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Mercedes-Benz Australia has upped the price of its smaller passenger-car range by up to nearly $2000, including the best-selling A-Class and its sportier CLA coupe, making entry into the Three-Pointed-Star brand more expensive than before.
Now kicking off some $1200 more than before at $45,100 before on-road costs is the base A180 hatch, while the volume-selling A250 in front-drive (from $51,500) and 4Matic all-wheel drive (from $57,800) are now $800 and $900 more expensive respectively.
However, these pale against the Mercedes-AMG-modified versions, with the A35 4Matic hot hatch soaring some $3500 to $72,470, closing in on the A45S 4Matic+ missile’s $94,920, which is in itself now $1685 more expensive.
Meanwhile, the base CLA 200 will set buyers back $1900 more, the AMG-tuned 35 and 45 siblings cost $465 more (meaning the latter is zeroing in on Audi’s $135K TT RS – Australia’s least-affordable transverse passenger car), and the volume-selling CLA 250 4Matic lightens one’s purse by an extra $400.
On the A-Class Sedan front, the slow-selling three-box A200 has been axed, the A180 and A250s edge up $500, while the A35 AMG Sedan jumps by a far-more palatable $1365 compared to its five-door alternative.
Speaking of which, the boxy B-Class – sold locally in B200-only format – also rises by $500, to $48,200.
Why are the MFA2 passenger cars more expensive now? Here’s what Mercedes-Benz Australia/Pacific media relations and product communications manager, Ryan Lewis, had to say about it.
“Price increases have been made across various Mercedes-Benz models to adjust for a number of changes including, but not limited to, instability of exchange rates,” he said. “Each vehicle variant is adjusted individually and affected by different factors.”
2021 Mercedes-Benz A-Class hatch pricing before on-road costs
| Variant | Transmission | Cost |
| A180 FWD | Automatic | $45,100 (+$1200) |
| A250 FWD | Automatic | $51,500 (+$800) |
| A250 4Matic | Automatic | $57,800 (+$900) |
| A250e FWD | Automatic | $63,400 (New) |
| AMG A35 4Matic | Automatic | $72,470 (+$3535) |
| AMG A45 S 4Matic | Automatic | $94,920 (+$1685) |
2021 Mercedes-Benz A-Class sedan pricing before on-road costs
| Variant | Transmission | Cost |
| A180 FWD | Automatic | $46,700 (+$500) |
| A250 FWD | Automatic | $53,500 (+$500) |
| A250 4Matic | Automatic | $59,700 (+$500) |
| A250e FWD | Automatic | $66,000 (New) |
| AMG A35 4Matic | Automatic | $73,500 (+$1365) |
2021 Mercedes-Benz B-Class pricing before on-road costs
| Variant | Transmission | Cost |
| B180 FWD | Automatic | $48,200 (+$500) |
2021 Mercedes-Benz CLA-Class pricing before on-road costs
| Variant | Transmission | Cost |
| CLA 200 FWD | Automatic | $62,600 (+$1900) |
| CLA 250 4Matic | Automatic | $70,600 (+$465) |
| AMG CLA 35 4Matic | Automatic | $85,600 (+$465) |
| AMG CLA 45 S 4Matic | Automatic | $111,300 (+$400) |
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