Mark is a journalist with more than a decade of top-level experience in the automotive industry. He first joined Autocar in 2009, having previously worked in local newspapers. He has held several roles at Autocar, including news editor, deputy editor, digital editor and his current position of editor, one he has held since 2017.
From this position he oversees all of Autocar’s content across the print magazine, autocar.co.uk website, social media, video, and podcast channels, as well as our recent launch, Autocar Business. Mark regularly interviews the very top global executives in the automotive industry, telling their stories and holding them to account, meeting them at shows and events around the world.
Mark is a Car of the Year juror, a prestigious annual award that Autocar is one of the main sponsors of. He has made media appearances on the likes of the BBC, and contributed to titles including What Car?, Move Electric and Pistonheads, and has written a column for The Sun.
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That A45 AMG.......looks
That A45 AMG.......looks shocking. GTI all the way for me:)
Kia wins in my opinion
The mercedes benz might be the most powerful one currently, but to be honest am disappointed with it (was expecting it to look more special)
the Kia on the other hand I am really curious to see how it does and glad the korean's are getting more brave in the european market (wish the Hyundai Genesis came to europe) and I think Kia did a better job at making their hot hatch look special as opposed to AMG's surprisingly bland looking hot hatch.
Superlative!
A45 AMG outclasses other hot hatches.
No other hot hatch even comes close.
No other hot hatch even comes close.
Bold words given no roadtests seem to have been conducted yet, certainly not of production examples.
If reviews of other A class variants are to be believed ride comfort will be an issue, cant imagine performance version will be better! Maybe best to wait until its been driven against its rivals before making a call?