GLA

GLA

The GLA is a luxury compact SUV manufactured by Mercedes-Benz which appears as a DLC-exclusive kart body in the Mercedes-Benz × Mario Kart 8 downloadable content pack available for Mario Kart 8. It contains a license plate on the back that spells the words "GLA"; these words light up when the car enters anti-gravity mode. The vehicle contains nine different color schemes in accordance to what driver uses it. It is thus one of the two DLC vehicles along with City Tripper to change colors. The GLA and the Gold Standard are the only vehicle bodies in Mario Kart 8 that do not have the character's emblem embedded on them.

The GLA offers higher weight and traction, but lower acceleration, handling, and mini-turbo; it shares its stats with the Badwagon, Standard ATV, Tri-Speeder, and Steel Driver.

In Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, it can be unlocked randomly by collecting coins. Its stats are also slightly altered in accordance to the changes made to the other vehicles in the game.

Mario driving the GLA appears as one of the many Costume Mario power-ups in Super Mario Maker. It is unlocked when players clear the Mercedes-Benz Jump'n'Drive event course.

In promotion of their content, Mercedes-Benz produced several commercials with Mario Kart 8 and Super Mario Maker for the GLA.

Stats

Mario Kart 8

• Ground Speed: 0
• Water Speed: +0.5
• Air Speed: 0
• Anti-Gravity Speed: -0.25
• Acceleration: -0.5
• Weight: +0.5
• Ground Handling: -0.5
• Water Handling: +0.75
• Air Handling: -0.25
• Anti-Gravity Handling: -0.75
• Traction: +0.5
• Mini-Turbo: -0.75

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

• Ground Speed: +0.5
• Water Speed: -0.25
• Air Speed: -0.5
• Anti-Gravity Speed: 0
• Acceleration: -1
• Weight: +0.5
• Ground Handling: -0.75
• Water Handling: -0.25
• Air Handling: -0.75
• Anti-Gravity Handling: -0.5
• Traction: +0.5
• Mini-Turbo: -1

Color schemes

Color	Characters	Mii colors	Mii amiibo Racing Suits
DimGray		Yellow	Wario Suit, Pac-Man Suit
#0080BF		Blue	Hylian Suit, Captain Falcon Suit, Fox Suit, Toad Suit, Sonic Suit
#BF0000		Red, Orange	Mario Suit, Varia Suit, Pikmin Suit, Inkling Suit
#ADADA4		Green	Luigi Suit, Yoshi Suit
#CFCFAF		Pink, White	Peach Suit, Kirby Suit
#4D7380		Light-blue	Rosalina Suit, Mega Man Suit
#333333		Light-green, Black	Animal Crossing Suit, Bowser Suit
#634536		Brown	Donkey Kong Suit
#583663		Purple	N/A

Gallery

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  The GLA 200 in the title screen

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  Mario driving his GLA 200

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  Mario in his GLA, Peach in her 300 SL and Luigi in his Silver Arrow

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  Peach in her red GLA

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  Red Yoshi and King Boo in their GLAs

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  Isabelle, Inkling Girl, and King Boo in their GLAs

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  The GLA in the trailer

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  Trailer screenshot showing various characters in their GLAs (except Waluigi)

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  The back of the red GLA

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  A screenshot from a promotional video, with Mario driving a GLA in World 1-1 from Super Mario Bros.

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  Super Mario Maker

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	GLA[?]	-
Dutch	GLA[?]	-
French	GLA[?]	-
German	GLA[?]	-
Italian	GLA[?]	-
Portuguese	GLA[?]	-
Russian	GLA[?]	-
Spanish	GLA[?]	-