First drive review: 2021 Mercedes-Benz GLA-Class improves everything but its front-drive platform

Rarely does Mercedes-Benz have to improve a bad car, but the GLA-Class small SUV is the exception to the rule. When Mercedes introduced the GLA-Class and its CLA-Class sedan sibling for the 2014 model year, they both represented an affordable way into the Mercedes brand. But both suffered from overly firm rides, substandard interior materials, and...