Ever since the third generation of the A-Class, Mercedes-Benz offered an AMG version, and that idea was carried over to the next models based on the same platform, such as the GLA.

After Mercedes-AMG refreshed the A45 lineup, it continued its work and upgraded the crossover version of that compact hatchback, the GLA 45, and it also offered it with the red S letter behind it.

Based on the second-generation GLA-Class, the Mercedes-AMG GLA 35 is the first of its kind, as it doesn't have a direct predecessor. Unveiled at the same time as the non-AMG GLA, the sporty crossover represents an entry-level model into the world of Mercedes-AMG SUVs and crossovers. The model is part of the Mercedes-Benz compact lineup, which has been increased to no less than eight members, five of which sharing Mercedes-AMG 35 and 45 versions.

Mercedes-AMG GLA

Mercedes-Benz introduced the facelifted version of the GLA range in 2017, after four years since the model introduction, and it enhanced the 45 AMG version as well.

Mercedes-AMG introduced in 2014 a beefed-up version of Mercedes-Benz's crossover GLA one year after the unveiling of the GLA 45 AMG concept car revealed at the 2013 Los Angeles Auto Show.