最近谍照记者在美国拍到了奔驰GLB照片，当时这辆预量产车型与A级轿车在一起，新车将在美国上市。这辆“小型G级车”与新一代A级掀背车以及奔驰计划在未来几年推出的其他前驱紧凑车型共享MFA2平台。这款车很可能会在墨西哥阿瓜斯卡连特斯州由奔驰和日产共同投资建立的新工厂生产。美版车预计将于明年四季度上市，目前还不清楚新车价格，但预计会在GLA的33400美元（约合人民币21.44万元）到GLC的40050美元（约合人民币25.71万元）之间。当该车在美国上市时（将搭载2.0升四缸涡轮增压引擎并搭配七速双离合器变速器），将成为奔驰新的入门级车型。这意味着该车售价很可能将低于32700美元（约合人民币21万元）的CLA。

 

Mercedes GLB Shown To U.S. Dealers, Coming Q4 2019

It was roughly four years ago when first reports emerged about the possibility of a G-Class-inspired GLB that would slot between the GLA and the GLC. Since the beginning of 2018, several batches of spy shots have been published to confirm the rumor about a boxy crossover part of Mercedes’ extended compact car lineup. New intel reveals the GLB was shown recently to dealers in the United States as a pre-production model alongside the A-Class Sedan, another new car heading to the U.S.

 

The “baby G-Class” as it has been described will ride on the same MFA2 platform as the new A-Class hatchback and all of the other front-wheel-drive-based compact cars Mercedes is planning to launch in the next few years. Production of the GLB will probably take place in Aguascalientes, Mexico at a new factory resulting from a tie-up between Daimler and Nissan. The U.S. version is scheduled to go on sale in the last quarter of 2019. No word on pricing, but an educated guess would be anywhere between the $33,400 GLA and the $40,050 GLC.

When it will arrive in the U.S. (with a four-cylinder 2.0-liter turbocharged engine and a seven-speed dual-clutch automatic transmission), it will effectively become the firm's new entry-level model, which means it will undercut the $32,700 CLA.