The platform is praised as a small, light, AMG-blessed chassis with upgraded brakes and suspension that stays composed at speed and rewards spirited back-road driving. The flip side of the rear-drive power is that the C43 can get squirrelly in the wet and off gravel, so tires and traction matter.
AMG-developed chassis: brakes, suspension and wet-weather manners
Mercedes-Benz C36/C43 AMG (W202) · driving