 Point is up you guys, we'll go back to another one. If you are new to this channel, I am Goldpony, I do new car truck STV reviews on YouTube and today we are in the brand new 2024 Mercedes Benz GLA250 courtesy of Mercedes Benz of Hagerstown in Hagerstown, Maryland. For more information on their inventory, please feel free to check out the link in the description box below. So today we are in this one because there have been several changes for the 2024 GLA including a new look, refreshed housings for the headlights plenty of changes on the interior as well including the tech. So really just a ton of changes for this one for 2024. And of course this SUV is gonna be competing with others like the Volvo XC40, BMW X1, just to name a couple. So ultimately in this video, we will be testing out and going over everything about this one from acceleration of braking, steering feel, ride quality, sound system, exhaust clip, all that fun stuff. So having said all of that, what do you guys say? Let's just go ahead and jump right into it. And as always, let's start with pricing. And so as you can imagine, there are a couple of configurations for the 2024 GLA250. You got the front wheel drive setup starting at $41,850. Then the 4Matic all wheel drive starting at $43,850. But regardless of that setup that you go with the power plant on the GLA250 is going to be the same. Powering the beast is a two liter turbocharged four cylinder with a mild hybrid system putting out 221 horsepower, 5,500 RPM, 258 pound feet of torque coming in at 1,800 RPM, that power being set to front wheels or all wheels through an eight speed dual clutch with paddle shifters. Which you guys of course know we will be testing out here in a little bit, but zero to 60 times is going to come in at approximately 6.8 seconds for the front wheel drive, 6.6 seconds then for the all wheel drive with MPG numbers coming in at 25 in the city, 34 in the highway for the front wheel drive. That's very impressive. 24 city 32 then on the highway for the all wheel drive taking premium unleaded fuel. But say that before we do any kind of fun acceleration or paddle shifter test here in the GLA I did want to mention to you guys the drive mode that's labeled dynamic. It's this black button right here behind the cup holders. Stands for dynamic select by the way but drive modes will include comfort, eco, sport, individual and off road adjusting things like the shift points, throttle response, the steering sensitivity, the eco start stop system. Also if you were to put it in that off road mode we'll also give you a 50-50 torque split for added traction and if you were to actually put it in that individual drive mode that actually allows you if you wanted to to put it in full manual shift mode with the paddle shifter. So that's pretty stinking cool as well. So now I haven't got all of that out of the way. What do you guys say? Let's go ahead and find it straight away. Let's put the paddle shifters at acceleration here to the test. I want to see how quickly we can get this one up speed and let's see how quickly these paddle shifters are going to react for us as well. All right, here we go in three, two, one, go. Paddle shifters are quick, man. Did not expect that. Paddle shifters are lightning quick, like AMG quick. I'm telling you, wow. And this is an SUV too. Typically with SUVs if there's paddle shifters on there it's kind of just a gimmick but with this Mercedes-Benz, this is incredible. I did not expect that. That was really amazing. But as far as acceleration goes, yeah, there's plenty of an acceleration emerging onto any highway. But again, maybe it's because it's a dual clutch. I guess I should expect that with any dual clutch really but that was insanely quick reacting paddle shifters. So very impressive, well done Mercedes-Benz. But anyways, to go along with that acceleration as always, braking is equally important. So upfront you will find 12.6 inch ventilated front discs in the back, 11.6 inch solid rear discs. As far as that six easier stopping distance goes that comes in at 120 feet even, which isn't a very respectable number quite honestly. So as far as the braking feel goes since there's nobody behind us, it's on the firm side. I love it, you keep crushing it Mercedes-Benz. So a lot of times with SUVs it's gonna be finding a very soft braking feel. Sometimes even a squishy braking feel but it's not squishy of course. It's not soft braking feel. It feels like a sports sedan. It instantly brings you to a stop. So once again, Mercedes-Benz crushing it with the braking setup on the GLA. Then touching on suspension and handling up front you're gonna get an independent McPherson throughout front suspension. In the back independent four link rear suspension, front and rear stabilizer bars. As far as ride quality goes, it's been perfectly fine. I'm actually a little test drive here today. I'm gonna take it out of that sport driving mode. Don't need that crazy acceleration all the time but yeah, it's been absorbing Hagerstown's road and perfection's quite nicely. So absolutely no issues when it comes to that. As far as steering feel goes, it is on the heavier or firmer side of things I should say that. Let me put it back in sport driving mode. I shouldn't have done that but yeah. So it definitely makes a difference depending upon the drive mode that you put it in. It's a much heavier feel in that sport driving mode and then when you take it out of that sport driving mode it's a