2015 Mercedes-Benz A-Class A200

With us, it is with this engine as the Class A sells the majority. In A 180 CDI more accurately, 109 hp variant of the 1.5 dCi which is found on the Megane and Scenic others. A version reduced to 90 hp quickly made its debut on the A 160 CDI before us today. It allows lowering the call price of Class A to € 25,100, and boast some rather interesting consumption, with 3.8 l / 100 km average advertised. So emissions down, confined to 98 g / km (neutral zone of the bonus / malus).

Mercedes has nonetheless made some minor alterations during the transplant, so as to improve the approval. Flywheel, Soundproofing , But the technical basis remains strictly identical.

Small disappointment on first contact. The small diesel snorts so pretty sound, with some vibration in the pedal back and seat. That persist in slow motion , In town, the Start & Stop is thus much too intrusive. There's more constant speed. But acceleration pedal to the metal (essential not to become a mobile chicane), its rumblings are too present. It is more discreet, alas, by his mundane performance: almost 14 seconds for 0 to 100 km / h is limited. We especially deplore his laborious reminders, penalized by its very long and not ideally staged box. In heavy traffic, it spends his time juggling 3rd and 4th. Painful in the long run, especially as the clearances are too large.

At least, there is no incentive to brutality, and notes a rather contained consumption. We recorded only 6 liters of average on our course combining city and highway, with no particular eco-driving effort. That said, others are able equivalent appetite (with higher performance ).

To find with this Class A charmless, it still has access to certain equipment (expensive) more rare in less posh compact, its look (on the upper finishes), and its driving qualities. Let him at least that, the A-Class remains a secure and properly held self. But again, we will have to accommodate some specific grievances model: its management, artificial and random support, comfort and too firm, especially at low speed.

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His performances, certainly not brilliant, are not so disastrous judging the A 160 CDI in the light of its general counterparts. Only the baby Benz premium plays , with fares accordingly. It is on this point that the finding is cruel: beginner to more than € 25,000 (€ 30,000 for the complete equipment it borders), this ambitious star is less talented than other rivals in the name much more modest. One thinks of a Peugeot 308 or even an (already old) Citroën C4 , The premium, so this is not just about keychain.

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