The unveiling of the new W177 Mercedes-Benz A-Class hatchback may be grabbing headlines right now, but the five-door is only the first in a two-pronged assault on the premium compact car market. As previewed by the Concept A Sedan last year, there will also be a booted four-door version catered for sedan-loving markets such as China and the United States (and Malaysia, of course).
Resident Photoshop wizard Theophilus Chin has provided us with a look at what such a car will look like, and it’s pretty much as we expected it to be. The long nose, identical to the hatch, goes well with the elongated rear end, so it looks like a proper sedan rather than a cut-and-shut job – which so often is the case when a car designed as a hatchback gains a separate boot.
At the rear, the two-piece tail lights are more angular than those of the hatch, while the rear bootlid lip is less sharp than it is on the show car. The back of the sedan has already been seen undisguised before, so this shouldn’t come as a surprise.
The sedan is expected to feature the same new engines as the hatch – the 163 hp/250 Nm 1.4 litre turbo petrol in the A 200, the 224 hp/350 Nm 2.0 litre petrol in the A 250 and the 116 hp/250 Nm 1.5 litre turbodiesel in the A 180 d. The seven-speed 7G-DCT dual-clutch transmissions are also revised – there’s an all-new Getrag gearbox in the A 200 and A 180 d and an updated version of Mercedes’ own unit in the A 250.
The A-Class hatch and sedan are part of a raft of new compact models to be based the new Modular Front Architecture (MFA). The CLA four-door coupé is expected to receive a fastback look akin to the AMG GT sedan, while a new B-Class MPV and GLA crossover, along with a more practical GLB, will also be made available in due time. There will also be a long-wheelbase version of the A-Class Sedan for China.
SPYSHOTS: 2018 Mercedes-Benz A-Class Sedan
GALLERY: 2018 Mercedes-Benz A-Class hatchback
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- Mercedes-Benz A-Klasse. Exterieur: Digital white pearl Mercedes-Benz A-Class. Exterior: Digital white pearl
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- Mercedes-Benz A-Klasse. Exterieur: Digital white pearl Mercedes-Benz A-Class. Exterior: Digital white pearl
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- Mercedes-Benz A-Klasse. Interieur: AMG Line nevagrau/schwarz, Exterieur: Digital white pearl Mercedes-Benz A-Class. Interior: AMG Line nevagrey/black, Exterior: Digital white pearl
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- Mercedes-Benz A-Klasse. Interieur: AMG Line nevagrau/schwarz, Exterieur: Digital white pearl Mercedes-Benz A-Class. Interior: AMG Line nevagrey/black, Exterior: Digital white pearl
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- Mercedes-Benz A-Klasse. Exterieur: Digital white pearl Mercedes-Benz A-Class. Exterior: Digital white pearl
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- Mercedes-Benz A-Klasse. Exterieur: Digital white pearl Mercedes-Benz A-Class. Exterior: Digital white pearl
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- Mercedes-Benz A-Klasse. Exterieur: Digital white pearl Mercedes-Benz A-Class. Exterior: Digital white pearl
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- Mercedes-Benz A-Klasse. Exterieur: Digital white pearl Mercedes-Benz A-Class. Exterior: Digital white pearl
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- Mercedes-Benz A-Klasse. Exterieur: Digital white pearl Mercedes-Benz A-Class. Exterior: Digital white pearl
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- Mercedes-Benz A-Klasse. Exterieur: Digital white pearl Mercedes-Benz A-Class. Exterior: Digital white pearl
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- Mercedes-Benz A-Klasse. Exterieur: Digital white pearl Mercedes-Benz A-Class. Exterior: Digital white pearl
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Looks great….Merc make great looking cars!
Yezza. Luxury brands surging sales to continue. Resistance is futile, Malaysia to High income nation & beyond!
The sedan might just use the same tailights as hatchback version.
VW Jetta much better proposition. Inside out.
Overpriced Kia Cerato. Most expensive Torsion beam rear suspension car money can buy
Yuppies & hipsters, You’ve got another winner. Ride up Benz!
Looks exactly like the leaked spyshots from the crash test cars. The boot length is too short for my liking but can be fixed with a spoiler or a GT wing. Now to wait for Geneva to see the launch me thinks.
For same money, get G30 5er. period
Get a pre reg s90 at RM200k
WOW, we have a Resident “Photoshop” wizard by the name of Theophilus Chin here !!? Not bad, not bad at all. Cheer… to TC.
is it just me or it looks like Mustang front with a BMW 2 series back… ??
Mazda 2 rear in disguise
The Concept A Sedan is So production ready, if they can maintain all the designs, at least for the exterior…. then it wil sell like hot cake.
So Audish…
Yes!!! Confirm 99.9% looks like this, definitely Cerato from KIA. Fire the rear lamp designer……Mercedes!
don insult the kia la…the previous gen kia cerato (yes new model actually exists https://paultan.org/2018/01/16/2019-kia-forte-new-cerato-k3-unveiled-in-detroit/ ) actually looks better
Still not convinced with Merc’s new design style. Looks too Korean.
looks like a new proton saga? ^^