New Delhi: Mercedes-Benz has discontinued the A-Class Limousine, along with EQA and EQB, from its India website ahead of the arrival of the CLA EV launch. This move by the carmaker indicates the brand’s focus on higher-end models in their lineup. Further, the luxury car giant has also pulled the plug on their electric EQE SUV.
The brand’s official statement said, “We have completely sold out the existing stock of these models in India.” Mercedes further said that the customers who were more in favour of the latest generation of BEV have the option of the new CLA. It is being touted as the brand’s most ‘intelligent Mercedes-Benz ever’ and will be debuting on April 24th.
Back in 2025, Mercedes had revealed that they faced a 23 per cent drop in the entry-level segment. In place of competing in it, the brand has decided to step aside from making a price war. Which already has pressures on margins. In fact, Santosh Iyer, MD and CEO of Mercedes-Benz India, had told Autocar India that they couldn’t match their competition at a lower price.
The entry point of Mercedes-Benz gets costlier
Mercedes-Benz GLA is now the most accessible offering from the brand in India
Coming at an ex-showroom price falling between Rs 44.46 lakh and Rs 45.92 lakh, the A-Class was the cheapest in the Mercedes-Benz lineup. With it being discontinued, the GLA SUV will be the most accessible one from Mercedes on sale, priced between 51.80 lakh and Rs 55 lakh (ex-showroom).
On the other hand, the forthcoming CLA EV will consolidate Mercedes’ entry-level EV lineup in just one model. The carmaker has said that the CLA EV will have a ‘tentative’ ex-showroom price range of Rs 55 lakh to Rs 59 lakh (ex-showroom), so it wouldn’t be cheap.
Second-gen GLB coming soon
The ICE-powered GLB was discontinued in April 2025; it will come back on our roads in a second-gen look. The second-gen GLB was brought last year for the global markets in ICE and EV trims, but India will only have the ICE-powered trim coming as a complete CBU import. For now, the launch timeline hasn’t been provided.