Stuttgart / Germany, June 15, 2012

The new A-Class

In the starting blocks: the sporty compact model from Mercedes

The new A-Class is available to order with immediate effect and lands in dealerships in September 2012.

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The new A-Class is available to order with immediate effect.

With the new A-Class, Mercedes-Benz is opening up a new chapter in the compact segment: markedly emotive in design, with powerful engines ranging from 80 kW (109 hp) to 155 kW (211 hp), extremely efficient with emissions from just 98 g of CO₂/km and a best-in-class drag coefficient of 0.27 (fuel consumption, combined cycle: 6.4 - 3.8 l/100km, CO₂ emissions, combined: 148 - 98 g/km, energy efficiency class: C-A+)¹⁾ . At the same time the new model underlines that for Mercedes-Benz, safety is not a question of price – the standard specification includes, amongst other things, the radar-based COLLISION PREVENTION ASSIST system. The new A-Class is available to order with immediate effect.

Continuing success: the Mercedes-Benz A-Class

The A-Class has been a bestseller for a number of generations. Since its market launch in 1997, it has blazed a trail for a new vehicle class with its unique design, becoming a driving force in the compact car segment. The second generation alone, which was launched in 2005, sold more than a million examples worldwide.

In the year of its model change too, the A-Class continues to enjoy tremendous popularity: in the first quarter of 2012 the model series has experienced significant growth of 17% compared with the previous year. The A-Class is enjoying particularly high demand among customers in Europe, with Germany ranking highest, followed by the UK, Italy and France.

¹⁾ The figures are provided in accordance with the German PKW-EnVKV and apply only to the German market. They do not concern an individual vehicle and are not part of the offer; they are provided solely for the purposes of comparison between different types of vehicles.