What was the production year of that AMG? Interesting, it’s either the AMG or the previous years Mercs had better steering. I own a 2019 non-AMG W205 and a same year JCW and they aren’t even close in that regard.

So true. When I drive hard, on my MINI I can feel how the tyre sidewall gives up, how the front inner wheel is overloaded even before I start significantly understeering. On the Merc I don’t have that many fine details. It is more like “sliding: yes/no”.

Is Mercedes her real name tho?

I think that is a thing of contrasts and previous driving experience. I drove a rental Camry for some time. My memory might be bad but I remember it as super light. Steering on the Mini feels heavier in comfort mode than on the Merc in Sport. My wife who usually drives the Merc says my Mini is too heavy but I like it exactly like this. Also, depends on the tyres. I feel switching from summer Michelin Pilot Super Sport to winter Continental TS850P in the steering wheel a lot.

Tbh I find Merc W205 (the only one I owned) steering too light to my taste. Compared to Mini it also reacts to steering inputs with a certain amount of laziness.

Tbh i was seriously eyeing the Arteon R except we already had 2 fresh cars in our family. But now for 60K EUR that is a bit too much.