Mercedes-Benz showed off it’s brand new compact premium-class SUV concept at the “Auto Shanghai” motor show in April and now we are seeing more and more spy photos of the Mercedes GLA in production form emerge as it’s September debut at the Frankfurt Motor Show draws near.
The most recent spy photos and video show Mercedes’ answer to the BMW X1, testing under the sun on the streets of Dubai. The last time we saw the compact crossover, it was sporting taxi gear and winding it’s way around the Nürburgring.
Beneath the not so flattering black camouflage, it looks as though the GLA may have lost some of the sleeker, sporty compact crossover styling and lines that we originally saw from the concept and so hoped we would see in production – we will likely see the lines of the GLA concept come back on the AMG model.
The GLA’s engine range will be similar to that of the A-Class which means we will see several 4-cylinder units with outputs of up to 211 HP (155 kW) with an AMG model that will likely be powered by a direct-injected 2.0-liter inline four-cylinder gasoline engine that will produce around 354 HP (260 kW).
Check out the photo gallery below for a compilation of GLA spy photos as well as the GLA Concept photos for comparison sake.
Photos via AutoCar.
