We bought one a few Months ago just love it, the dash is top class, the diesel version does 48 miles to the gallon that's very good really. Hey Mercedes love you to bits
i don't get why most of the reviews of the GLA are on an AMG trim and all say about the ride that is not so great on 20 inch wheels. Why would you go AMG on an SUV?
always nice to see and hear the excellent reviews by Rebecca. the A class is a cousin of the hyundai i30 , as a result of a financial relationship going back to when Daimler owned Chrysler, and by extension a third of Mitsubishi and a tenth of Hyundai. They sold Chrysler and Mitsubishi, but the Hyundai tie- in still exists. Hyundai opened up a facility in Germany near Mercedes, and they avoid competing head-on in mostly all market segments. p.s. the tie in , part ownership, resulted from hyundai building engines from mitsu designs, and chrysler doing emissions and safety engineering so mitsu could sell cars in the usa. this goes back to the 70s and 80s..
What a lovely lass Rebecca is and I like the simply explained reviews she does. Just ordered an amg line 200 hope to get it early next week, it's lost a few bits of specification which weren't deal breakers for us but maybe for you. Mercedes didn't offer a penny off the list price either so bear this in mind if you plan to buy one anytime soon.
I have had one of these for 3 weeks while my Ateca is in the body shop. The handling is not sporty in AMG trim . Plus the 2.0 mild hybrid struggles get the mpg around town that my 7speed Ateca petrol does. On long trips 8 speed helps but still less mpg than a Tiguan 4 motion bi turbo I ran before the Ateca. I dislike stalk gear selector and find the head unit and digital dash less intuitive than VAG system. The way the screensize shrinks when attached via Android Auto is disappointing too. Obviously I'm not a MB fan. If you are, I'm sure you might be happy.
Raised, then lowered and stiffened with massive wheels with little sidewall, no less. No German sport-line rides properly in uk, so you would have to have a serious mental disability to buy one...... that's why we see them in disabled bays. Makes sense.
I'd be interested in knowing the British motoring press' definition of a premium manufacturer. For example, VW sometimes gets mentioned, probably just as often as Lexus, but not DS?
I had pretty high expectations with this car. Mat Watson said that you can hardly feel the bumps at all. But when I test drove it, I was quite disappointed. It was bumpy, loud road noise, and rattling sounds in the back. The A-Class I test drove was much better.
This is the worst car I have ever driven. Owned it for 3 months and sold it. Honestly, I was so disappointed - exactly as she describes, the driving experience is not smooth
Chris don't I bought a brand new Q3 and it was an absolute nightmare gearbox problem after problem, and Audi customer services are next to useless, I couldn't get rid of the damn thing quick enough.
Chris I part exchanged my ford Kuga in for it, I then part exchange the Q3 in against a new Kuga, couldn't be more pleased, I can say without doubt I wouldn't ever touch another Audi again. I do like the look of these Mercedes though but again after reading reviews I'm not so sure I'd have one if these either 🤔
So without stupid 19inch wheels and hard suspension this car could be comfortable?? Naaah I don't want that?! I want to hop from bum to bum with loads of tyre noise...great.. Only idiots would put such wheels on 2.0 diesel
Man-made leather seats! I think you'll find they're effectively vinyl seats, which were popular in the 1970's, which you're stupidly paying loads of cash for & Mercedes laugh all the way to the bank as idiots have the perception these things are premium!
You can't really compare it with the vinyl from the 70s. It really feels leather and not like what we had in the past. My previous car had real leather and my new one man-made leather and it feels the same. Not the sticky stuff we had years ago. And you don't have to kill animals.
In the 1970s Mercedes called their vinyl seats MB Tex but in more recent times, it is called Artico (abb for artificial cow!) but if not described properly in the description, it could be seen as false advertising.