The Mercedes A and B Class will be replaced in 2025 by a battery electric Smart #4
- Mercedes has announced that its Mercedes A-Class and B-Class will not be replaced in 2025 by new models with a Mercedes brand but by a new battery electric Smart made in China probably named #4.
- The origins of the Mercedes A-Class date back to 1997. It was then a small B-segment single-body vehicle (W168) 3.61 m long. This model was redesigned in 2004 (W169) but still in a mono-volume style, 3.84 m long. With the growing success of the BMW 1 Series and Audi A3 which were C-segment sedans, Mercedes had to completely review its copy and launch in 2012 a C-segment Class A sedan (W176) aesthetically quite close to the 1 and A3 Series, thus abandoning the mono-volume style. This 4.29 m long model received a better market response than the previous B-segment Class A. It was redesigned in 2018 (W177) and lengthened by 12 centimeters to reach 4.41 m. His career will end in 2025.
- The origins of the Mercedes B Class date back to 2005. It was an MPV (T245) derived from the A Class but much longer (4.27 m) therefore located in the C segment. It was redesigned in 2011 (W246) but kept its MPV style, 4.39 m long. Redesigned once again in 2018 (W247), still in the same style, 4.42 m long, it will be discontinued in 2025.
- The only remainders of the C-segment, the Mercedes CLA, GLA and EQA will continue their careers, the CLA sedan being renewed first, in 2025. Unlike the current CLA, the future CLA will be a BEV. This is what will also differentiate it from the C-Class sedan which is quite similar aesthetically but only available today in thermal or PHEV version.