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=== Sejarah ===
Pada tahun 1994, Mercedes-Benz mengkonfirmasi bahwa mereka akan meluncurkan mobil kompak - A-Class '''(A 160)''' - pada awal 1997, dan '''(A190)''' pada awal 1999, yang akan menjadi usaha pertama perusahaan di sektor ini. pasar; itu mengisyaratkan pada tahap ini bahwa mobil baru akan lebih pendek dari rata-rata supermini tapi luas dan praktis di dalam sebagai mobil keluarga besar.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/motoring/baby-benz-in-a-class-of-its-own-1382725.html|title=Baby-Benz in a Class of Its Own|author=Catterall, Mark
|work=Independent|date= 11 August 1994 |access-date=7 July 2020}}</ref>
InPada tahun 1994, Mercedes-Benz confirmedmengkonfirmasi thatbahwa itmereka wouldakan bemeluncurkan launchingmobil a compact carkompak - the A-Class '''(A 160)''' - bypada earlyawal 1997, anddan '''(A190)''' bypada earlyawal 1999, The whichyang wouldakan bemenjadi theusaha company'spertama firstperusahaan venturedi insektor thispasar sector of the marketini; ititu wasmengisyaratkan hintedpada attahap thisini stagebahwa thatmobil thebaru newakan carlebih wouldpendek bedari shorter than the averagerata-rata supermini but astapi spaciousluas anddan practicalpraktis insidedi asdalam asebagai largemobil familykeluarga carbesar.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/motoring/baby-benz-in-a-class-of-its-own-1382725.html|title=Baby-Benz in a Class of Its Own|author=Catterall, Mark
|work=Independent|date= 11 August 1994 |access-date=7 July 2020}}</ref>
The A-Class waspertama firstkali revealeddiungkapkan tokepada thepers motoringotomotif pressakhir late intahun 1996, anddan finallyakhirnya launcheddiluncurkan at thedi [[Frankfurt Motor Show#1997|Frankfurt Motor Show]] inpada themusim autumn ofgugur 1997, the W168 A-Class wascukup quitetidak unusualbiasa foruntuk Mercedes-Benz featuringyang amenampilkan tata letak [[front-wheelpenggerak roda drivedepan]] layoutdan andtidak unusualbiasa. talltubuh buttinggi yettapi shortnamun bodypendek anddan Advantgarde at thedi 1999 Geneva Motor Show anddan 1999 Frankfurt Motor Show.
ThisIni wasadalah theeksterior firstlengkap completepertama exterioryang designeddirancang byoleh Universitas Coventry Universityyang traineddilatih [[Steve Mattin]], fordi whichmana heia wasdinobatkan namedsebagai Autocar'Perancang magazine'sTahun Ini'Designer ofmajalah the Year'Autocar. EarlierSebelumnya, Mattin hadbanyak mostlymengerjakan workeddesain on design for theuntuk W210 E-Class inpada tahun 1991. Concurrent toBersamaan thedengan W168, heia designedmendesain the exterior of theeksterior W220 S-Class. ThePembekuan finaldesain designakhir freezeterjadi occurredpada in JanuaryJanuari 1995, atpada 32 monthsbulan beforesebelum AugustAgustus 1997 start ofdimulainya productionproduksi.<ref>europe.autonews.com/article/19970303/ANE/703030836/a-class-sets-new-record-for-mercedes</ref><ref>http://blog.caranddriver.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Mercedes-Benz-A-class-sketch.jpg</ref>
The W168 becamemenjadi infamousterkenal inpada tahun 1997 aftersetelah flippingterbalik overselama during the traditional"test elk"[[elk test]]"tradisional<ref>{{cite web|title=Merc's baby to be made wider|url=http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/motoring/mercs-baby-to-be-made-wider-26201187.html|work=Irish Independent|access-date=2 April 2013|date=19 December 1997}}</ref> performeddilakukan byoleh thepublikasi Swedishmobil automobileSwedia publication ''[[Teknikens Värld]]''. According toMenurut thelaporan reportitu, the W168 overturnedterbalik whensaat manoeuvringbermanuver to avoiduntuk themenghindari "elk". Mercedes initiallyawalnya deniedmenyangkal themasalah problemtersebut, buttetapi thenkemudian tookmengambil thelangkah surprisingmengejutkan stepdengan ofmenarik recallingkembali allsemua unitsunit soldyang toterjual datehingga saat ini (2,.600) anddan suspendingmenangguhkan salespenjualan forselama threetiga monthsbulan untilsampai themasalah problem was solvedtersebut bydiselesaikan addingdengan [[electronicmenambahkan stabilitykontrol control]]stabilitas andelektronik modifyingdan thememodifikasi suspensionsuspensi.