Chery Tiggo 8 vs Mercedes-Benz A35

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Chery Tiggo 8
Chery Tiggo 8

2026 price

Mercedes-Benz A35
Mercedes-Benz A35

$38,633 - $67,888

2020 price

Summary

2026 Chery Tiggo 8
2020 Mercedes-Benz A35
Safety Rating

Engine Type

Turbo 4, 2.0L
Fuel Type
-

Premium Unleaded Petrol
Fuel Efficiency
-

7.4L/100km (combined)
Seating
0

5
Dislikes
  • Touchscreen dependence
  • Software should be better
  • Spongey driving dynamics

  • Media glitches
  • Back seat is tight
  • Terrible road noise
2026 Chery Tiggo 8 Summary

Once upon a time, not very long ago, there were tough choices to make when it came to buying a seven-seat SUV. Did you want lots of space? A hybrid? Or, for it to be affordable?

In a move that will no doubt horrify old favourites, Chery’s new Tiggo 8 Super Hybrid sets out to prove you can have all of these things at once.

Offering seven seats in an ideal upper mid-sized format, complete with a plug-in hybrid system at the price of a combustion rival, the Tiggo 8 ticks too many boxes to count.

Is it too good to be true? We went to its Australian launch to find out.

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2020 Mercedes-Benz A35 Summary

If you want a Mercedes-AMG A45 sedan, you’re dead out of luck - there isn’t going to be one. Your alternatives are the sleeker, more style-focused CLA 45 four-door ‘coupe’, or the A45 hatch, which is more often associated with boy racer types… with deep pockets.

Or you could buy this car - the Mercedes-AMG A35 4Matic sedan. A lot of pundits have questioned the two-prong AMG strategy in the hatchback range, with the A35 slotting between the already-pretty-hot A250 4Matic and A45 S.

In the sedan line-up, however, there’s a different approach, with the Mercedes-AMG A35 4Matic topping the range. So is it a fitting flagship for the small sedan line-up? It certainly has the tech, safety and equipment levels to live up to buyers’ expectations. 

And as a rival to the likes of the Audi S3 sedan, BMW 2 Series Gran Coupe and its own sibling, the Mercedes-AMG CLA35, does it offer a compelling alternative?

Let’s go through it, criteria by criteria.

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2026 Chery Tiggo 8 2020 Mercedes-Benz A35

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