Where To Get An A Class In The USA or Mexico?! - Benzworld.org - Mercedes-Benz Discussion Forum

HaikuMarko · 09-06-2009, 04:33 AM

So,

I'm a proud owner of a 300E Merc, I'm young, 19 to be exact, love Mercs a lot... even the coach mercs and military truck mercs I see sometimes driving around my town.

Recently I've talked with my parents about them getting a new car.
My dad likes VW Golfs, my mom likeS Mini Coopers... I like Mercs so I said "Hey why not get a Merc! They're smooth, classy, built to last!"

the answer was: "They're too expensive" (C-Class in Mexico is $35,00)

So I searched around and found the B-Class and A-Class to be fairly inexpensive in terms of US Dollars (and by inexpensive I mean reachable)

Soooo

I don't know to get one of these A-Class benzies in the States or Mexico.

I really don't know much about them in terms of specs, history, why they're not sold here in the states or in Mexico?

I would love to get my mom to drive a benz, she'll love the A-class!

Any info on how to get one here? and specs? MSRP?

Mike Tee · 09-06-2009, 12:03 PM

Short answer: you cant have an A-Class.

Canada gets the B Class and in fact I had mine in LA just over a week ago. One person I know of has managed to register a Canadian B Class in CA: Benzworld member CA-B200 in southern California. This member has the information needed to register the B Class in California. The CDN market car meets US 45 state standards out of the box.

HaikuMarko · 09-06-2009, 01:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mike Tee

Short answer: you cant have an A-Class.

Canada gets the B Class and in fact I had mine in LA just over a week ago. One person I know of has managed to register a Canadian B Class in CA: Benzworld member CA-B200 in West Covina. I gather it was a total fluke, but you could ask her how she did it. The CDN market car meets US 45 state standards out of the box.

any reason why the A-class isn't available here? The smart car is, and that's smaller =O

Mike Tee · 09-06-2009, 03:14 PM

The first generation W168 A-Class was available in Mexico but not the new one apparently. I gather it's because Daimler stopped assembling the A-Class at their Brazilian assembly plant in 2004. Importing the German one was probably judged too expensive for the Mexican market to bear.

HaikuMarko · 09-06-2009, 03:48 PM

^ That makes sense.

**Nimrodthewombat** · 10-17-2009, 10:32 AM

It would probably also destroy the "Like no other" luxury car reputation Mercedes-Benz has built in the US. You notice how far MB distances itself from smart cars!