A few months before its revelation, Auto-Moto reveals most of the changes expected on the restyled Mercedes Class A.
New Mercedes Class A 2022 – This is clarified concerning the restyling of the star compact. After four years of good and loyal service, the Mercedes Class A is preparing to dust off its style to resist its main more recent competitors, the Audi A3 and BMW 1 Series. She will also take the opportunity to modernize her connectivity and clean up her engines, in order to calmly approach her second part of her career.
Always in the firmament
The one who prances at the top of premium compact sales in Europe, does not intend to deeply review his copy. At the front, no need for it to correct the outline of its optics or its grille. The Mercedes Class A, vintage 2022, will be content to modify the content. His gaze will integrate new daytime LEDs, with a simplified design, while the projectors will raise the level of their matrix technology. She will also shine with a thousand stars constituting its grille pattern, like the brand’s recent productions. All these developments will be integrated within unreleased shields, depending on the degree of finish chosen.
By small touches
As is generally customary, in the case of a restyling, the sidewalls will only revisit the design of the rims, when the stern will be satisfied with the minimum union. In the absence of form, the lights will see their bottom again, equipped with new horizontal LEDs. Mercedes designers did not see fit to redesign the rear bumpers, obviously. Only the lower part, containing the exhaust outlets and other diffusers, will be distinguished from current models by fine details of style.
A new steering wheel
On board, the A-Class does not intend to overturn the stylistic codes that have contributed to its success too much. Our eye will be particularly drawn to the 6-spoke steering wheel inaugurated by the facelift of the E-Class, in 2020, and since integrated into the interiors of new Class S and C. From the latter, the “A” will inherit the MBUX infotainment system update 2.
PHEV at the party
Under the hood, engine upgrades will probably be embodied by a micro-hybridation 48 V, introduced on both petrol and diesel units. Yes no full-electric Class A is expected, a priori, an improvement in zero emission autonomy is hoped for with regard to the plug-in hybrid variant 250e. It could aim for 80 to 100 km, as the new C-Class PHEV promises, and see its cumulative power (218 hp to date) increased. A race for power that could also know the AMG variants, and particularly the 45 S. Its 4-cylinder turbocharged 421 hp could afford the services of a hybridization for stay in the wake of the 450 hp of the new Audi RS3.
New Mercedes Class A price
The new restyled Mercedes Class A could be previewed at the Geneva Motor Show in February 2022, before being marketed before next summer. On this occasion, the entry-level Star will slightly increase its prices, including the entrance ticket will probably exceed 30,000 euros. This facelift will be the first in a long period of renewal of families A and B, including in particular Class B, CLA, GLA and GLB.
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