{"id":15170,"date":"2022-02-11T06:09:31","date_gmt":"2022-02-11T11:09:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=15170"},"modified":"2022-02-11T06:09:31","modified_gmt":"2022-02-11T11:09:31","slug":"mercedes-a-class-exiting-us-less-competition-bmw-2-gc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=15170","title":{"rendered":"Mercedes A-Class Exiting US Means Less Competition For BMW 2 GC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><meta itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.bmwblog.com\/2022\/02\/11\/mercedes-a-class-exiting-us-less-competition-bmw-2-gc\/\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"photomain-article\"> <noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1857\" height=\"1393\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Mercedes-A-Class-Sedan-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Mercedes A Class Sedan 1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Mercedes-A-Class-Sedan-1.jpg 1857w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Mercedes-A-Class-Sedan-1-830x623.jpg 830w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Mercedes-A-Class-Sedan-1-1365x1024.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Mercedes-A-Class-Sedan-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Mercedes-A-Class-Sedan-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1857px) 100vw, 1857px\" title=\"image of Mercedes A Class Sedan 1\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1857\" height=\"1393\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=%22http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%201857%201393%22%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Mercedes-A-Class-Sedan-1.jpg\" class=\"lazyload attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Mercedes A Class Sedan 1\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Mercedes-A-Class-Sedan-1.jpg 1857w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Mercedes-A-Class-Sedan-1-830x623.jpg 830w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Mercedes-A-Class-Sedan-1-1365x1024.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Mercedes-A-Class-Sedan-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Mercedes-A-Class-Sedan-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1857px) 100vw, 1857px\" title=\"image of Mercedes A Class Sedan 1\"\/><\/div>\n<div class=\"bmwad\">\n<p><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\" itemprop=\"description\" readability=\"63.800214822771\">\n<p>With the rise of crossovers, cars are less and less on a customer\u2019s radar when shopping for a new vehicle. Strangely, Mercedes decided to launch an A-Class Sedan to join the mechanically identical <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmwblog.com\/2015\/11\/23\/image-comparison-bmw-compact-concept-sedan-vs-mercedes-cla\/\">CLA<\/a> with a different body. It has proven to be an uninspiring decision as the Mercedes A-Class Sedan is being dropped in the United States.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.autonews.com\/cars-concepts\/mercedes-benz-class-be-dropped-us-after-2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Automotive News<\/em><\/a> has managed to get a hold of a memo sent to dealers, informing them the compact sedan will be no more after the 2022 model year. Separately, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/2022\/02\/mercedes-will-drop-the-a-class-sedan-and-hatch-in-canada-too-in-2023\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Carscoops<\/em><\/a> learned from the automaker\u2019s Canadian division the Mercedes A-Class Sedan will be discontinued there as well, along with the five-door hatchback. That means BMW won\u2019t have to worry anymore about the two small cars with the three-pointed star.<\/p>\n<p>The sleeker CLA is sticking around as a four-door coupe for which BMW had a belated response. The first CLA came out in 2013, but it wasn\u2019t until 2019 when the 2 Series Gran Coupe arrived. The Mercedes A-Class Sedan will soldier on elsewhere, including in China where a long-wheelbase derivative is built and sold.<\/p>\n<p><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-418478\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Mercedes-A-Class-Sedan-2-830x623.jpg\" alt=\"Mercedes A Class Sedan 2 830x623\" width=\"830\" height=\"623\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Mercedes-A-Class-Sedan-2-830x623.jpg 830w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Mercedes-A-Class-Sedan-2-1365x1024.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Mercedes-A-Class-Sedan-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Mercedes-A-Class-Sedan-2-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Mercedes-A-Class-Sedan-2.jpg 1857w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 830px) 100vw, 830px\" title=\"image of Mercedes A Class Sedan 2 830x623\"\/><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-medium wp-image-418478\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=%22http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%20830%20623%22%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Mercedes-A-Class-Sedan-2-830x623.jpg\" alt=\"Mercedes A Class Sedan 2 830x623\" width=\"830\" height=\"623\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Mercedes-A-Class-Sedan-2-830x623.jpg 830w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Mercedes-A-Class-Sedan-2-1365x1024.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Mercedes-A-Class-Sedan-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Mercedes-A-Class-Sedan-2-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Mercedes-A-Class-Sedan-2.jpg 1857w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 830px) 100vw, 830px\" title=\"image of Mercedes A Class Sedan 2 830x623\"\/><\/p>\n<h3>Mercedes, Audi, And BMW Are All Dropping Some Models<\/h3>\n<p>The Mercedes A-Class Sedan does have a direct rival from BMW in the lesser-known <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmwblog.com\/2018\/06\/26\/bmw-1-series-sedan-launches-in-mexico\/\">1 Series Sedan<\/a>. However, it was never launched in the United States as it\u2019s only sold in China and Mexico.<\/p>\n<p>Mercedes\u2019 decision to drop the A-Class Sedan from its US lineup comes hot on the heels of a similar announcement made by Audi. The other BMW rival will retire its subcompact cars by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmwblog.com\/2022\/02\/09\/bmw-rival-audi-axe-subcompact-cars\/\">axing the A1 supermini and Q2 small crossover<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>BMW will soon eliminate a model of its own by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmwblog.com\/2022\/02\/07\/bmw-i3-and-i3s-discontinued-united-states\/\">ending the assembly of the i3<\/a>. However, the name will not cease to exist since it\u2019s being repurposed for a 3 Series EV. It\u2019s coming later this year in China where it will be assembled as an electric conversion of the long-wheelbase sedan.<\/p>\n<p>[Source: Automotive News, Carscoops]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ADVERTISEMENT With the rise of crossovers, cars are less and less on a customer\u2019s radar when shopping for a new vehicle. Strangely, Mercedes decided to launch an A-Class Sedan to join the mechanically identical CLA with a different body. It has proven to be an uninspiring decision as the Mercedes A-Class Sedan is being dropped [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":15171,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15170"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15170\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}