When the Mercedes-Benz GLA was first launched in India, most dismissed the car as an A-Class on stilts but the German auto giant knew the potential of this car and the facelift finally made its public debut in January 2017 at the Detroit Motor Show. A little over six months and it's all set to launch in India and we drive the GLA facelift to sample all the changes.

The GLA is based on the A-Class hatchback - a car I already like very much. You'd agree that the A-Class is a very good looking product. If you don't, you perhaps have a house as lavish and stylish as a prison in Sierra Leone, and you should, at this point, stop reading this article any further because I think the GLA manages to look even better than the 'A' in its overall design.

While the two Germans, Audi and BMW, are already selling their respective compact SUVs in good numbers here, Mercedes-Benz India is all set to spoil the party with the GLA-Class.

After the Audi A3 made waves now its soon going to be the turn of the Mercedes-Benz GLA. I dither on calling it an SUV as it's more crossover-like. But it sports some SUV attributes, which make it a rather fun prospect.