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HTML

<div class="zoomBox">
      <a class="car-one" href="#">Mercedes</a>
</div>

CSS

html, body {
    margin:0px; padding: 0px; margin-left:37px;
}
 
.zoomBox {
    max-width: 800px;
    height: 300px;
    margin-left: auto;
    margin-right: auto;
    border: none;
    overflow: hidden;
    position: relative;
}
 
.zoomBox a {
    display: block; 
    height: 100%; width: 100%;
    padding-top: 1em;
    text-decoration: none; 
    color: #ffffff;
    font-family: arial;
    text-align: left;
    font-size: 15px;
}

.zoomBox a::before {
  content:""; width: 100%; height: 100%; 
  position: absolute; top: -1em; z-index: -1;
  transition: all 0.5s; 
  filter:none;
  background-image: url(http://webwonder-media-test.info/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/amg-1880381_1920.jpg);
  background-size: 100%; background-repeat: no-repeat;
}

.zoomBox a:hover::before, .zoomBox a:focus::before  {
    transform: scale(1.05);
    filter: saturate(2);
}
 
/* Media Queries */
@media screen and (max-width: 960px) {
    .zoomBox {width: 100%; margin: 20px 0px}
}