2020 Mercedes-AMG CLA 35 vs Audi S3 vs BMW M235i Gran Coupe // Face-Off 

Basically a S4 2008. Such a nice car

The S3 is great because it looks a little dated. The newest range of Audis is soooooo much plainer than the last one, which is saying something.

Haron H. Yea I dunno about that a V8 compared to a turbo 4

@@f181234 oh I was agreeing with Amir about the look and size of the car compared to newer bloated cars

Because Audi still in the early 2010

Doug Demuro and Maserati would disagree.

I'm glad I was too poor and had to settle for the old m235i 😝 the straight 6 is a blast 🧨

@@k.almohammadii You ain't never lied

well imagine they stopped making muscle cars with v8's and all had v6 turbos with all wheel drive

the only other vehicles that come to mind are the "new" ford ranger and explorer, just gets decimated by every reviewer for cheap plastics and feeling a generation behind, and those things ain't cheap!

omg this is perfect

The fact they're on Bing brings it home

"what did you think of the bmw?" "I didn't drive a BMW." "What was it?" "I don't know what it was, but i didn't like it"

*church tour.

Maybe Doug can review it on his More Doug DeMuro channel🤔

Funny how i knew exactly which car you were talking about

Lol

@@F30_bpdr hahhahaha lol

This is gold.

this should be top comment. people must be warned

I know the feeling :(

Years ago i owned an old beat-up 1986 E28 520i. The shark nose one. I would chose that car over this M235i any day. Every drive was a pleasure.

@@DolleHengst Shark nosed BMW's are the best looking of them all, by a long shot.

what bmw though?

@@dougrobinson8602 disagree

Uchiha good choice

@@tp3821 I would go for the CLA tbh (if I could afford it of course lol)

I have that s3, love it

Antonio Diaz, the interior of the Merc is crappy. Cheap materials are all over

@@livegoodeathealthy5049 meh reliability aint great for mine 🤣 turbo blew up at 30k

How about no

Cla has the best interior hands down. The new S3 interior is really nice tho old ones aren’t it for me.

@@jwanilpatel3223how bout yes. Audi over the other 2. EASILY

Same but they have been disappointing me heavy lately, interiors need more of a wow factor, 2 is ugly, 4 is ugly. Unfortunate:(

Just look at the A- pillar.

the new one series is also shit, this 235i is derived from it and it shows...

@@tasosss bmw never had "wow" interiors, so surely you bmw has been disappointing u for the last 40 years then

Fearzzy lol no we own two bmws currently and we love them, i had an e46 first car, now an e90 facelift and my next will be the g20 3 series. But there was never such a big difference from mercedes and bmw interiors until recently. Thats why im disappointed.

I just want them to review an ms3

Or a a45s

And a 5 banger which basically sounds like a v10 cut in half!! Audi easy the best.

@@AYOnYASS but drives like a mini Van

@@NN-ci6ox it does not drive like a minivan it’s 6 inches shorter than a Corolla and has Awd that makes you feel like you’re connected on rails lol

@@KO-iw3vu 6 inches shorter? No body is going to like that 😂

Definitely, we have an A3 and it still looks so good

The bones of the car might be from 2013, but the look of the car in this review has only been with us since 2017...it hasn't had much time to age at all.

Aged well but honestly it’s ancient now... 😂

Audi is too conservative

@@DeeeBeee123 It is perfect. Remember VW owns porsche seat skoda and so on ~ if they would go in the bmw direction they would not need porsche anymore etc.... Audi is in the right place in its company.

That’s complete garbage. Anyone who says those things is just saying stuff to keep someone happy.

@@ThrottleHouse Totally agree with you.

@@ThrottleHouse It definitely doesn't drive like a balanced rear wheel drive car. And this car is massive let down especially the way it looks. But I do understand why they going fwd. Its a cost saving method. Thomas is absolutely right when he says rather go for a base model fwd only version like a 230i.

Throttle House Respect the authenticity, it really sets this channel apart 🙌

Cheslyn Owens yeah thats the funny part. Its a cost saving measure and its still more expensive than the old one

Thanks for the heads up

Yep cheers, gone.

Same

You are not alone!! 😆

You need to read the description of the video before you watch it...If there gonna race the cars...it will say...Drag Race...

As an M240i owner I can only shake my head

Stryker Lenz bruh your car is ancient, got the interior from 7 years ago 😂

@@priyamggg not really.

They keep the 2 series coupe and cabrio rwd. Just this 1 series sedan is getting the fwd.

