Saw a GLA in the wild just now.

Kinja'd!!! "Alex B" (alexb420)
09/30/2014 at 15:34 • Filed to: GLA

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Initial reaction: NOPE. It had those fake rear bumper vents, they look awful. The whole thing looks tall and ungainly. You'd be crazy to buy this over a Q3, Macan, or x1.


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Kinja'd!!! sm70- why not Duesenberg? > Alex B
09/30/2014 at 15:44

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I like it. It's less boring than a Q5, and less expensive than all but the BMW


Kinja'd!!! Klaus Schmoll > sm70- why not Duesenberg?
09/30/2014 at 15:45

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Yet also a bit smaller, so there goes your price difference.


Kinja'd!!! sm70- why not Duesenberg? > Klaus Schmoll
09/30/2014 at 15:45

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I know, but there's the Q3. I'd take it over a Q3.


Kinja'd!!! EL_ULY > Alex B
09/30/2014 at 15:47

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we got like 10 of them in last week at work. All of the NOPEs just like the X1 and whatever boring Audi that follows the same class


Kinja'd!!! Klaus Schmoll > Alex B
09/30/2014 at 15:48

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It's weird looking. You can see that they took a normal A-class and put it on stilts. So it looks like an afterthought, a desperate attempt to tap into this Mini-CUV market that is so hot right now.

They will have a waiting list.


Kinja'd!!! Alex B > sm70- why not Duesenberg?
09/30/2014 at 15:54

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But the GLA looks like an A class on stilts. I think the A class is okay, but the translation from hatchback to SUV didn't come out the best IMO.


Kinja'd!!! Spasoje > Alex B
09/30/2014 at 16:17

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I saw one on Sunday, identical to the one above. Seemed interesting from the opposite side of the road, but didn't get a good look at it (obviously).