Those of you paying close attention to the new A-Class will likely have noticed that the A45 AMG's aero kit is identical to the AMG Sport styling package offered on the regular hatchback, with the only true differences between the two coming from the bigger, 18-inch multispoke alloy wheels, the honeycomb grille inserts, and the trapezoidal (instead of oval) tailpipes.
Now, French car magazine L'Automobile brings us more details of the GLA in the shape of new spy footage nabbing a prototype wearing varying levels of disguise while testing in Spain.
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Normally, the short list includes 7 models, but due to the fact that two cars tied in the same position during the voting process, the committee increased the number of finalists to eight, just as it did in the 2007 edition of the award.
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Our spy shooters captured a more lightly camouflaged GLA prototype while undergoing its first cold weather testing in Northern Europe.
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With one exception, the new Dacia Lodgy minivan that Euro NCAP said "budgets on safety" as it was rated with a mediocre three stars out of five, all other cars tested were awarded five stars.
Euro NCAP criticized the Renault Group's decision to not offer the electronic stability control (ESC) as standard equipment on the Lodgy, while also noting that the Dacia model scored poorly for pedestrian and child protection.
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And this is precisely what Mercedes-Benz's marketing division has done in Japan to support the launch of its brand-new A-Class premium hatchback, which will arrive in showrooms on January 17, 2013.
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According to Reuters, Mercedes-Benz CEO Dieter Zetsche told German news daily Die Zeit that the brand with the star has received close to 90,000 orders for the compact hatchback since it introduced the car in the summer (first deliveries started in late-September).
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And it is a prototype of the GLA crossover that our scoop photographers nabbed testing in Germany this week.
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While in some ways different from the A-Class in the sense that the car in these pictures rides higher and features much wider fenders and pronounced shoulders, it also sports a very similar body to the five-door hatchback, which point to a hybrid test mule and as such, the shape and styling is far from final.
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As the latest generation of the A-Class premium hatchback begins arriving in showrooms across Europe, the German tuning specialist has released the first images of the car riding on a lowered sports suspension and 19-inch alloy wheels in the classic Brabus design.
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The premium model has already racked up more than 40,000 orders in Europe alone and as a result, Mercedes-Benz turned to Valmet Automotive, which it hired to build an additional 100,000 units or so from 2013 through 2016 to cover the demand.
Given that the regular A-Class has already been presented, we were somewhat surprised to see that CarScoop reader Radek V. spotted a heavily camouflaged prototype of the VW Golf-sized model earlier today on the picturesque streets of the Czech Republic's capital city of Prague.
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According to a news report from German business daily Financial Times Deutschland (FTD), Daimler is mulling building compact Mercedes-Benz passenger cars with partner Renault-Nissan from 2016 in Eastern Europe to further reduce development costs and increase production volumes.
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We suspect the love the brand with the star is showing to its most compact and affordable model has something to do with the fact that it has received well over 40,000 orders in Europe alone more than a month before its market launch in mid-September.
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The A45 AMG will sit atop of the range of the new A-Class hatchback, which has already amassed more than 40,000 orders a couple of months ahead of launch forcing Mercedes-Benz to expand production by hiring Finnish contract manufacturer Valmet Automotive.
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As a result, parent company Daimlers will expand production capacities for the new A-Class by hiring Finnish contract manufacturer Valmet Automotive to build more than 100,000 units from 2013 through 2016.
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Daimler Chief Executive Dieter Zetsche made the announcement during a conference at Mercedes' Rastatt plant in Germany on the start of production of the revamped A-Class hatchback.
"This start of production marks a further milestone in our Mercedes-Benz 2020 growth strategy. The A-Class represents our offensive in the compact segment," said Zetsche. "And there is more to come: The compact SUV will be the third model we will build here in Rastatt."
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Beginning with the Mercedes-Benz A45 AMG, the rendering suggests that the hot hatch will sport a new front bumper with air-outlets and elongated LED light bars on either corner along with side skirts and black alloy wheels.
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Buyers can choose from three petrol models including the A 180 BE with a 1.6-liter engine producing 121hp (122PS), the A 200 BE powered by a 1.6-liter unit with 154hp (156PS) and the range-topping A250 BE equipped with a 2.0-liter turbo delivering 208hp (211PS).
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