Mercedes-Benz GLA was once one of the most beautiful SUVs, with beautiful curves, charming fronts, and sexy tails, although criticized for having a small space, it is small and beautiful, and is deeply liked by many young users.
Today, Mercedes-Benz GLA has made a bold move, in order to upgrade the ride space and enhance the so-called practicality, at the expense of changing the appearance of personality, the coupe SUV has fallen from the altar and looks as if it has been swollen.
What's even more outrageous is that Mercedes-Benz GLA does not use a good 1.6T and 2.0T engine, and it must be equipped with a newly developed 1.3T engine, and even called it "1.33T?" 1.33T！ The new generation of engines also has the strength of AMG Formula 1 racing"
The new 1.3T engine parameters are excellent, the maximum horsepower 163ps peak torque is 250N·m, matching the 7-speed dual-clutch transmission, it looks better than the 1.4T engine of volkswagen group more than ten years ago, and the strength of the century-old manufacturer is really leveraged!
But the problem is that no matter how much the small displacement engine is squeezed, it can only be exchanged for good acceleration performance in the front and middle sections. Official data show that the 0-100km/h acceleration time of the Mercedes-Benz GLA 200 is 9 seconds, which is only barely qualified in the same class, of course, this is only for the acceleration performance of the front section. Once it enters the rear section of acceleration, it is extremely challenging to test the power reserve, and it is obvious that this 1.3T engine is a small horse-drawn cart.
It is precisely the visible hard injuries that cause Mercedes-Benz GLA to break the wrist from the occasional BMW X1 and Audi Q3, and directly few people ask for it. According to the data of the Association, from September 2021 to February 2022, in a total of six months, only January 2022 sold more than 3,000 vehicles, followed by 2,222 vehicles in September 2021, and the remaining four months sold more than 1,000 vehicles.
In contrast, bmw X1, the main competitor of Mercedes-Benz GLA, sold more than 7,000 vehicles from September 2021 to February 2022 in a total of 6 months, and sales in January 2022 reached 12,349 units, and the monthly sales were equal to mercedes-benz GLA's half-year sales.
Why is there such a big gap?
Because the advantage of BMW X1 is that it is large in space, while the advantage of Mercedes-Benz GLA is small and beautiful. But the Mercedes-Benz GLA wants to extend the space to challenge the BMW X1, and also reduces the power performance by the way, is this not the East Shi Gong? I'm afraid I can't think of this kind of car for ten years of cerebral thrombosis!
(The picture above shows the rear space of Mercedes-Benz GLA, and the picture below shows the rear space of BMW X1)
In the author's opinion, today's Mercedes-Benz GLA has lost the selling point of value control, in addition, the 2.0T standard power engine and 2.0T high-power engine that were once provided have also been replaced, and even the 1.6T engine has not been retained, losing the performance selling point.
The only thing that can be used today is perhaps the relatively sophisticated interior. But the question is, the price of Mercedes-Benz GLA is not cheap, and how many people are willing to pay for the so-called luxury interior? Sales give the answer!
The author suggests that long pain is not as good as short pain, if it is impossible to upgrade in the short term, it is better to reduce the price by 100,000, low-power Mercedes-Benz GLA 180 to 170,000 yuan, high-power Mercedes-Benz GLA 200 to 190,000 yuan, maybe there are still people to buy, what do you think?
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