Mercedes-Benz A-Class A250e Review (2023)


The interior has also received a reworking as part of this facelift, although it will feel very familiar if you’ve ever spent time in an A-Class – or any other current Mercedes model, for that matter. The biggest change for 2023 centres around the infotainment, with the latest version of the MBUX system, which is twinned with the firm’s new sport steering wheel that features a range of haptic controls for quick access to functions.

The A-Class presents you with a cabin to admire: one of high perceived quality, fairly rich and lavish materials and plenty of ritzy technology in quite a particular vision of modern luxury that is easy to buy into. The generous use of glossy black plastic and satin chrome trim in the car won’t please everyone, and some might quibble that the cabin’s underlying quality isn’t any better than that of many other compact models. But most drivers will, we’ll wager, be impressed by the upmarket ambience they find.

The cabin is a broadly practical and comfortable one, too, with a couple of familiar A-Class caveats. The ‘integrated’ front sports seat design means you don’t get separate, adjustable head restraints (although the A-Class isn’t the only offender on that score these days), while the oversized interior door handles eat into knee room a bit unnecessarily and can even trap your outboard leg if you’re not careful when closing the rear passenger doors.

The A250e’s interior is just like that of any other Mercedes-Benz A-Class. The packaging of the car’s batteries and power electronics does rob the saloon boot of some space, although there’s still a decent amount of storage for a car of this class. You’re also prsented with a decent loading area, although the fixed boot does mean getitng larger objects in isn’t as easy as it would be with a hatch. But lower the rear seats – a fiddly process, given the controls to do so are located in the boot – and you’ll have ample storage space.

The A250e is offered in only AMG Line Executive trim and upwards. Even entry level models get sports seats and AMG-branded mats, while upgrading to AMG Line Premium adds advanced climate control, illuminated door sills and a 10-speaker audio system. The top-spec trim is AMG Line Premium Plus, which adds a panoramic sunroof and a 360-degree reversing camera, among other options.

Mercedes A-Class infotainment and sat-nav

Initially, only higher-spec A250e models featured the top versions of the MBUX infotainment system, but now every model comes with twin 10.25in screens – for the infotainment and digital driver info display – as standard.

High-spec models also gain its ‘augmented reality’ navigation prompts (which we thought gimmicky and borderline distracting at first but eventually warmed to a little). A 225W ‘Mercedes advanced’ sound system is also included – something our test car had – and it has all the power most reasonable adults would want.

The navigating logic of the infotainment system is easy to get along with. With the latest version of MBUX the firm has removed the touchpad input device, which isn’t great news if you like to have physical controls instead of jabbing a screen. That said, once you’ve adjusted to them the thumbpad scrollers on the steering wheel spokes work well and the navigation system responds well to voice commands once you learn the order in which it prefers destinations to be input. All A250es have mirroring for Android and Apple phones.



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