The second car in Mercedes-Benz’s MFA family of cars to receive a mid-life facelift will be the Mercedes-Benz A-Class. As expected, a lot of the changes that will appear in the facelift A-Class have already been shown when the B-Class got its facelift.
Our Europrean spy photographers managed to take a peek into the interiors of one of the facelift A-Class prototypes running around. These spyshots show a new steering wheel design as well as a colour (pre-facelift was monochrome) multi-info display in the instrument cluster, similiar to that in the B-Class facelift.
The centre dash area also features a new layout with a flat button design. Everything else looks similiar to the pre-facelift car. If things are consistent with the B-Class, there should be a new eight-inch COMAND screen option as well. The largest COMAND screen offered in Malaysia is seven-inch in the A 45 AMG. The A 200 and A 250 variants make do with 5.8-inch Audio 20 screens.
Since the facelifted B 200 and B 250 did not get any changes in engine output, we don’t think the facelift A 200 and A 250 will get any power upgrades either.
GALLERY: Mercedes-Benz A-Class Facelift
GALLERY: Mercedes-Benz A 45 AMG Facelift
Looking to sell your car? Sell it with Carro.
The colour multi-info display in the instrument cluster is already being used in the pre facelift model.
that tacky ipad screen should go
Somehow, the A-class interior looks rather outdated compared to the new C-class’ fluid surface design. The A-class interior kinda look like a Jap/Korean cars. But I think the exterior design is best in class. Even if they say it doesn’t drive as well as its BMW counterpart, I’d buy it based on looks alone. The Audi (A3/S3) has nice cockpit designs and the exterior is also not bad, but still I think the Merc is better and a bit more bold. Just my opinion.