much looser feel but still kind of tends to lean on the heavier side of things. So again, kind of leaning towards more of a driver's SUV compared to like more of just a comfort SUV. So I personally like that. So once again, crushing it. As far as cabin noise goes, we're going 57 miles per hour right now. Let you guys be the judge of that. So not a whole lot of exterior wind noise or road noise coming into the cabin. So for me, I personally don't have any issues there. The touching on rear visibility I actually can see perfectly fine out the back. So 100% not going to have any issues there. Either kind of interesting though that rear glass is kind of like a chart like an Excel spreadsheet. It's probably the wrong way to describe it but there's like little squares, little boxes on the rear glass. So I'm sure that's for the antenna for the radio or something because it's probably not on the roof but still kind of interesting but reinstancing windshield wipers touching on forward visibility actually do come standard on the GLA. So I absolutely love that. So whenever this thing detects any kind of mist or rainfall it's going to automatically turn on those windshield wipers for it. Kind of like automatic headlights, so big fin there. And there is a head up display available. If you wanted that, that actually comes with the pinnacle trim package that goes for $5,150. So that's going to display your speed, speed limit and safety features up onto your windshield. So you don't have to take your eyes off the road or you're better assisting with forward visibility yet again. But the Pretty Matron's healthy performance segment of this review, you guys. Let's now go ahead and take a look at the exterior of our brand new 2024 Mercedes-Benz GLA 250. All right, so here she is, you guys. The new 2024 Mercedes-Benz GLA 250 finished in night black. In case you were curious of the exact exterior color name that we had on this one with us here today but a nice facelift for the 2024 model year, new front fascia, also slightly revised headlight housings as well. But we'll get more into that in a second here. As always, let's go ahead and start with where the GLA is made. Taking a look at the bin. First character is the letter W. You guys know what that means. That means this one is built and assembled in Germany as it should be. But starting up front, horizontal aluminum trim on that front grille does come standard. You're going to find the vertical black slats that come standard on the GLA. However, if you were to go with that AMG line package for $3,150, by the way, that gives you a diamond block front grille. So that's probably what a lot of you may be used to seeing. Again, that comes with the AMG line package but aluminum or gloss black front trim found on the kind of lower front portion of that front end there. Illuminated star, if you wanted that, that goes for $450, that's available. To the sides, LED headlights with LED daytime running lights. Again, with revised housings for 2024. You do get the automatic feature with this headlight. You also get automatic high beams that now comes standard. So if you have your high beams on at night and it senses a vehicle coming in the opposite directions, could automatically dim them back to low beams. Then when a vehicle is gone, it's gonna automatically bounce it back up to high beams for you there. So you gotta love that. But with the Pinnacle trim, that adds active LED headlights. That's pretty cool. So if you're going around to bend at night, those headlights are going to swivel based on the direction of your steering angle. Better help illuminating what is around that bend so you're less likely to hit a deer or Sasquatch or whatever the case. So that's pretty cool as well. But anyways, down to the corners there, you guys can probably see that LED fog lights, they actually do come standard on the GLA. But that pretty much rounds out the front end of this one. Let's now go ahead and make our way to the side. All right, so now since we are around to the side of this one, all the way to the top, you will find aluminum roof rails. They do come standard. Rear privacy glass also coming standard on this one. Chrome windows arounds also standard. And also on the door handles, you have a little bit of chrome accenting to kind of tie in together with everything, I guess. Take a look at the side mirrors. They are body colored power adjustable side mirrors. They will be heated with LED integrated turd signals as well. Little bit of chrome or gloss black trim on the side skirts. That is available with gloss black if you were to go with that AMG line package, of course. Then take a look down at the wheel setup. There are so many different wheel designs yet again for this one, 18 inch twin five spoke alloys do come standard 19 inch AMG twin five spoke alloys with the AMG line package, of course. But there are 18, 19 and 20 inch optional designs to really make this one your own if you wanted to. We do have one of those optional designs, of course, but I like this design. There are actually three GLA's on the lot and I chose this one because of the wheel design, believe it or not. But anyways, that pretty much rounds out the side profile. Let's now go ahead and make our way to the back. All right, so now since we are around to the back of this one, like I was mentioning with the rear visibility earlier, there's no shark fin antenna. I didn't think there was going to be. And I guess that's probably why that