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We are with Mercedes A200.
The A Class that have been requested by you for a long time have been facelifted and attained a younger look.
Now it is standing next to me as this week’s test guest.
Let’s see if A200 have nice features as its appearance?
Let’s analyze it together.
Let’s start to talk about the A Class, as always, from its design.
For one thing, colors and pleasures are indisputable
but in my opinion the A Class looks better than its rivals in the compact premium class namely, Audi A3, BMW 1 Series and Volvo V40.
In this, certain details have a share.
Primarily, this bumper that comes with the AMG packet possesses very different design.
The crystal-looking grill with wide air intake in my opinion grabs much attention.
Furthermore, the underside with wide air intake also stands out.
Come on; let’s also look at this car from the side.
The proportion of the A Class looks very well from the sides.
Especially, this line that start from the front and ascending towards the rear gives the car a dynamic look.
Of course I should mention the wheel rims briefly.
This green colors you see in front of the car and around the perimeter of the wheel rims comes with an extra outfit called Motorsport Edition.
This sends a reference to the Formula 1 team of Mercedes and AMG Petronas team.
Let’s look at the rear of the car.
Alright, what kinds of differences are there in the rear?
I can say that there are not great differences here.
The high point here is naturally the taillights.
There is no change at the exterior design but because of the interior design change you realize that A200 has been renewed when you look from the rear.
The bumper, as the one in front, due to AMG design has a sportive look.
The green color again sends reference to the Petronas team.
OK let me tell you briefly what is in the boot.
This place offers 341 liters loading capacity.
It is smaller than its rivals BMW 1 Series and Audi A3 Sportback.
It satisfies the expectations of this class.
In my opinion, it has one disadvantage and that the loading bay is narrow and you struggle a bit when loading big articles.
When you consider the size of the car the rear seats of the A Class naturally is not very wide.
I think the knee room offered here is good.
I cannot say the same for the headroom.
It is not very generous here.
You can hit your head especially when you want to move it.
But it is able to satisfy the expectations of this class.
We have come to the snowy cold winter days, as just now, from the hot summer days when I shot with shorts.
The shooting outside was really quite hard, I was cold, but now interior of the car is warm and I continue to drive in comfort here.
The reason that the interior is cozy not only because of the warm air coming from the heater but also that the appearance wise it is hot.
I personally find the interior design of the A Class, in general quite well.
The quality of the materials used here is good; the top is covered with leather and has green stitches.
Underneath, material looking like carbon fiber has been used.
I think all of these please the eye.
In here, in the middle of the center console there is one big multimedia screen.
It looks good but you think it is touchscreen but it is not.
You can command it from the controls here or from the main control buttons here underhand.
This screen before the face lift of the A Class use to look inferior, it had smaller screen, its resolution was low
and frankly if you ask me it looked like Far eastern iPads.
At the moment it looks much higher quality.
If you ask my opinion, I can say that I liked the positioning of the screen as if it is floating in the air very much.
There are plenty of places for your small items in the A Class.
Due to choosing the gear selections from the steering column there is a space here.
They have put a lidded cubicle here and there are two-cup holders behind it.
Therefore, you are able to find places for your small items underhand easily.
The seats have a sportive design with the joint headrest and backrest as previously.
As I have said while talking about the exterior, since this is a Motorsport Edition, on the seats and other certain points green color is used as reference to Petronas Team.
The supports of the seats are also good and it wraps you well.
Let us consider the engine and driving features of the A200.
Under the bonnet of the A200, 1.6 liters turbo charge petrol engine is functioning.
It develops 156 HP and 250 Nm of torque and used with 7-speed double clutch DCT automatic gearbox.
The power of the engine is good and you are able to receive good answers for your performance expectations.
If you want to command the gears manually, you are able to do it by the pedals behind the steering wheel.
The speed of the gear changes is not bad.
Normally it provides smooth passes.
But at certain times the gearbox is confused and especially at traffic it shake you up and annoy you a bit.
The A Class, in the matter of insulation, did not evoke any weakness to me.
It has similar insulation as its compact premium rivals.
The steering reactions are good and it answers your wishes fast.
Furthermore, I think due to it being soft will please many drivers especially the ladies.
I believe the road handling of the A Class is also good.
If you do not force the limits too much it definitely do not change its course.
But on the corners that you take too fast, due to front engine and front drive there can be understeer.
Finally, let us consider the fuel consumption.
I have been driving this car for two days and covered 150 km.
At the moment the trip computer indicates to me 9.7 liters fuel consumption averages.
I personally cannot say that this is a true value; it will not be reasonable with so short driving.
If you wish to drive this powerful engine with performance, I can easily tell you that the fuel consumption will definitely exceed 10 liters level.
Of course, on the contrary if you drive calmly and on highways than the fuel consumption will definitely be lower than the value I have given.
It looks as if the Mercedes A200 with its powerful engine and sportive appearance will attract the performance enthusiasts.
The subject of comfort is a bit of a puzzle.
If your expectations on suspension comfort is high than I think it will be beneficial for you to check the rivals in this class.
See you…