Mercedes stops production of A-Class, B-Class and new MMA platform

Mercedes will cease production of Class A And Class B in the 2025. The news comes weeks after Mercedes-Benz announced it was cutting its range from seven to four models, with the intention of focusing on a premium market where there are customers interested in most exclusive cars.

Mercedes A-Class production stopped until 2025

Mercedes stops production at Class A and Class B, what will happen?

Apparently Mercedes board members have already decided not to develop new versions of Class A and sister Class Bwhose production will receive a stop at the end of 2025, but which will nevertheless continue to benefit from updates over the next 3 years.

The B-Class will no longer be produced from 2025, the Newsauto video test

New Mercedes models

Meanwhile Mercedes gave the green light to the production of other compact models such as the CLAprobably in four-door coupe version And Shooting Brake five-door, as well as SUVs GLA / EQA And GLB / EQB.

The new Mercedes MMA platform

Another important novelty of the Casa della Stella is the passage from the platform (floor) Mfacurrently used on the A-Class and sister models, to the new MMA platform. This new architecture is primarily designed for i electric vehicles, but it also supports hybrid powertrains. One of the features that the new cars built on the MMA platform will have will be the infotainment MB.OS.
It will replace the MBUX and will have a totally renewed graphics engine and artificial intelligence system.
“Hey Mercedes” will be replaced by a 3D Avatar with the role of “digital butler”, as Magnus Östberg, Mercedes-Benz Chief Software Officer defined him.

This new Mercedes MMA platform will make its debut in the course of 2024.

Mercedes is all about electric

The current A-Class, in its fourth generation, is one of the company’s best-selling vehicles to date. So why not develop a new A-Class? The answer comes precisely from migration to the electric Mercedes, a choice on which most of the car manufacturers are orienting themselves.