apl175

I was driving around the suburbs of Greenville, SC, and in front of me out pulls a A-Class Mercedes.....with regular plates on it...
Turned in to the TJ-Max (for some shopping, I guess) a few blocks down.

Anyone know if someone got the greenlight to import these stateside (like the Smartcar?)?

Sauceboy01

hmm, it's probably a dealer connected car.

PHYBENZ

Was it a 2nd or 1st generation A class?

apl175

It was definitely a 1st generation one - I drove a 1st generation for several weeks when I was in Amsterdam a few years ago.

Greenville, SC is kind of an interseting place...The city has a chamber of commerce in Munich to get German businesses to base their US operations here. BMW assembles it's SUVs here, but I don't think MB has a presence here (although I know they assemble their MLs in Alabama)....

I'll keep my eyes peeled for this thing again.

PHYBENZ

I have seen the first generation A at least once down here in Miami also, and have also seen a smart a couple of times... Don't know why, but nice to see!!

vinamg

I saw an A class fuel cell here in Sacramento.

hbluthi

Hmm, I am in Greenville too. I haven't seen it recently. I'll keep an eye out.

alpinweiss

I see an occasional A-Class here with Mexico license plates (usually Chihuahua). The A-Class is sold and serviced throughout Mexico.

SteveAth

in the picture is 2nd generation A class.
it is out since summer.

naadp

I've seen a few A-classes on the road here as well. However they've all had either Michigan Manufacturer plates on them, or Arizona "MT" numbered tags (again Manufacturer). Mercedes seems to do a lot of warm weather testing on a circut between Phoenix, LA, and Las Vegas.