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Mercedes-AMG A35 is Germany's luxury hot hatch

Mercedes shows a particularly tempting piece of forbidden fruit at the 2018 Paris Motor Show.

Steven Ewing
Steven Ewing spent his childhood reading car magazines, making his career as an automotive journalist an absolute dream job. After getting his foot in the door at Automobile while he was still a teenager, Ewing found homes on the mastheads at Winding Road magazine, Autoblog and Motor1.com before joining the CNET team in 2018. He has also served on the World Car Awards jury. Ewing grew up ingrained in the car culture of Detroit -- the Motor City -- before eventually moving to Los Angeles. In his free time, Ewing loves to cook, binge trash TV and play the drums.
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The Mercedes-AMG A35 makes its debut at the Paris Motor Show.

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It's powered by a 2.0-liter turbo I4 engine.

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It gets this weird wing on the hatch, because downforce.

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The A35 uses 4Matic all-wheel drive.

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Power is routed through a seven-speed dual-clutch transmission.

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We won't get the AMG A35 in the US, sadly.

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Mercedes says we'll get some sort of AMG A-Class in the US, though.

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Inside, the AMG A35 gets MBUX infotainment tech.

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This a particularly lustworthy piece of forbidden fruit.

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Keep scrolling to see more photos of the AMG A35.

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