New Mercedes-AMG A35 review - 300bhp hot hatch squares up to the VW Golf R

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The hot hatch power war shows no signs of slowing. You can now buy a BMW 1 Series with 335bhp, a Ford Focus with 345bhp, or an Audi A3 with as much as 395bhp. So the new AMG-badged A-Class must be nudging 400bhp, right?

Wrong. This is the all-new Mercedes-AMG A 35 – designed not as a range flagship, but to plug a gap between the A 250 and the forthcoming A 45. It’s a VW Golf R rival developing 302bhp and 400Nm of torque.

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