Mercedes-Benz EQA

HELLO £44,450 OTR/£54,085 as tested/£894pcm WHY IT’S HERE In the face of bespoke electric cars, can an electric GLA stand up? DRIVER Tom Ford FULL DISCLOSURE, I’M A BIT OF AN ELECTROHEAD. I LIKE ELECTRIC cars, and have particularly strong views on their deployment – mainly involving going electric for all boring commuting or job-ish journeys and keeping petrol for V8s with too many turbos for high days and holidays. That’s the context to my argument that I’m not, therefore, overly fond of car manufacturers stuffing electric motors into current models, blanking off the grilles and calling them done. Thing is, the Mercedes EQA is quite obviously a GLA with added EV. And I’m running it. Awkward. Full specs can be seen on the right, but we’ve got the one with…

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