Baby's First AMG? | 2021 Mercedes AMG A35 

prices do not drop that quickly post COVID, due to short supply, cant get any discounts now form dealer s too and you need to wait from production line

The GR Yaris isn't available in North America?!

@@tjk9263 Toyota has slapped its most profitable market in the face by refusing to sell us any of the 25,000 they are making.

To bad, the hype over the Yaris GR in Europe is crazy

@@rightlanehog3151 I want one also, but due to hatches being pulled from the USA market by nearly all makers bar VW and the GTI and R there is no way they are bringing it over.

@@rightlanehog3151 Oh come on. You get a 180 hp 4-cylinder Sienna minivan instead. And RAV4 Prime with insane oversteer no Yaris GR can match (look up its moose test). Toyota USA sucks. I dumped the brand decades ago.

Me too, and there is a good reason why. Just something awesome about being pushed rather than being pulled. Handling dynamics oversteer vs understeer.

Yes, it’s just something great to be pushed by this dynamic in my Chevette

@@windanthonystream facts. it just feels different. not tryna flex but i have a 911 i daily drive and i just found out how much in destroying the value of it, so i went out a bought a kona n just for shits and giggles and it feels mad weird being pulled around vs pushed

What!?!?!?!?🤣🤣

I ended up getting the C43 actually. Even though its MSRP is at $67k for the one I wanted, it ended up leasing for almost $200/month less than the A35. The C43's interior is more quality to me than the A class. It does not have the 2-screens but the A class's screen actually gets a lot of glare depending on the sun's position as well; I did not like it at all. Also, the C43 is actually faster and sounds a lot better. The 0-60 time in the A35 and CLA45 are actually calculated using launch control. The C43 does NOT have launch control and that's why its 0-60 time is 4.5 seconds. If you don't use launch control at all, then the C43 is still faster than the A35 and even faster than the CLA45. It also pulls pretty hard top end due to the 6-cylinder biturbo.

We get the C43 wagon in Canada.

You have a point but the Mercedes is definetly better (if money wasn’t an option)

@@kristians2704 i think the problem to me is that its not better enough, i'm not the target audience for this car, but i struggle to see how there even is a target audience. There are better options within Merc's own lineup that are better choices for the money, and depending on why you would buy this car, there are better options like the Elantra N for 20,000$ less. I don't think that the Merc is actually better, regardless of how much it costs. They both have DCTs, the Elantra N has a little less power, they both have pretty nice interiors, obviously the Merc is going to be nicer, but is it really 20k nicer? The Elantra is more practical as well, with a trunk that can hold 5 roller bags and better headroom. I don't get why anyone would buy this particular A35, if it had AWD or it had way more horsepower then i might understand, but 57k for this thing? Why?

@@ender25ish it has AWD btw. But yeah I agree that with options this car is overpriced.

@@kristians2704 Is the one he is testing AWD? i was under the impression it was FWD, if it is AWD then the price is marginally more understandable, but its 5-10k too much for what you're getting.

@@ender25ish It has a FWD platform but all A35 models are AWD

It's a size class larger, more of a C-Class competitor.

You can get it for 50k, and if you need cruise control sounds like you need a bus instead

@@_baller what distances do you travel usually? To the store and back to home? Lmao. Cruise control is an ancient tech (2000era Mercedes cars had it). And its awesome. Radar cruise? Even more so.

Well yes but, that automatic emergency braking could lower your insurance costs. The theory is that the computer would have faster reflexes than a human 🤔🤨

@@chiluco2000 it's not just a theory, AEB saved me from getting into an accident. It started braking a half-second before I could react and I avoided rear ending someone by a couple inches. (And yes, I was paying attention to the road the entire time).

@@chiluco2000 it’s sad that a Corolla under 20K has all the driving assist systems standard

You may have a particular preference (and so do I) but there are people who like this type of vehicle as opposed to coupes, less expensive alternatives and the like. Everyone has different tastes, but it’s clear by Mercedes, BMW and Audi all following a similar recipe that there are a lot of people that have such preferences.

It’s not worth it in my opinion

People that care about interior quality and technology get the Germans

@@kristians2704 And pay the price in lousy reliability and high maintenance and repair costs. Really, there isn't anything all that technologically innovative about this model.

@@markmiller3279 this is why many are leased. Owning a car like this post-warranty is dubious. Mercedes is not trying to compete with a Honda that looks like a 12 year old styled it. I wouldn’t personally be caught dead driving a type r. That is an aspirational car for young males who got their first job and just squeezed out enough from each pay check for its payments.

One could say the same about a stinger instead of a Ferrari, but in one case you’re still driving a Kia.

@@patty109109 lol 😂

Having driven all 3 cars several times, the CLA35 is a league above the stinger and the K5 isn't even in the same solar system.

Strange, because it's smaller vehicles that have been proliferating like bunnies in the Mercedes lineup in recent years. No company can stay in business selling just big luxury cars. The profit margins are high, but the volumes are far too low to support a company.

