After more than 745,000 testing miles over two years, and torturous time spent in the freezing cold of Sweden and the melting heat of Dubai, a new Mercedes-Benz is approved and almost ready for production.
The GLA, Mercedes? freshest new car and intended to steal sales from Range Rover Evoque, Audi Q3 and BMW X1, was recently signed off by the heads of the company?s compact car division in Sitges, a Mediterranean coastal town not far from Barcelona.
GLA is essentially a high-riding version of the A-Class (or CLA-Class) compact, and thus, a lot of the architecture and powertrain offerings are carried over.
For the US, that means power will come from a turbocharged, 2.0-liter inline four-cylinder engine, good for 208 horsepower and 258 pound-feet of torque, mated to a seven-speed, dual-clutch transmission. Mercedes-Benz estimates a 0-60 time of 6.4 seconds for the GLA250 with 4Matic all-wheel drive. A front-wheel-drive version will debut after the 4Matic model's launch, and while the company hasn't officially confirmed it, a hotter GLA45 AMG is expected to follow, as well.
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