Mercedes-Benz A-Class, B-Class to launch in 2025 – report

It’s Australia’s best-selling premium small car, but it can get a lot of trouble.

German media agency Handelsblatt report Mercedes-Benz A-Class will cease production in 2025.

Also following it out the door is significantly less common B-Class the person who moves the store cum person, although both A class and the B-Class is expected to receive mid-cycle updates this year.

Insiders tell Handelsblatt the three-pointed star will instead focus on four minifigures: GLA and GLB crossovers, CLA four-door coupe and perhaps surprisingly the CLA Shooting Brake.

Currently, the second-generation CLA Shooting Brake is sold in select areas outside of Europe, with markets like Australia and the US unavailable.

Mercedes-Benz Australia has decided not to bring the current model here as it moves out of the wagons, while the larger but more appropriate CLS Shooting Brake has been discontinued globally.

In May, Mercedes-Benz confirmed that it would cut the range of what it calls Entry Luxury models from seven to four.

The MFA2 platform as the foundation for A-Class hatch and sedanCLA four-door coupe and Shooting Brake wagon, B-Class MPV, and GLA and GLB crossovers.

Mercedes-Benz also offers electric versions of the following two, EQA and EQB.

It will launch the new compact MMA platform in 2024, which will launch the new Mercedes-Benz Operating System (MB.OS).

This could be the last Mercedes-Benz platform to be introduced with an internal combustion engine option, as from 2025 onwards the company has said all new platforms will run solely on electricity.

Mercedes-Benz has confirmed that it will reposition its Entry Luxury cars, “honing more precisely the desires of discerning customers”.

It also aims to record higher margins on those vehicles, as part of a broader push The company achieves an operating margin target of around 14% by mid-decade in favorable market conditions or 8% in “very adverse” conditions.

Mercedes-Benz sold 680,000 Entry Luxury cars globally in 2019 but only 570,000 in 2021, yet in that time the average selling price has increased by 20%.

Expulsion of the B-Class appears a logical move for Mercedes-Benz, even though BMW introduced a second generation 2 Series Active TourerThe European market, once obsessed with MPVs, has largely abandoned the format in favor of SUVs.

The A-Class sedan’s expected production discontinuation comes after it failed in the US market. It also overlaps with the CLA, although the latter is marketed as a coupe.

However, the A-Class hatchback remains a popular model in markets such as Europe and Australia, and under CEO Ola Kallenius, Mercedes-Benz is prioritizing quality (profitability) over quantity (production quantity). ).

While BMW has yet to confirm the next generation 1 Series HatchbackAudi confirmed Its A3 will see another generation. That is even though Audi has announced the A1 hatchback and The crossover of the 2nd quarter will not be replaced.

Based on CarsalesbaseThe A-Class is the 4th best-selling model in the small car segment (C-segment) in Europe in 2021.

That puts it after just Volkswagen Golf Course, Skoda Octavia and Toyota Corollabut ahead of popular models like Ford Focus, Renault Megane and Opel/Vauxhall Astra.

In Australia last year, Mercedes-Benz sold 3793 A-Class models, 388 B-Class models and 1299 CLAs.

BMW 1 Series hatchback is behind with 2741 sales and the Bavarian brand sold 2072 2 Series Gran Coupe – rival of the A-Class sedan and CLA.

The A-Class ‘passes the numbers of more affordable small cars like Honda Civic (2950), Subaru Impreza (3642) and Volkswagen Golf (1926), becoming the fifth best-selling small car in Australia.

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