grid is on the back rear window there. But anyways, still clean look. I do like that though. Rear spoiler with an integrated brake light does come standard just below that rear window way. Of course, LED tail lights coming standard again, little bit sleeker for 2024 reworked housings, I guess you could say. So I do like that rear diffuser with the AMG line package, of course. But then to the sides, you will find integrated dual exhaust outlets with chrome tips. So having said that, I do believe you guys know what we have to do next here. As always, here is that exhaust clip. All right, so now since we are around to the back of the GLA, when it comes to opening that rear liftgate, it is a manual liftgate that does come standard. However, power liftgate is available. We do have it, of course. So there is a button on the key fob. There's a button on the liftgate itself. And there is actually a button on the driver's side door then as well to go ahead and open it. But once opened up, cargo capacity comes in at 19 cubic feet. If that was not enough space, there is a 40, 20, 40 split, meaning the rear seats do fold down quite well, bumping that up to 50.5 cubic feet then. Cargo cover does come standard back there. Cargo lighting as well. There are some chrome plated tie-down anchors, some side pockets with some netted storage. There is an elastic strap. If you wanted to throw something in there, you don't want to slide around, perhaps. Grocer bag hooks do come standard 12-volt power outlet. And if you were to lift up underneath of that cargo floor, you will actually find some in-floor storage, which does come standard. Not a ton of it, but the fact that it's there is pretty darn cold. But then making our way up to the rear legroom that comes in at 38 inches, even for reference, I mean, even six feet tall. This is how much space I had in the rear seats there. Rear center armrest with cup holders is optional. We actually don't have that option, believe it or not. So that's kind of surprising. Rear ventilation does come standard. You got a little bit of storage back there and dual-phone charging ports coming standard. And a 115-volt power outlet that's gonna be optional. We do have that option, so that was pretty cool. But then making our way up to the front seats, eight-weight power driver seat with four-way power lumbar coming standard. Memory settings, though, for both the driver and the passenger, that is pretty darn cold. A lot of times it'll be just for the driver, but you actually do get it for the passenger here as well, which is pretty rare, actually. But MBTex upholstery does come standard on the GLA. Leather seating goes for $1,450 if you wanted that. Heated front seats for $500. Overall, as far as seat comfort goes, actually really wasn't that bad. I found it perfectly fine. The four-way lumbar support worked well. The seams on this one are vertical, and that usually helps not create awkward pressure points. So no issues with the seating for me. But then taking a look at the steering wheel, it is tilt and telescoping and is leather-wrapped. Heated steering wheel, if you wanted that, goes for $450. The 10 to two grips, definitely on the thicker side of things. A big fan of the steering wheel there. Then making our way to the startup. Let me start by showing you guys the key here. You got your Mercedes-Benz logo front and center. Lock on top, unlock just beneath that, and the button to pop the rear liftgate there as well. But it is all keyless and true with a push button. Starts all I'm going to do here. Simply put them up front of the brake and press that engine start button located just to the left of the air vents there. And so once started up, as far as that gauge cluster goes, it's gonna be a 10 and a quarter inch digital gauge cluster that comes standard across the board. And there is so many different things you could do with this gauge cluster. If you press the home button on the left side of the steering wheel there, that gives you a bunch of different loadouts. You can change it to an understated loadout. A sport look, of course, there's the classic look. You can also put just pure navigation on there as well. And there's a cool off-road mode actually too. So all of these different looks coming standard across the board. So I love that. So I could probably just play around with that for quite a bit. But of course, since it's digital, it is everything you could possibly need. There's a digital speedometer. There's your time of day, how many miles you have left until you hit empty. There's outside temperature. So yeah, it definitely gets the job done quite well. But so then making our way to overall interior quality here, Panorama Roof goes for $1,500. We got that option. So actually the rear passengers have their own individual moonroof back there. That was kind of cool. Universal garage door opener for up to three different garage doors is found just below that frameless rear view mirror. Gotta love that. Wireless phone charger coming standard, dual zoom climate control as well. You do have 64 colors of ambient lighting. Probably not going to be able to see it too well in this video because it's the middle of the day here. But anyways, just take my word for it there. Aluminum trim goes for $175. If you wanted that, wood trim goes to 325. Otherwise, for the most part, the standard setup is the Mercedes Benz Star trim, which is found just above the passenger side glove box also on the doors. I think it looks