Scoop: New Mercedes-Benz GLA to be Shown as a Concept in Shanghai

Our spy photographers had another meeting with a black-cladded Mercedes-Benz GLA test car in Germany where they managed to snap a couple of shots of the dashboard, which appears to be very similar to that found in the CLA sedan and A-Class hatchback, something we expected since all three cars belong to the same family of models.

On an equally if not more interesting note, CarScoop reader Florian D. forwarded us a document containing Daimler CEO Dieter Zetsche's speech at the company's Annual Press Conference in Stuttgart last week.

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China's New Qoros Brand to Debut its First Car at the Geneva Motor Show

We have been following the story on the new Qoros passenger car brand since China's Chery Automobile Co. and Israeli investment firm Israel Corp. officially announced the birth of the company last November (though, the two companies had established the joint venture in December 2007) and even scooped up one of its prototype models testing in Europe this past July.

Today we learn that Qoros Auto Co. Ltd will make its public debut at next year’s Geneva Motor Show with the unveiling of the first in a series of new vehicles aimed at young buyers in both China and Europe.

The Chinese automaker's first car will be the compact four-door sedan that we spied earlier this year with Qoros stating that it will feature a design language "inspired by modern European tastes" and "interior space comparable to a larger car".

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