November 18 2020, Chris Tsui
2020 Mercedes-AMG A 35 Hatch
Close your eyes. Picture the quintessential hot hatch. What color is it? Probably some loud shade of yellow or blue. How high is the rear spoiler? Quite high. Lastly, what badge sits on the tip of its nose? Probably not Mercedes's three-pointed star. And yet here we are. Despite the hot hatch's working-class history—mostly told by more down-to-earth brands like Volkswagen, Ford, and Honda—the fancy boys and girls from Affalterbach have taken a break from crafting V8-powered executive machines and have tried their hands at a small five-door...
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