2019 Mercedes-Benz A-Class Sedan Priced From $32,500 In US

2019 Mercedes-Benz A-Class Sedan Priced From $32,500 In US

The first-ever Mercedes-Benz A-Class sedan for U.S. Mercedes says its fresh-and-new model will hit dealerships in 鈥渆arly 2019鈥?which, looking at the calendar, is pretty much now. We don鈥檛 have an exact date yet for its arrival, but today we do know how much it will cost. 995 in destination charges, but even with that extra grand factored in, the A-Class is an affordable step into the luxurious world of Mercedes-Benz. What does that starting price get you? The A220 comes standard with LED lights at the front and back, 17-inch wheels, and a panoramic roof to let the light shine through. Inside there鈥檚 a fully digital cockpit with a 7-inch digital instrument cluster and a 7-inch touchscreen display. Dual-zone climate control is also standard, as are paddle shifters on the steering wheel and full smartphone integration with Android Auto and Apple CarPlay. It also comes standard with active brake assist and adaptive braking with hill start assist. And of course, the automaker鈥檚 advanced MBUX system with voice control is included. Power is relegated to either the front wheels or all four, courtesy of a 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder making a modest 188 horsepower (140 kilowatts) connected to a 7-speed dual-clutch transmission. It鈥檚 not what you鈥檇 call invigorating - something we experienced in our A-Class first-drive experience last year - but it is adequate for daily commuting. We found the chassis to be rewarding in the curves, so getting our hands on an AMG-tuned variant could be plenty exciting. We suspect, however, it would also be plenty expensive. Will the entry-level Benz sedan find buyers in a U.S. We will find out as 2019 progresses forward.

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There are essentially two reasons that call for doing further research on alternative drive systems. One is that the supply of fossil energy sources is limited. The mathematical models for computing the range of these stocks differ and are influenced by the discovery of new reserves as well as by the additional consumption caused by new, rapidly growing economies. All the same, at the end of this century at least petroleum production, and perhaps also natural gas production, will have passed its zenith. Continuing to ensure mobility therefore means keeping a lookout for new drive system alternatives. Moreover, we increasingly see that along with the emissions on which attention has centered to date the handling of the greenhouse gas CO2 will play a more and more important role in future. Along with biodiesel from rape seed oil, which, however, will never be available in adequate quantities, ethanol and methanol are possibilities which again could become attractive. Making this unlikely - leaving aside special cases like Brazil and recently Sweden - is that a special filling station system would have to be built up, which would be economically viable probably only in very few countries.

The same can be said about other possible fuels such as dimethyl ether. In addition, synthetic diesel oil manufactured from lumber industry and agricultural wastes soon will be available on a larger scale. Daimler AG has been working in this field together with the Choren company, Freiberg, since 2002. Before long, Choren will be manufacturing this fuel, known by the brand name SunDiesel, on a large scale. Like biodiesel, synthetic diesel fuel does not require the development of separate engines, but can be admixed with conventional diesel or used alone in a normal diesel engine. There is no need for a separate infrastructure. Of course, at the present time no one can say whether in the long run enough fuel will be on hand to replace the fossil sources of energy. It would therefore be ill-considered to refrain from investigating other possible solutions, and Daimler AG as world market leader has a special responsibility in this respect. If we succeed in manufacturing enough hydrogen by electrolysis with regenerative electricity, then the fuel cell indeed may have a great future in store for it.

However, the hopes raised by the rapid progress from NECAR 1 to NEBUS and through to NECAR 5 meanwhile have given way to a certain disillusionment. Fundamentally, a conclusive energy balance and lifecycle assessment must consider the overall system. The vision of new bus transport systems of the 1970s unexpectedly gains present-day relevance here. Finally, we see that it is precisely the synergies from the development of different systems that lead to new solutions. The fuel-cell buses benefited from the development of new high-pressure tanks which had previously been used in natural gas buses. To make the fuel cell drive system fit for production, it would have to be integrated into an uncompromising energy management system of the kind developed in the area of hybrid drives. At the same time, new storage systems like the lithium-ion battery and the fuel cell enter into a competition whose outcome is undecided yet. Future developments consequently will depend not least of all on whether we consistently pursue all possible options further and, where indicated, develop new solutions from their combination.