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Stick to the facelifted car. Mercedes refreshed the current A-Class sedan with a cleaner dashboard, quicker MBUX software and mild styling changes, and that update is essentially all that is on the market here now, so you are choosing on condition and mileage rather than shape.
The Volkswagen Golf costs far less and shows less interior staining in our inspections — 26% against 36% — so it is the better buy if the badge does not matter to you. Inside the range, the A250 is far cheaper and comes with a stronger tyre-condition record, at the cost of being the older hatchback shape rather than the current sedan.
The cars we inspect sit at a median of around 55,000 km, which for a car this age points to light use rather than a taxi-style history. That is well within the working life of the seven-speed dual-clutch gearbox and the turbo four — not the point to be worried about yet.
Book the inspection report before you commit — on a car this new, it is what tells you whether you are getting a lightly used example or one that has been driven hard.