@@markmiller3279 not so, they’re making the smaller cars but they’re not selling. I own the stock and have seen annual financials.

The rear seats in the regular A are usable for adults, if not massively spacious. If you only carry adults back there occasionally, and for shorter trips, it's fine. The Chinese buyers of luxury cars almost all have drivers, so stretched models are fairly common.

@@markmiller3279 Bro your impression is a bit biased🤣Only for 7 series / A8L / S class cars there will be a paid driver. For things like 56e and 34c they all have long wheel based versions which are just much more practical and sells so much better than standard wb versions.

I’d have to drive both, but one reason I may choose this is the build quality/fit and finish.

@@ALMX5DP me too

no

Before owning a Tesla I could see cross shopping a car like this against a Model 3. Now there isn’t a sedan built that I would take over a Tesla besides maybe the Tycan.

@Ayush Malpeddi I see plenty of 5-15 year old German cars on the road, try not to be too hyperbolic there. Also in this price category and market segment, most owners don’t keep their cars much past the warranty period anyways, so I really don’t see the issue for them.

Arguably more fun, but the A45s is definitely the hottest hatch currently. Crazy power, sophisticated torque vectoring AWD and quick shifting DCT. I’d rather have the GR Yaris, but the Merc is a beast.

If you want to drive Mercedes you have to pay.

They are cashing in on their former glories at every opportunity.

as someone who bought one, i can tell you i have never once commented on how it felt fwd. it just sticks and grips, and never slips. i launch it more than i probably should, even in the rain i don't sense the power going from the front to the back; it happens realtime. it's a wonderful driving car, not very refined but in terms of dynamics i place it at the top of the class, having test driven the competitors

@@myemailiscool I got you … with modern electronic systems enabling it can do torque vectoring almost instantaneously making the vehicle behave predictably across a numerous situations. But considering the fact that mercs and bmvs were once known for their drivetrain arrangent ie.. RWD bias with equal weight distribution, modern iterations took a totally different path and its hard to recognize them as they are. But 400hp hatch, needless to say it is special though

@@rightlanehog3151 Front wheel drive 1 & 2 series and even X1 :)

@@cyrilmatthew2995 but when Acura and Lexus constantly make FWD vechiles nobody complains.

I’m sticking w my 40K Camry XSE v6. Those 17K in savings could go a long way...

True

wtf are you talking about fanboy, why would Toyota take note and build a $50k Corolla...

@@Mgoblagulkablong I'm not a fan of Mercedes. But those performances numbers would be great for the 2022 corolla gr or camry trd

@@Mgoblagulkablong They build a 42k Corolla which is basically the UX...

Toyota is fine. Actually the Toyota’s on the TNGA platform are better than their Lexus counterparts

You can always buy the regular A-Class instead of the AMG. It will be quieter, ride better, and be just as nice inside (which is really, really nice). OK, it won't be quick, but it will drive like a normal car. The squeaks and rattles are alarming, but press cars are often treated badly, so likely developed prematurely. The softer suspension of the non-AMG model would probably cause fewer of them. My problem with these cars is their lousy reliability. Mercedes did horribly in the latest Consumer Reports reliability ratings, with the brand as a whole far below average (and below Audi and BMW), and without any models even approaching average. Sad.

@@markmiller3279 Poor reliability is a many decades long trademark of Mercedes. Every one I have owned was terrible. If you can't deliver a press car for reviewers without squeaks and rattles what can retail customers expect.

Amber is the proper color for turn signals.

@@ALMX5DP There is no proper color for a turn signal. If it signals your turn, it’s working effectively.

@@CarNut43 nah it’s been proven that color matters, and amber helps to be more visible hence why it’s mandatory in many countries.

@@ALMX5DP Actually, no, it hasn't. It's the flashing that captures the attention. The color barely registers.

@@markmiller3279 so explain this quote “ In 2008, NHTSA (the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, responsible for writing U.S. vehicle safety standards) released tentative findings that amber (“yellow”) turn signals are up to 28% more effective at avoiding crashes than red ones. Then, in 2009, they released preliminary findings that across all situations, including those in which turn signals don’t matter, vehicles with amber rear turn signals are 5.3% less likely to be hit from behind than otherwise-identical vehicles with red ones.”

A dated IS? No thanks

@@yes8032 no the new 2021 is 300 have u seen the review on it? Really nice job they did on it.. and I would take an older one as well over any merc benz they are the most reliable car in the world and they have the highest resale value out of any auto maker!!

@@cbruno12180 I’ve seen it it’s quite beautiful the problem is the dated interior and lack of technology by the way doesn’t it compete whit the c class?

@@yes8032 I own a KIA and love how you compare them to Lexus! 😉

@@chiluco2000 thx

Lol no

Why would I buy from a company that can’t figure out how to turn off syslogging and subsequently ruin the eMMC flash?