Would You Spend £65,000 On A Mercedes-AMG GLA 45 S?

UK pricing has confirmed for the GLA 35 and GLA 45 S, with the spendiest version of the latter coming in at £64,775

Updated: 10 Oct 2024

Would You Spend £65,000 On A Mercedes-AMG GLA 45 S?

With the Mercedes-AMG A45 S coming with a price tag as attention-grabbing as its 0-62mph time, it was inevitable that the bigger GLA 45 S would cost an even more eyebrow-raising amount. Sure enough, in top-spec Plus trim, it weighs in at £64,775. Ouch.

By far the most expensive version of the ‘45 family we’ve seen so far, the GLA 45 S Plus works out roughly £8000 more than an A45 S in the same spec. If the AMG’d A-Class is anything to go by, though, there won’t be many cost options on the menu to inflate the chunky starting price of the Plus much further.

The Plus pack provides adaptive dampers, 21-inch wheels, multibeam LED headlights and an aero package. Inside, thusly equipped cars come with a panoramic sunroof, electrically adjustable multi-contour seats, and a Burmester audio system. On the safety front, blind-spot assist and traffic sign assist functions are fitted as standard.

If you’re happy to do without all that, the base GLA 45 S is £58,755. That’s as cheap as it gets in the UK - mirroring the same setup in the British A45 and CLA 45 ranges, the less powerful non-S version isn’t available here.

For anyone wishing to spend less on an AMG’d GLA, there’s the GLA 35, starting at £43,565. Spec the Premium package with its 10.-25-inch digital cockpit, augmented reality navigation, keyless entry and bigger wheels, and that figure rises to £46,065.

Finally, £50,000 gets you a GLA 35 with Premium Plus, adding adaptive dampers, AMG aero, even bigger wheels, a Burmester sound system and much more besides. This trim grade also opens up the option of the Driving Assistance package, which adds an extra £1495 to the price.

Both of the AMG GLAs are available to order now, with initial deliveries starting this summer.

Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.

Comments

“ mirroring the same setup in the British A45 and CLA 45 ranges, the less powerful non-S version isn’t available here.”

Presumably this is because there wouldn’t be enough demand for the less powerful non-S versions in the UK?

Exactly that - whenever there’s a two-tier setup like that, the vast majority of UK buyers will almost always go for the more powerful one. Will often find the ‘lesser’ versions get quietly dropped by the time of the mid-life refresh, so it’s becoming increasingly common for them not to be brought here at all - see also BMW, who’ll only sell you Competition versions of the X3 M, X5 M and M8 in Britain

Short answer, no. 😂
Long answer, neither i can afford it, nor i’d like to have the crossover version of the A Class.
I mean, look at how nice the A Class looks. Damn.

Short answer: no

Long answer: hell no

If I was blind, deaf and stupid, probably

So this is slower, heavier, and more expensive than the A and offers only a little more space? So unless you are 60 years old and have back pain so you absolutely need a raised seating position but cannot afford a GLC 63, this car is pointless.

My dad bought it and i think it’s pointless and rubbish.

For reference, a C43 Estate currently costs £50k. Slightly less powerful than the 45 S but bigger, probably better interior and 2 more cylinders for £15k less. Customers are nuts.