Mercedes is engaged on a brand new platform known as ‘MMA’, designed particularly, however not completely for electrical automobile. MMA may also symbolize a brand new entry-point into the Mercedes vary, first arriving with a manufacturing model of the Idea CLA Class.

Proven off for the primary time on the 2023 Munich Motor Present, the Idea CLA Class gave us some new clues as to what we are able to anticipate from automobiles sitting on the upcoming MMA structure. Probably the most eye-catching determine on the brand new platform is the claimed 466-mile vary, one thing the extra streamlined Idea CLA Class ought to both obtain or get close to to, with the opposite automobiles being a capturing brake property and two SUVs. 

That may imply an all-electric vary even larger than that of the Mercedes EQS 450+ with its 452-mile most – the longest vary of any automobile you should purchase within the UK. 

2024 is after we’ll see the brand new platform debut on the manufacturing model of the Idea CLA Class. The German model beforehand confirmed that the MMA platform will deal with “entry luxurious” fashions, however may also settle for combustion engines, although Mercedes has developed it with an electric-first method.

New fashions based mostly on the MMA underpinnings will redefine Mercedes’ vary entry level too, with the model pushing its most reasonably priced fashions additional up market with a larger deal with luxurious – and gross sales margins, in line with its investor shows. Vehicles increased up the Mercedes ladder will use MB.EA when it launches from 2025 – successfully changing the present choice of EVA2-based EQ automobiles just like the EQE and EQS.

Mercedes CEO Ola Kallenius has stated that “The entry level to the Mercedes model sooner or later will probably be a unique one than at this time.” Consequently, anticipate the A-Class, A-Class saloon, CLA four-door coupe and capturing brake, and B-Class to all come underneath scrutiny, with the way forward for these fashions unsure; they’re prone to be axed, with Mercedes outlining its “portfolio of variants” (which we perceive to imply physique kinds on this compact class) will probably be slimmed down from seven to 4.

This can tie in with an underpinning of its core luxurious fashions – which covers automobiles such because the C-Class, E-Class and GLC SUV amongst others – with Mercedes concentrating on comparatively fixed gross sales volumes in these sectors because it strikes in the direction of a completely electrical mannequin vary. On the prime finish of its portfolio the model will focus much more of its improvement finances on its luxurious automobiles the place revenue margins are increased.

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