FEBRUARY 28 - MARCH 5 | 2020
2020 Mercedes-AMG A35
Ŷ WORTH THE PRICE: Purposeful lines of the hot AMG A35 are a strong hint as to what’s under the bonnet.
THE new Mercedes-AMG A35 is the lowest cost model ever offered by the company's high-performance division. Not that about $75,000 by the time it's on your driveway is exactly cheap, but you do get not only excellent engineering and driving pleasure, but also a strong dose of prestige. Though it's often seen as purely a city car the A35 is also an excellent open road machine. Note, however, that its speed is limited to 250 km/h.
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STYLING The guys and gals in the AMG styling department have given the A35 a bold look. It has aerodynamically optimised 19-inch alloy wheels with a twin-spoke design; side sill panels that are in a similar shape to others in the AMG Line; a radiator grille with twin lou-
By EWAN KENNEDY vres; AMG Line front apron with flics on the air intakes; a front splitter and silver chromed trim elements. All our friends in the hot car business liked what they saw, even those who sometimes screw up their faces when we talk about what they call “overpriced Euro cars”. INTERIOR Leather seats have a nice sporty look and dual-zone climate control was much appreciated during the far-too-muggy spell of weather in our home base on the Gold Coast. The rear seats aren’t spacious enough to regard this as a comfortable four-adult car, as is often the way in this class three grown-ups and a child will be fine if the front passenger
is willing to slide their seat forward a little. There's an AMG steering wheel with a flattened lower section, perforated leather in the grip area and red contrasting stitching. INFOTAINMENT The Mercedes' twin 10.25-inch screens in a widescreen digital cockpit are simple to use thanks to the company's new MBUX interface. ENGINES / TRANSMISSIONS The little AMG A35 is powered by a 2.0-litre four-cylinder turbo-petrol engine with 225 kW (306 hp) of power. Torque is 400Nm between 3000 and 4000rpm. That sort of grunt means it has allwheel-drive through an AMG SPEEDSHIFT 7G dual-clutch transmission.
SAFETY It comes as no surprise that the little Mercedes-AMG easily achieved a five-star safety rating. It's crammed full of gear to help drivers out of trouble, and if the worst still happens, to minimise injury or prevent death. DRIVING It’s obviously not as quick as its big brother the AMG A45 in straight line acceleration but the A35 has got excellent pick up that's significantly better than some V8 engines not that many years ago. Okay, that's not really an apples-with-apples comparo but if you're well off and have a big V8 Brock, Falcon GT or the like in your garage this Merc-AMG may well be an ideal daily driver. Ŷ Continued page 3
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