<ref>{{cite web|last=Andrews|first=Edmund|title=Mercedes-Benz Tries to Put a Persistent Moose Problem to Rest|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/12/11/business/mercedes-benz-tries-to-put-a-persistent-moose-problem-to-rest.html|work=New York Times|access-date=2 April 2013|date=11 December 1997}}</ref> ThePerusahaan company spentmenghabiskan DM 2.,5 billionmiliar inuntuk developingmengembangkan the carmobil, with a furtherdengan DM 300 millionjuta tolagi fixuntuk itmemperbaikinya.<ref>{{cite news|title=Mercedes bends|url=https://www.economist.com/node/352668|newspaper=The Economist|access-date=2 April 2013|date=13 November 1997}}</ref>
BetweenAntara 1997 anddan 2004, 1.,1 million firstjuta generationmodel A-Class modelsgenerasi hadpertama beentelah soldterjual.<ref name="daimler1">{{cite web|url=http://media.daimler.com/dcmedia/0-921-656507-1-826749-1-0-0-0-0-1-11701-854934-0-1-0-0-0-0-0.html |title=Rastatt Plant celebrates production of 1,500,000th Mercedes-Benz A-Class |publisher=Media.daimler.com |date=4 December 2006 |access-date=7 July 2012}}</ref> OverallSecara keseluruhan, Daimler lostkehilangan €1,.440 per vehiclekendaraan yang produceddiproduksi.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2013-09-25|title=Zoom, sputter, aagghhh!!|work=The Economist|url=https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2013/09/25/zoom-sputter-aagghhh|access-date=2021-11-29|issn=0013-0613}}</ref>
The A-Class wasmengalami [[faceliftPembaharuan (automotiveotomotif)|faceliftedpembaharuan]] inpada tahun 2001, withdengan minorsedikit alterationsperubahan topada thelampu headlightsdepan, frontdesain andbumper reardepan bumperdan designbelakang, anddan thepenambahan additionversi ofwheelbase abaru newyang lebih panjang {{convert|170| mm|in|1|abbr=on}} longer(6,7 wheelbase versioninci). It was launched atDiluncurkan thedi [[Geneva Motor Show]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Mercedes-Benz A-class|url=http://www.caranddriver.com/news/mercedes-benz-a-class-news|work=Car and Driver|access-date=2 April 2013|date=Feb 2001}}</ref>
=== EnginesMesin ===
AllSemua model A-Class modelsditenagai areoleh poweredmesin byempat four-cylinder enginessilinder, withdengan model bensin 1.,4 L anddan 1.,6 L petrolsaat models at launchdiluncurkan ([[Mercedes-Benzseri M166 engine|M 166 series]]), followeddiikuti byoleh twodua versionsversi ofmesin adiesel 1.,7 L diesel(seri engine (OM 668 series). InPada tahun 1999, amodel largerbensin 1.,9 L petrolyang modellebih wasbesar addedditambahkan, with thedengan 2.1 the lastversi W168 versionterakhir toyang bediluncurkan launchedpada intahun 2002. AlsoJuga twodua versi AMG versions were produceddiproduksi, a 3.2 inpada tahun 2001 and adan 3.8 inpada tahun 2000, though very fewmeskipun ofsangat thesesedikit wereyang madedibuat.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Mercedes-Benz A-Class: A class apart|url=http://media.daimler.com/dcmedia/0-921-950512-1-955963-1-0-0-956161-0-1-11702-614318-0-1-0-0-0-0-0.html?TS=1364943413716|work=Mercedes-Benz|access-date=2 April 2013|date=28 September 2007}}</ref>
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Mercedes-Benz began W168 production on 17 February 1999 at its new Brazilian facility in [[Juiz de Fora]], [[Minas Gerais]]. The Brazilian plant was the company's first factory in South America dedicated to passenger cars, with an investment of US$840 million and 10,000 employees. The factory initially produced A-Class and C-Class models, assembling them from pieces manufactured in Germany. The target for the cars was regional markets (from [[Argentina]] to Mexico) with modifications made to the cars to suit local conditions, like a protection for the motor base. On 15 August 2005 the factory stopped production of A-Class cars.
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