It’s never planned, but it always happens (coincidence?), leaked pictures of one of the most talked about hatches to exist in years, the new Merc A-Class.

I know you’re immediately thinking “but I’ve seen a Merc A-Class on SA roads already?!?”

That’s an MPV, this car has been attending Phys Ed class, hanging out with blonde 18-year-olds and smoking behind the gym. All that work has produced an Audi A3 competitor that encases a 1.6-litre turbo engine.

I just can’t wait to see what AMG will do with it once they get a go.

Merc is obviously on a mission to get back on top as a must have car brand and not just a car for wankers, I mean bankers, expanding their range into the youth-dominated hatch segment, but they’re going to need to work hard to take eye-balls away from the well established hatch brands already dominating the market, the likes of BMW and Audi, and these are just the premium brands for those with rich parents. What about reliable Toyota’s or get-you-to-varsity-and-back Ford’s?

It’ll be here next year.