Congrats p3eps, this is top of my list as well but think I'm gonna wait for a couple of reviews first as the criticism of the standard car's suspension does concern me even though AMG has modified it. Saw a standard A class and I think it's one of those cars that needs the right colour choice - the one I saw was in red and it did nothing for the car at all...
The demonstrator I had on Saturday was red too, which did it no favours.
The white one at the Geneva show at the moment looks totally different. I'm undecided by the roof spoiler A bit Halfords, but then it makes the rear look less unfinished!
I saw an A250 in the Mercedes shop in Salzburg a couple of weekends ago - it was the 'styled by AMG' model and looked pretty decent too.
To be honest, I found the suspension in the A200 less harsh than my R... and it had Run Flat tyres - which usually make the ride seem harder.
I'm not commited in any way with my deposit, so I can still pull the plug if there's something I don't like. Hopefully there will be some reviews out before the UK ordering opens!