Someone on a MB forum even found a California emissions label on one 🕵
Mercedes actually did plan on selling them here but pulled out at the last minute due to exchange rates making it more difficult to sell them here. Therefore, the W245 is legal to bring down here. Supposedly, the owner's manual says it's certified to the standards of Canada, the US, and California ☺
The second gen W246 should be easy to bring down here because we got the electric one. Although we didn't get the gas engine version, it probably has an EPA label under the hood 🤔 🕵
Looking real quick on kijiji, this was the best under-hood pic I could find of a second-gen where the labels are visible.
However, the W246 is slightly less cool because it's automatic-only (and it's actually a DCT), turbo-only, the sunroof is less cool (modern two-panel shit where only the front one opens, whereas the first-gen sunroof is a 5-panel lamella roof and the entire thing opens, like the Pontiac G6)
The electric B that we actually got down here sucks because it wasn't available with a sunroof, and the electric motor comes from Tesla, and it isn't the most reliable ⚡ 😈
Yes, the B-Class is more popular than people give it credit for, it's cool, and MB made a mistake by not selling it down here 🙃