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Mercedes GLA 200 review: Step right up

Leow Ju Len
28/08/2020

Design and Appearance

Looks are subjective, but it’s hard not to have your heart beat a little faster when you see a GLA. It’s a boxy car overall, but a lack of hard edges means it doesn’t look like a thing made of bricks.

Instead, it looks vaguely voluptuous and carries itself with the elegance that you find in so much of today’s Mercedes range. And despite its gently curvilinear lines, it somehow avoids looking blobby.

Lots of styling cues from the GLC, a significantly bigger SUV, make it over here, such as the shape of the lamps and the swish looking chrome bash plates. 

New proportions help to give it plenty of physical presence. It’s slightly shorter nose-to-tail than the last GLA (and though you wouldn’t know it by looking, it’s actually the shortest Mercedes on the market today), but it’s a whopping 104mm taller. It’s also 30mm wider, with a 30mm longer wheelbase, two changes that benefit the car for obvious reasons.

Whatever it is, even though the GLA is one of Mercedes’ small car sisters, its appearance actually encourages you to think of it as the smallest member of Mercedes’ SUV family instead.

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5 seat 5-door GLA 200 Progressive GLA-Class Mercedes-Benz petrol SUV

About the Author

Leow Ju Len

CarBuyer Singapore's original originator, Ju-Len in person is exactly how he is on the written word and behind the wheel. Meaning that he darts all over the place and just when you thought he's lost the plot, you realise that it's just you not keeping up with his incredible rate of speed and thought.

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