@@questionyourself718 not really what?

the audi looks worse

@@Hi-kk1fu It looks the best out there, M235i looks so wrong in all angles this S3 looks better than the newest A3, the lines are just perfect. While the M235i might have the BMW badge, it doesn't make it look better than the S3 instantly. The car's proportions are wrong, they don't even fit any car. The front looks like someone tried to squeeze the X6 design into a small sedan, the side looks like a cheap rental car, the rear also looks like a X6 squeezed into a small sedan. Even the economy small sedans look way better. You'd have to be a BMW-douche or blind to call the S3 uglier than the M235i.

Nissan Fairlady Z the BMW to me looks like an angry hamster with food in its cheeks

Are you joking, the Audi is ancient and looks like a dead a3

Naughty!! 😈

1-2 punch right there

Bmw for life

Yeah! We don't want our drinks watered down, we want it raw and hardcore! Spike that shit! Sprinkle in some drugs here or there. There are plenty of cars we could get that are more subdued, M and AMG badges should be reserved for those drinks that have been left at a risky bar in between 2 sketchy characters while you take your time in the bathroom fumbling around looking for your drugs, only for you to come out and redundantly extra-spike your drink yourself. I guess I want my car to have the ability to have some sort of roid rage

How is it watering down, this isn’t an m2, it’s not the full M, isn’t that obvious you dumbass

PYXB3 your so dumb man, there not meant to be fully fledged M and amg cars, hence the 43 and 235, my god u guys are dumb hahaha

Priyam Gajjar that doesn’t matter they still assigned an M and AMG badge to them so they’d better live up to it. It doesn’t matter if it’s not a full M or AMG even cars like the m240i and other lesser AMG cars are still dynamically excellent but these just aren’t

Blame marketing. “The kids love badges! Add more badges!!”

@Colicus Jones the panamera name is longer

Land Rover Range Rover Velar SV Autobiography Dynamic Edition. Definitely the longest name haha

@@ufk7897 never heard someone say I own a land rover range rover 🤔

Rishab Gangopadhyay SAME

Wtf? The Mercedes looks terrible 😅😂

Zerberster nope but the bmw looks terribly awful 🤢🤮

Zerberster The mercedes looks like a mercedes. I have no f-ing clue what that thing with a BMW badge looks like.

It looks like a Kia Forte on the front and the back looks like a Toyota Prius.

Zerberster The Mercedes looks the best out of all these 3 cars by a mile

BMW's "core customers" buy a 3 series or a 5 series. Always did, always will do.

@@BFD15i and a 1 series even the new one, I've seen loads.

As a Chinese, I had to say no to this. The new gen bmw has lost its soul and mind. The g20 3 series and the g30 5 series has become a soft sedan among the competitors. Not to mention the front wheel drive 1 series. But they didn’t lose their looks on the outside. But holy shit the new m235i just went one extra step further and became a pure trash inside out. I love bmw from way back but man I’m disappointed and disgusted about the new lineup of bmw.

Only bmw? All car production company thinks about China's market

Levani inaveL I hope not otherwise it’s going to be ruined for car lovers just to satisfy car ruiners

I hope they do the same vid later when comes to America 🙏

We will when it does

@@jamesengelsman9369 thank u Mr James u make us proud to be Brits

I‘m so excited because the cla 45 amg is sooo goood so Audi needs to step up their game. (Rs3)

Next month bro ✅

"4 door coupe" 😅😅

Ye I think they fucked up C63s are all RWD

@@farbodniazi6504 wrong

aka _sphen all c63’s are rwd, new ones will most likely be awd but thats not out yet.

