Mercedes-Benz A-Class Lease Deals

Why Lease the Mercedes A-Class?

The A-Class is how most people get into a Mercedes, and it does that job honestly. It is a five door hatchback the size of a Golf with an interior that feels like it came from a more expensive car, which is most of the reason it has sold as well as it has.

Worth knowing that the saloon has gone. It was dropped in 2025, so the A-Class is now offered as the hatchback only. If a small Mercedes saloon is what you had in mind, the CLA is where to look instead.

Is the A-Class Being Discontinued?

You will have seen the headlines, and worth being honest that the answer has more to it than they do. Mercedes confirmed in early 2025 that there will be no next generation A-Class. That part is true and it has not changed.

But what followed matters more if you are leasing one. In mid 2025 Mercedes' head of production said A-Class production had been extended to at least 2028, describing it as the model's final run, with production moving from Germany to Hungary for that period. Reportedly, buyers simply kept wanting it. So this is a long run-out rather than a car about to vanish, and it is not the same thing as the headlines implied.

On a lease that matters less again, because the thing people worry about with a run-out model is what it will be worth afterwards, and on contract hire that is the funder's risk rather than yours. You agree a fixed monthly figure and hand it back at the end.

Engines

Four choices, and unusually for a small car in 2026, that includes both a diesel and a plug-in hybrid.

• A 180, a 1.3 litre petrol with 48 volt mild hybrid assistance giving 150hp combined, through the 7G-DCT automatic. The volume choice.
• A 200, the same engine family with more power, 177hp combined. Worth the step if you cover motorway miles.
• A 200 d, a 2.0 litre diesel with around 150bhp. Still the right answer for genuinely high mileage, and increasingly rare in this class.
• A 250 e, a plug-in hybrid with a 15.6kWh battery and 215bhp combined. The one that makes sense as a company car if you can charge.

There is no electric A-Class. If that is what you want from a small Mercedes, the electric CLA is the car, and for a company car driver it will sit lower on benefit in kind than even the A 250 e. Bands change each tax year, so take the current figures from your accountant.

Trims and Space

Five levels: Sport Edition, Sport Executive, AMG Line Executive, AMG Line Premium and AMG Line Premium Plus. The Sport trims are the quieter looking ones; the AMG Line versions add the sporting body styling and bigger wheels, and the Premium steps add equipment rather than performance.

The boot is 350 litres on Mercedes' own figures, which is competitive for the class though not class leading. It varies a little by powertrain, so if load space is tight for you, check the figure on the exact version you are quoted.

One change at the top of the range worth knowing: the AMG A 35 and A 45 S are both being retired, because their engine does not meet the latest European emissions standards. The A 45 S goes out with a Final Edition, and an electric AMG CLA takes over as the entry point to the AMG range. Equipment moves between model years, so tell us what you want and we will check the specification you are quoted.

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