Mercedes Benz GLA: Urban Adventure

With the arrival of a new class A the Mercedes marketing department came up with the idea of a family of vehicles aimed at those more dynamic and at the same time younger customers. Thus, it was extremely successful and elegant CLA, which, with its bold curves, presented Mercedes in a different light than we are used to. With a model GLA and the "zvezda" boldly steps into the segment of city SUVs, i.e. modern crossovers, where they reign supreme on the premium market BMW's X1, Audi Q3 and range rover evoque.

With his two brothers Mercedes A and CLA it shares most of the components inside, which is definitely not a bad thing, because only this one is youthfully inspired and interesting in its dynamic design freedom. From class A is longer by approx 12 centimeters, which automatically also means better feelings inside and a larger volume of luggage space, which amounts to 421 liters, which is almost 80 liters more than in a Mercedes A.

Test GLA is with additional equipment AMG also emphasized the extremely sharp silhouette of the body and continued the story in the interior, where they are AMG elements provided excellent combinations of materials and colors. They seem particularly suited to him 19'' cast rims, on which its appearance is extremely concrete. It is like a sum of all elements test GLA even worked slightly more premium than its competitors. In any case, it is enough otherwise that he was not overlooked by passers-by.

Driving sensations are extremely positive, because it is a car light and playful in turns. Despite the transmission, the chassis is only on the front pair of wheels balanced and when slips occur, only these are controlled and almost playful. At the moment when the driver wants a more dynamic ride, both the diesel engine and the automatic transmission with a double clutch work together extremely well, which perfectly transfers to the road 125 kW, or good ones 168 horses. Only these are Germanic strong and not only on paper. GLA thus sovereignly accelerates from 0 to 100 km/h in 8.3 seconds and reaches terminal velocity 215 km/h. Because of the excellent torque 350 Nm, "pulls" pleasantly in all areas and always provides sufficient power. However, he is not greedy, as he spent on the test round 6.3 liters of fuel per hundred kilometers.

Electronics in the service of safety and comfort are under test GLA served to pamper the driver. So we tested "parktronic” – automatic parking, but on the highways we were spoiled by the cruise control “speedtronic” and intelligent led light system.

All the data listed in the above lines are in principle not important when GLA let's leave it to the emotions. Out of all the Mercedes, this is the only one that exudes them the most, at least among the younger generation of buyers who are looking for these types of vehicles. They will be convinced by the distance from the cold German design of the competition, which at GLA it works differently, simply more passionately. GLA it is simply convincing, both in appearance and driving dynamics. His "field" lipstick emphasizes the duality of his character traits. That's right GLA excellent urban adventurer and so, in all probability, will be his customers.