In addition to a Mercedes C-Class Electric, possibly the ‘Mercedes EQC Sedan,’ Daimler plans to launch a smaller Mercedes EQA Sedan to replace today’s ICE-powered A-Class hatch and saloon, and – according to inside information from the Stuttgart R&D-department – it is that EQA Sedan our spies got shots of while the car was being driven on public roads in Germany It is the first time we get to see the car with the production lamp units front and rear and with less camouflage on the bumpers and the side panels.
The compact crossover is a hot commodity and manufacturers have restructured lineups globally to have more high-riding vehicles. Yet Mercedes-Benz is not going to abandon the saloon car anytime soon.
Gorden Wagener, Mercedes’ Chief Design Officer, said at the 2021 Munich Motor Show (IAA 2021) that a Mercedes EQA Sedan would complete the EQ sedan range. Wagener didn’t get into the details, though. At that time, however, Mercedes was expected to release an EQA coupe with four doors, rather than the traditional EQA sedan – and these exclusive tele lens shots seem to confirm just that. The CLA-style car will have better aerodynamics, which will allow it to travel a longer distance per charge. The coupe shape will also be more consistent with the EQ four-door model family, given that the EQE and the EQS got this silhouette. Unlike the EQS, but like the other two models, the Mercedes EQA Sedan may come with a fixed rear window and a trunk instead of a tailgate.
It’s not just that electric coupes make more sense to launch than electric sedans due to their aerodynamically beneficial shape. Wagener also stated that a sedan with a six-inch tall battery pack “doesn’t look good.”
Unlike the Mercedes EQE and Mercedes EQS, the Mercedes EQA Sedan won’t ride on a dedicated EV platform. Daimler announced the MMA platform at the Mercedes-Benz Strategy Update 2020 event in October 2020. It will be an electric-first platform, as in a base developed primarily for compact and mid-size EVs but supporting internal combustion engine vehicles, too.
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The reported end of A-Class and B-Class production in 2025 will leave the company with four compact ICE cars: the sleek CLA sedan, its CLA Shooting Brake sibling, the GLA small SUV and the boxy GLB small-to-mid-size SUV.
The compact electric four-door model, be it a Mercedes EQA Sedan or a Mercedes EQA four-door coupe, will arrive in 2025 and will fill the gap the outgoing ICE-powered A-Class hatch and sedan are leaving. Daimler plans to electrify its entire Mercedes-Benz Cars range by 2022, and by 2025, it expects pure electric vehicles to start accounting for 25% of the sales.
Our spy shots of the new EQA have been snapped very long before the car’s official unveiling sometime in 2025. It is therefore you should expect to see facelifted versions of today’s EQA and EQB compact SUVs in the near future.
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