2025 Mercedes-Benz GLA250e: Brand's cheapest PHEV priced for Australia

The 2025 Mercedes-Benz GLA250e plug-in hybrid (PHEV) has been launched in Australia as brand’s smallest, most affordable PHEV offering locally.

Online order books opened today, July 17, 2025, with the GLA250e ‘with EQ hybrid technology’ – as the automaker refers to it – priced from $78,000 including metallic paint, before on-road costs. 

That sees the GLA250e undercut the Alfa Romeo Tonale PHEV by $500 but sit a little over $10k above the Cupra Formentor VZe PHEV’s $64,990 (before on-roads) showroom sticker.

It also gives the German brand a smaller, more affordable SUV in local showrooms to battle a potential PHEV version of the new 2026 Audi Q3, which is due here mid-next year.

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A new-generation GLA is also expected to be launched overseas next year ahead of an Australian on-sale in 2027. The current GLA is the brand’s second most-popular model here, behind only the larger GLC SUV. 

For now, the GLA250e arrives at $2500 less than the more powerful 165kW/350Nm petrol-powered GLA250 but is priced significantly higher than the $63,600 entry-level GLA200 it shares its petrol engine with. 

For the extra ask, the GLA250e takes the 1.3-litre petrol four-cylinder – with the same 120kW/270Nm – from the GLA200 and adds an extra gear, with an electric motor build into the eight-speed automatic transmission for a combined 160kW/450Nm. 

An 11.5kWh lithium-ion battery provides up to 65km (WLTP) of electric-only driving range, with charging speeds of up to 11kW from the standard 3.7kW AC charger. Two charge cables are included as standard.

Mercedes-Benz Australia hasn’t included fuel consumption figures with its announcement, with the non-hybrid GLA200 offering a claimed 7.4L/100km combined figure. In Germany, Mercedes-Benz claims a figure of 2.9L/100km for the GLA250e under WLTP testing.

Standard equipment on the GLA250e includes: 

• 18-inch alloy wheels
• ‘Progressive Line’ exterior styling
• LED headlights with adaptive high-beam
• Metallic paint
• Panoramic sunroof
• Power tailgate
• Heat-insulating dark-tinted glass
• Rain-sensing wipers
• Proximity entry with push-button start
• Black Artico leatherette upholstery
• 10.25-inch digital instrument cluster
• 10.25-inch touchscreen infotainment system
• Satellite navigation
• Apple CarPlay and Android Auto
• Heated, power-adjustable front seats with memory
• Semi-autonomous parking assist
• Automatic climate control with rear air vents
• Wireless phone charger
• Adaptive cruise control
• Blind-spot monitoring
• Lane-keep assist
• Safe exit warning
• Surround-view camera

There are a couple of option packages available on the GLA250e.

The AMG Line package costs $2500 and adds:

• Lowered ‘comfort’ suspension
• Sports braking system
• Nappa leather-wrapped sports steering wheel
• Galvanised shift paddles
• Upgraded air-conditioning

The Plus package costs $3847 and adds all the features from the AMG Line package, plus:

• Burmester sound system
• Head-up display
• Multibeam LED headlights
• Augmented reality satellite navigation
• Illuminated door sills
• Active Steering Assist

Mercedes-Benz Australia had been moving away from mainstream PHEVs over the past few years, axing the A250e and launching new generations of the C-Class and GLC without replacements for their C300e and GLC300e PHEVs.

Instead, the brand reserved PHEV powertrains for high-performance models like the Mercedes-AMG C63 S E Performance.

However, this year it introduced the C350e, heralding a return to ‘regular’ PHEVs.

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