device scandal?
how did they cheat exactly? i didnt read much into it.
RapatipatooO i think they had something on their diseal vehicles which would output false emmisions readings, so they could pass them
Wow... That introduction to the new 4matic was just torture, but at least I'll now know where that money went when an arsehole in one drives past me.
Handsome too except....... the rear end looks a bit like a Toyota.
Auto express review, said the interior looked nicer than the rs3. And reviewers wonder why no one listens to them. Laughable. That screen looks dreadful, so out of place.
Doesn't look aggressive enough. I'd rather Mégane Trophy, much more purposeful looking and engaging I imagine.
Mário Sousa aero pack changes the entire look to be 10x more aggressive
Why do cars need to look aggressive... to threaten to eat up anyone on the inside lane?
No Troll just what some people are into
@@Buzzshot_GW If I were into fast driving, the last thing I'd want would be a car that attracts unnecessary attention...
No Troll yeah that’s fair enough mate
Looks sharp from the outside, disappointing to see the yellow door pillars on the inside
Wait a second this is cheaper than the New supra and is almost as fast and is More practical
Just don’t like the Dash, it’s just not pleasing on the Eye, functional that’s what you’d call it, does the job, that’s it.
Jeez not vw golf r levels ? Wow what ride quality it gives you then 😂
Hands down the best looking hot hatch ever. A fat rear, sits nice on those wheels and an agressive front with all the luxury you can have. Very well done Benz
This is like a Golf GTI, but for richer folks who also wants AWD. Or a S3 that's actually new
Thank you, next > a45 amg
Chya Boi gay
MrMem2011 not really acceptable punctuation is it really
Budget class at premium prices, that's entry level AMG for you
No way is this car worth 35k
It better be superior to the RS since it costs 12% more
Elpin Gon far superior. Plus the badge is just a bonus
Still looks like a small people carrier.
Well...it is lol
Golf R makes more sense..... in a dark colour and no extras.
David Hayes sit in this car and compare the dashboard and amg extras. Gold looks boring as does bmw
jesus christ this review is boring, its a hot hatch, make it fun
That's a very nice VW Golf
In this color it looks fine, but in dark colours like grey, black for instance it’s boring, no matter its abilities....
Needs a manual
Man that thing looks like a kia
Nice little pocket rocket.