Mercedes-Benz GLA-Class

With only a few days before the Shanghai auto show, pictures of GLA-Class compact crossover concept from Mercedes-Benz have appeared online. Ute Small is based on the small hatchback class A, and although sharing the same wheelbase, is higher in all other dimensions.


Dressed as a five-door hatchback rough and fall on the nails of his 20-inch wheels, the GLA is certainly intended for the production in attenuated form to ask a lot of bits and pieces of other cars on the basis this platform class A sedan and above the CLA class. Carscoop reports that the GLA production version will be unveiled at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September this year, with the sale to the public in 2014.

As it is based on the class A, it is expected that the production of GLA-Class will be powered by the optional 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder diesel Mercedes or two, and offer seven-speed transmissions includes DCT Company and may be a six-speed manual (at least in Europe). If the GLA follows the same path as the two cars in front of him, expect a GLA45 AMG produce more than 300 horsepower, too. As for the notion GLA powers, it could remain a mystery until the car officially revealed in China.

Mercedes-Benz GLA-Class