Mercedes Benz MB W168 A-Class

The Mercedes Benz MB W168 is a passenger car of the compact class from Mercedes Benz. The first front-wheel-drive model was introduced in the fall of 1997 as the A-Class .

The innovations of the first A-Class included was the sandwich construction and the engine arrangement with a slanted front wall to the passenger compartment, which allowed a part of the units (engine, transmission and axles) to be stored in a particularly compact way. In a frontal crash, the drive unit submerges under the passenger compartment of the vehicle.

• The short version is referred to internally as W168.
  
  
• The long version introduced in the spring of 2001 is called V168.

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