Mercedes-Benz GLA-Class to compete against Audi Q3 and BMW X1 compact SUVs
German magazine Autozeitung features a rendering of a Mercedes-Benz GLA-Class compact SUV on its front page this month.
If such a project indeed exists, GLA will be a compact SUV to go against the Audi Q3 and the upcoming BMW X1 and might end up being based on the platform of the next generation A-Class and B-Class, which means a transverse engine layout.
August 7, 2008 @ 7:16 pm
WOW! This is by far, one of the best looking compact Merc SUV I’ve seen!
I want one!
It should kick the VW Tiguan, BMW’s X3, Audi Q5 to the kerb!
August 7, 2008 @ 7:33 pm
nice…i wonder if it comes in black…xD
August 7, 2008 @ 7:36 pm
I see that Merc is following Audi now by using LEDs..hmm
August 7, 2008 @ 7:51 pm
now it looks lagi ganas, cool!
August 7, 2008 @ 8:19 pm
It looks like NISSAN
August 7, 2008 @ 8:33 pm
Sweet ride.
August 8, 2008 @ 12:12 am
similar to qashqai?
somehow cars in these class always look good.
crossover.
August 8, 2008 @ 12:16 am
hmmm… I think this SUV reminded me immediately of Chevloret Captiva.
I will have to see the interior to dismiss me of that idea.
August 8, 2008 @ 11:39 am
xc60 love nicer
August 8, 2008 @ 3:38 pm
and then only in left hand drive again because their 4-matic system which is inferior to quattro, xdrive, subaru 4wd etc etc can’t be changed for rhd?
August 11, 2008 @ 10:52 am
Paul, is it typo error “Audi Q3″
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audi_Q7
Lawsuit on the use of the letter Q
In early 2005, Nissan sued Audi over the use of the letter “Q” as a model name.
Audi is using the “Q” for the designation of their quattro four-wheel drive system, used in production cars for over twenty-five years (Audi’s quattro trademark is actually an umbrella term for several types of four wheel drive systems developed by Torsen, Haldex Traction AB, and Borg-Warner, the latter being used in the Q7). Nissan’s Infiniti marque had been using Q as the name for sedans (the Q45) and SUVs (the QX4 and QX56) since 1989.
A settlement between Audi AG and Nissan was reached in late 2006. The agreement stipulates that Audi will only use the Q-prefix for two models, the Q5 and the Q7