Test drives Mercedes Benz A-class W168 1997-2001 hatchback

Small and Mercedes are incompatible concepts. At the mention of the word, Mercedes the brain of any thinking creature gives out only two associations: a three-beam star and a large strong male car. But it seems that times are hopelessly changing. As the autopilot already wrote, this year a historical event occurred in the six hundredth home of the six hundredths: the first Mercedes rolled out of the womb of the pillar of the automotive industry ...

In October 1997, Daimler-Benz will go on sale. This seemingly ordinary event could remain against the backdrop of the latest prime minister of the oldest German company, which presented CLK and SUV M-Class this year, if not for one circumstance. Mercedes-Benz first shows a small class car, called A-Class. ...

Last summer, our Sergey Ivanov returned from Belgium, where the press presentation of the Mercedes A-class returned. Having crossed the editorial threshold and licking a tea bag in the circle, he told how he almost turned over on this very A-class, leaving the car only with a miracle. Everything (and with everyone) happens on the tests - someone almost flew to the ditch, ...

Throughout the history of its existence, appearance, and in particular the layout of the car repeatedly underwent revolutionary and evolutionary changes. And many times fresh ideas and solutions, at first perceived in hostility, gradually gained popularity, and then became familiar and even banal to yawn. And every time you think why ten years ago stupid designers ...