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showed us the slightly larger
last week, but today we finally get to know how much its entry-level
will cost. Including destination charges, the A 220 will start at $33,495. That is the exact starting price of a
. To get all-wheel drive, you’ll have to pay $2,000 more on the Mercedes, making that car $35,495.
The
2 Series is similar in size but only offers two doors. Still, we’d consider it a competitor at $36,295. Then there’s the now-budget
, from $26,895. If you’re looking for budget luxury, the
is worth a look, but the A-Class is leagues ahead of it.
As a reminder, the A-Class in America comes in only one performance guise for the time being: the A 220. It houses a 2.0-liter turbocharged inline-four, good for 188 horsepower and 221 pound-feet of torque. A seven-speed dual-clutch transmission does the shifting for you. We just had one
, and the tiny new
. After some quick math, though, the final price on that example as optioned is around $50,000 — at that point, the value proposition begins to dwindle away.
The larger and much more powerful
starts at $41,400. A stripped
begins at $53,500, close to the price of our tester. What we’re getting at here is that the A 220 looks like a value proposition when it isn’t fully loaded. And the base car, like most Mercedes, is pretty great as-is.
We’ll just have to wait and see where the slightly more upscale and a hair larger
comes in on price to see how much Mercedes wants to differentiate the two. It’s already going to cause some confusion for folks walking into Mercedes
and seeing the two brand-new cars parked next to each other. We’d expect something in the high $30s since it’s a bit more upscale on all fronts. For now, there’s a new “cheapest way to get the three-pointed-star” in the A 220.
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