Mercedes-Benz Officially Reveals New GLA Compact Crossover Study [49 Photos]

The star of Mercedes-Benz's Auto China 2013 in Shanghai, the new GLA Concept, was officially unveiled today, following a premature release of photos and initial information on Wednesday.

It represents Stuttgart's vision of a compact off-roader built on the underpinnings of its A-Class hatchback to compete against the BMW X1 and Audi Q3, with the company's CEO Dieter Zetsche having already confirmed that the production model will be released in a few months' time at the 2013 Frankfurt Auto Show in September before it goes on sale next year.

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Mercedes-Benz GLA Concept: First Official Photos of Compact Crossover

With only three days left for the grand opening of the Auto China 2013 in Shanghai this Saturday (April 20, 2013), the first official images of the Mercedes-Benz GLA compact crossover concept have made their way onto the web.

The study is fairly close to the actual production model that Mercedes will reveal at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September this year, before it goes on sale worldwide in the first half of 2014.

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Spy Shots: Mercedes-Benz Takes GLA 45 AMG Hot Crossover to the 'Ring

What we believe to be the performance-orientated AMG version of Mercedes-Benz' upcoming GLA crossover, was spied undergoing speed and handling tests around the world's most notorious racetrack, Germany's Nürburgring Nordschleife.

Albeit heavily wrapped in masking tape and plastic cladding, like the previous GLA 45 AMG prototype we showed you, this one too sports some special features that confirm its performance pedigree like the larger alloy wheels with wide tires hiding chunky brake discs.

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Spied: Mercedes-Benz's New GLA Small Crossover Caught on Film

Here's a new spy video of the upcoming Mercedes-Benz GLA that was captured testing in Northern Europe, about a month before the Germans preview the small crossover with a thinly disguised concept car at the Shanghai Auto Show in China this April, and six months ahead of its world premiere in production form at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September. Read more »

Mercedes Confirms 13 Brand New Models Until 2020, Including an SUV to be Built in the U.S.

At a recent Daimler Group Annual Press Conference in Stuttgart, the company's CEO Dieter Zetsche, outlined the Mercedes-Benz car brand's plans, in which he confirmed the launch of a total of 13 new vehicles that have no predecessor in the automaker's portfolio.

Besides the A-Class-based GLA compact crossover, which will be previewed by a concept model at the Shanghai Auto Show in China this April, with the production model to break cover at the Frankfurt Motor Show in Germany later in the fall, Zetsche also said that the company is readying a brand new SUV.

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Scoop: New Mercedes-Benz GLA to be Shown as a Concept in Shanghai

Our spy photographers had another meeting with a black-cladded Mercedes-Benz GLA test car in Germany where they managed to snap a couple of shots of the dashboard, which appears to be very similar to that found in the CLA sedan and A-Class hatchback, something we expected since all three cars belong to the same family of models.

On an equally if not more interesting note, CarScoop reader Florian D. forwarded us a document containing Daimler CEO Dieter Zetsche's speech at the company's Annual Press Conference in Stuttgart last week.

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Scoop: Is Mercedes-Benz Prepping a GLA 45 AMG High Performance Crossover?

If there's one thing that Germany's premium carmakers know how to do well, it is to expand their offerings to cover every possible niche there is. That said, we wouldn't be surprised to learn that this prototype caught testing in Northern Sweden is indeed an AMG performance variant of the upcoming GLA, as claimed by our man with the long lens.

The most persuasive evidence that points to this are the big brakes with drilled rotors positioned behind large alloy wheels and the twin exhaust pipes at the back.

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