Mercedes-Benz GLA Class tagged posts

Safety is always one of Mercedes-Benz’s selling point. So you will understand back in August.14, 2012, when IIHS (Insurance Institute for Highway Safety) released its first batch results for the small overlap frontal crash test on several entry-level compact luxury sedans, in which the Mercedes-Benz C-Class got the lowest “Poor” rating, Mercedes-Benz quickly release an official response expressing its strong objection of the IIHS test, by saying:

“As a leader in automotive safety, we have full confidence in the protection that the C-Class affords its occupants — and less confidence in any test that doesn’t reflect that”

Compared to the US IIHS, people in the European ...

The Mercedes-Benz GLA class is based on the CLA sedan (they even has exactly the same wheel base length), which rides on a FWD platform.

Pricing info:

GLA250 FWD: base MSRP $31,300 (currently this trim is not shown on MBUSA.com website)
GLA250 4Matic: base MSRP $33,300
GLA45 AMG: base MSRP $48,300

Destination charge: $925

If you are shopping for a compact luxury SUV, currently there are quite a lot of choices. They all have base MSRP starting around $30k, and some of them are even new candidates in the competition (newly designed, newly introduced models):

1. Lexus NX
2. Acura RDX
3. Infiniti QX30 (not officially announced yet, but it is coming in the near future)
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