This is the Mercedes-AMG A35 Saloon ... your attention instead drawn to the glitzy interior. Pull away and it's not obvious the A35 is anything other than a standard A-class, but start delving ...

If the hatchback body doesn’t really do it for you, Mercedes ... the A35 hatchback, use a heavily developed version of the M260 engine used in the A250 hatch, not the bespoke AMG M139 engine ...

The current generation of the first Mercedes-Benz hatch will be its ... puts an end to Mercedes’ AMG-tuned hot and hyper hatchbacks in the form of the A35 and A45 respectively.