@@aka_sphen872 I don't think anything I said was wrong

North American "car reviewers" very often really are just like trashtalking douchebags, sorry! Reality here in Germany is, that the new BMW 2 Series Gran Coupe always gets great reviews, from the most different people. How is this possible? Because they understand the intention from BMW to build this car! North Americans are just totally annoying these days.... I know, these two guys here are Canadian and British, but this doesn't matter. It's even worse with US "car fans", because when you have an US president, who is the most disgusting fucking bastard of all times, this must have a reason... He got elected by a lot of people ;-). North Americans and their "opinions" sometimes are just fucking "asymmetrically". You just don't understand what BMW did with this car, buddies! It really doesn't fucking matter at all, that this new 2 Series four door car now has a front drive architecture. Because BMW engineered it so well, that it's still a great driving car with a very sophisticated AWD, period! If you still want your "old shit" in a compact car, you just have to wait a bit, because the new BMW 2 Series two door Coupe with only RWD will be out soon. BMW and MINI are part of the same company and therefore it has an important reason for BMW to relate the M235i 2 liter engine with 305 hp and AWD with the high powered MINI-versions with the same drivetrain. Fact is, that all these cars are just excellent! By the way, BMW has figured out that more than 90% of customers of these cars don't have any clue anyway if it's RWD or AWD...! For a BMW business case these AWD compact cars just are NOBRAINERS! There's simply no other solution than AWD with the M235i Gran Coupe, because it has a huge number of parts in common with the 305 hp MINI versions.... period! Just shut the fuck up, because you are talking too much nonsense! The new RWD 2 Series Coupe with only two doors will have a completely different drivetrain architecture and will be related to the 3 Series. Therefore it will still have the inline six- cylinder engines plus RWD. It's quite hypocritical from these guys, because the AWD system in a BMW M5 gets the highest sympathies from all these smart-asses, but in a smaller compact package like the 2 Series four door version they still want to have "RWD only". It doesn't make any sense at all, if you have so much power which you can't get on the tarmac in such a smaller car. Seriously, having more than 300 turbo hp in a compact car without AWD these days is just fucking STUPID! Just eat it, you annoying North American "hypercritical" smart-asses. Fact is, that some other carmakers with still only front drive architecture in cars with more than 300 hp just can't keep up with the high amount of traction you get with AWD like in the M235i. These two guys in the video are really talking too much of bullshit about the M235i. Turbo engine power torque plus superior AWD traction plus still a well handling smaller package like in the 2 Series Gran Coupe is all what matters. These two guys can tell what they want, because the BMW is the best driving car in comparison with the older Audi S3 and the AMG CLA35, period! German car testers have figured this out immediately by the way... Strangely, a lot of American "car fans" still can't get over from the combination of bigger and heavy engines plus RWD, which they still mean that a BMW M car has to have.... Just wake up idiots, because times are changing these days! Here in Europe now it's fucking impossible for carmakers to produce 6.2 liter supercharged V8 engines plus "only RWD" in bigger numbers, like in the new Corvette C8 for example... ;-) North Americans sometimes really are like dumb little children, who still don't get it that things are changing, because they still want to have what they are used, but what has getting quite impossible in the rest of the world. "Fuck emission laws, because we have all the cheapest fuels made from our US fracking oil... yeah!" Sorry, dear North Americans, but you are disgusting... and totally wrong! And you still don't get the intentions from BMW, that building a car like the M235i Gran Coupe makes totally sense.

SJW Maniac Ok 👍

SJW Maniac Dude nobody is reading that, this is RU-vid.

@@user-jf8gd3lv7q Kind of harsh opinion toward North Americans, but many of your points are accurate. The reality is this was just a couple guys giving very biased subjective opinions. The cars are not matched from a price point. The Audi is the least expensive, slowest and, sorry, but looks at least a decade dated to me. If someone showed me that car and asked "how do you like my 2008 Audi?" I wouldn't think twice about the model year. The benz does have the best exterior styling but over-done interior, and I like the interior of the BMW much better despite the Bimmer being 10K less expensive. I would bet the BMW is the fastest straight line and on the track too, but no way of knowing that from watching these guys.

@@pinkyless exactly nobody is reading all that

Don't insult Hyundai

Don’t talk to me and my Veloster N ever again!

Bruh Hyundai is great now

The screen can go away on theirs too. That’s a thing everywhere I believe they made a mistake.

I believe the newer S3's above 2018 removed that feature due to backup camera regulations. So now the button is mapped to an on/off switch.

Yeah, for some reason the S3/Golf R in North America is detuned (EUDM has 300hp+, USDM models used to be 292hp but have gone down to 288hp for some reason???)

pokerfred68 I have the s3 and love it. My next car will be the g20 m340i just like u

The M340i wagon is the one to go for, in my opinion. Probably the best all-rounder for a decent enough price

In 2 more years!

kartik bitra it's an evolution remember. Audi remakes are always subtle

Love my S3 too. Stage 2 E85 now

I've been looking for an RS3 and they are like unicorns lol. I ended up snagging a '21 A35. I'm happy but I still want an RS3 lol.

@@mikehawk120 there’s about 6 in my area for sale. Thinking about snagging one. 53k

At least it doesn't belong as a M car.

It's even ugly as a normal car , it looks cheap and like it was stung by a bee, literally only sold for the badge, you won't be sacrificing much going even with a base genesis or a nicely equipped mazda

They always are. Audi only competed against Audi’s. Not really a competitor against Mercedes or BMW

@@TheRealBobMarley good point tbh

@Draggy654 Everyone agrees though s3 is the ugliest exterior and interior and it’s exhaust note is non existent. Even slightly faster no one would choose that over a c43...

@@TheRealBobMarley Guess you’ve never seen much cars. The A3 we have is way better than the A Class my cousin owns, and I see a lot of A3’s on the road, you got something with Audi bud?

@@wolfsburvviann I think I’ve heard Audi only competes with itself ohh, I don’t know, two hundred times? Cmon man

Jake G More like a KIA.. If they black out the grills

The best choice