FUTURE MODELS
A-Class: Getting into game-changing technology
The fourth generation Mercedes-Benz A-Class will go upmarket and up-tech, writes Michael Taylor
A radical, freestanding digital instrument cluster headlines the interior package of the fourth-generation of the Mercedes-Benz A-Class hatch, which will arrive in SA in the third quarter of 2018. In a fourth-generation car carefully crafted to address the shortcomings of its predecessor, the next A-Class will see enormous leaps in cabin comfort, interior space and luggage capacity, while introducing a raft of new technologies. It will introduce a new connection service that acts as an effective concierge, plus an augmented-reality digital dialogue service, while shrinking the dashboard intrusion into the cabin. The most notable boost in space comes from re-engineering the flawed MFA small-vehicle architecture, which was compromised by the need to fit in with Chrysler small cars. The A-Class, which has been sold 3-million times, will be the first new car off the architecture, which will house eight new models compared with the five cars off the current car. Though the DaimlerChrysle...
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