I bought the CLA45S and I must say, I am blown away by its performance and it breadth of talent.
The damping and ride is good for the car with a mad engine.
It looks excellent and its power is crazy.
The size of the car is perfect for today's needs. Love the shape of the coupe but practicality of a sedan. Spacious and very updated interior, comfy hugging front seats and not forgetting the small but responsive engine. Not to mention, it's beautiful 18 inch rims with Hankook tyres. Lovely!
Test drive the new CLA 200. Compared to the previous model, this model not only looks better, the engine performance is also better.
The car is torquey from the moment you step on the accclerator. If you are looking for a refined car that accelerates linearly, this will not be for you. It surges ahead when you step on the accelerator, feels like driving a Japanese turbo car. I tried it on n both comfort and sports mode, both present the same "Unrefinment" Of a merc. Power delivery is much better than the previous model. Could not try long distance acceleration, but I doubt it can hold the power at high rev with its small engine.
Sound insulation is good from blocking sound from outside, but the engine noisy protrudes into the cabin, it has this raspy growl, much like a Honda Civic 1.5t.
Features wise, it does not have bsd, navigation maps and 360 camera, considering the price tag of 188k, it's a bit expensive without some of those features besides having the Mercedes new mbux.