The A-Class Sedan is a welcomed alternative to the A3 sedan and 2 Series offerings available locally. It's festooned with a variety of features that truly place it in a class above the rest.
The W177 A-Class Sedan is the first four-door sedan to be offered in this class but complements the more aggressively styled CLA which, as many will know, sacrifices practicality over form. It's wonderful to look at but somewhat compromised for the daily grind. The A-Class rectifies this and Mercedes-Benz has managed to create a fantastic mobile companion.
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Here are 5 Mercedes-Benz A-Class Sedan features that stand out from the competition.
1. Interior Space
The interior of the new Mercedes-Benz A-Class Sedan is rather generous. Unless you're larger than a human being, you won't struggle with room in the cabin and will find there to be more than enough shoulder and headroom. You will get 1024/944 mm headroom front/rear and 1400/1372 mm shoulder room front/rear. Legroom comes in at 1062/861 mm front/rear and elbow room is 1457/1446 mm front/rear.
The boot is also generously sized with 420-litres available with a sizeable opening for al your luggage.
2. Hi-tech Cockpit
In keeping with the times, the new A-Class Sedan has a very high-tech cockpit as standard. The base offerings will give you two, free-standing screens, measuring in at 7-inches apiece while the optional upgrade will see two 10.25-inch screens in their place on the dashboard to display your driver control readouts and the MBUX infotainment system and controls.
Pair this with the touch-pad steering wheel controls and the ambient lighting (that even illuminates the air vents and changes colour as you adjust the cabin temperature) and you have an interior that will impress even the most die-hard traditionalist.
3. Heads-up Display
Not straying too far from the tech theme, the A-Class Sedan has one of the most interesting heads-up displays on the market today.
A heads-up display will display vital driving information on the windscreen in an unobtrusive manner. It allows you to keep your eyes on the road and requires less time to focus on the information as opposed to looking down at the road and diverting your gaze.
In the A-Class Sedan, you can customize the layout to show a variety of information ranging from your speed to your following distance, economy and even a G-meter for the enthusiastic lot out there. It's the quickest and easiest way to feel like a fighter pilot!
4. Safety systems
The A-Class Sedan offers safety systems that are right at home in an S-Class and for good reason, many of the systems that you will find in the latest S-Class can be fitted to the A-Class Sedan. This includes Mercedes-Benz's Pre-Safe Plus which can detect an impending rear-end collision and apply the brakes harder (when at a standstill) and tension the seatbelts to minimize whiplash injuries.
Active Distance Assist DISTRONIC will allow you to cruise behind a vehicle at a set speed and maintain a safe following distance without having to worry about throttle modulation. You can also get an active lane keep assist that will keep you in your lane of your stray and apply the brakes on one side of the car to correct your trajectory if it senses you crossing a solid line.
5. Night driving made easy
Thanks to the Multi-Beam LED headlights on the Mercedes-Benz A-Class Sedan, you won't have to worry about driving at night. These headlights offer considerably better illumination at night and the auto high-beam function ensures that the road is lit up as bright as can be, no matter the conditions. you also won't have to worry about blinding oncoming traffic as the 18-LED elements are capable of creating 'dark spots' around oncoming traffic as to not blind the drivers.
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