pretty darn good. If we were to go with the AMG line package, it's actually an illuminated star trim, which is even cooler in my personal opinion. But just in front of those cupholders, they got a little bit of rubberized storage there. Of course, cupholders just beneath that. Little bit of more rubberized storage just behind the drive move button there within the center armrest. So actually it goes down pretty deep. It's a deep storage in there. Quite a bit of space and a couple USB charging ports within that center armrest as well. So overall, when it comes to interior quality, I think it's very well thought out. I love the air vents and the way they're designed. I also love how when you turn the interior lights on and off, it's kind of a fade to on kind of effect. And then when you turn them off, it's a fade to off effect. So very slow kind of dimming effect, I guess you could call it. So anyways, Mercedes Benz has always did a wonderful job on their interior. But now let's go ahead and take a look at the infotainment screen. There's now a newly standard 10.3 inch infotainment screen you guys are looking at here. Bluetooth and audio streaming of course, but wireless Android Auto Apple CarPlay coming standard. There's a ton of different themes you could check out up there as well. So I always like to play around with those. There's also of course the Hey Mercedes. How can I help? Turn on the radio. And it did. I just turned the volume all the way down because I didn't want to interrupt in our video. But yeah, so there's that functionality as well. So that is definitely pretty cool. Of course, you could check out your ambient lighting colors within this infotainment screen as well, along with your radio information. So when it comes to the sound systems, there are two of them. Six speakers come standard. However, there is an optional 12 speaker Bermester surround sound system with 590 watts and a nine channel digital amplifier. We got that today. If you're interested in that option, it's $970. So having said that, I do believe you guys know what we have to do next here. Let's go ahead and turn on the radio, see what we got playing today, and let's test out the clarity of this one. This is actually really good. It kind of feels like you're at a concert. The bass was, it felt like the bass was coming from all directions. I don't usually get that too often. So it was a really good sound system for the GLA. I'll definitely say that. When you first get in this one, it makes this cool kind of intro sound too. And you could tell there's a ton of bass in this thing. But anyways, last thing I want to mention you guys on the infotainment screen is when you do put the GLA in reverse, you will find a rear view camera coming standard across the board, very high definition as well. There's a surround view monitor available with that pinnacle trim package. If you wanted that, but it's always that is going to lead us into safety. And so front side, side curtain airbags do come standard. Driver and passenger knee airbags up front as well. In the back, you're going to have latch, AKA lower anchors and tethers to children for the rear car seats. Rear child door locks, tapers for monitoring system, but also coming standard. Active brake assist, Mercedes-Benz emergency call service, attention assist, a blind spot monitor, and cross wind assist then as well. And then there is some optional safety like adaptive cruise control that goes for $600. Rear side impact airbags that goes for $700 in case you wanted those. But overall, one of my final thoughts here of the GLA, the ambient lighting is great. I always say that it's hard to see here in the daytime, but you're going to have to take my word for it if it were nighttime right now. You guys would be totally mesmerized there. The tech as well, completely great. I love how you're able to adjust all the different loadouts for the gauge cluster. I think that's pretty darn cold. So much to do within the infotainment screen as well. Excellent driving dynamics is probably the first thing I noticed when I got in this one. Crazy quick paddle shifters, great acceleration. The dual clutch works amazing in the GLA. Great braking, the steering feel is great in that sport driving mode as well. So really Mercedes-Benz crushed it with the driving dynamics as expected. Excellent interior quality as well. I love that wood trim is available because whenever I get in a Mercedes with wood trim, it always smells like a new home and that's pretty cool. But really the only thing I could think of to make this thing even better is some more interior color options. So like I would love to see something different that really stands out. Like maybe a dark green or a navy blue or something like that. And maybe that's out there. I don't know, but it's different. It would definitely get my attention. It's probably something that I personally would put in this one. But anyways, let me know what you guys think of the GLA in the comment section below. That is about it for this one you guys. Thank you so much for watching. Feel free to follow me on social media at the bottom of the screen if you wanted to see what's coming next on the channel before it gets to YouTube. Be sure to hit the subscribe with the bell notification button if you're new car reviews because that is what we do here in this channel after all. Do appreciate you guys watching more than you know and I will see you guys all in the next video. Stay gold.