LexFather

The fact of the matter is it doesn't compete with anything really directly but its going to eat a lot of sales from a lot of classes. Its 30k to star 35k with options, 40k pretty loaded and AWD is optional. The CLA 45 will be 45k-60k.

It looks great inside and out and has that Benz star on it. Down here I've seen maybe 20 already, its that popular. I see a few new IS's and I've seen 2 other Q50s in 2 months.

The CLA is the new "in" car for people. Benz has a hit on their hands and can't build enough of them.

Here is one on 20" CV3s already....KW has a lowering kit too for it.

bagwell

LOL, look at how small the front rotors look.


have yet to see one in houston, saw a C7 yesterday tho

chnk

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the dealer brought one out to the local caffeine and octane, Looks cool but the fwd kills it. But "cool" kids generally don't care about anything else except for how cool they look to other people

GS3Tek

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One of the new cars that I like since it looks good from the pictures.

After seeing one on the road, esp the back view that was enough for me (For me, it's as ugly as a 1 series).
It suffered from the pudgy-itis syndrome


Saved me a trip to the dealer

Front view is still good though.

rominl

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i hope you meant the CLA

the CLA is pretty attractive, but at the same time i don't think it's a good comparison to the new IS?

TwiBlueG35

All the so called 4 door coupes of Mercedes-Benz have droopy trunk/rear ends, which in my opinion look extremely ugly, reminds me of the Infiniti J30. Both 2nd gen and 3rd gen Lexus IS, on the other hand, look very sporty and elegant.

yowps3

Yeah fixed that.

But being FWD the CLA is perhaps Mercedes answer to the ES?

Hoovey689

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Not at all, the addition of the CLA allows the C-Class to slightly elevate it's position on the totem as well as touts that a MBZ starts at $29,995 "base" price for the CLA.

CLA-Class 182.3in
ES 192.7in

TangoRed

No to both. The CLA will make sense to you when the FWD BMW 1-series sedan and FWD/AWD Audi A3 sedan get here. You'll then realize, with the added context, this is just a new compact class.

yowps3

I guess Benz just bottom feeding.

nthach

So is the ES and all of Acura's lineup as well as Lincoln.

Mercedes more than likely made the CLA their "aspirational" model...

Coconut

Their will always be better and newer cars, so just be happy with what you have now. In the long run, your IS250 will be more reliable and cheaper to maintain the the CLA250. You will lose ALOT of money if you trade in your IS250, so it really isn't worth it if thats on your mind.

4TehNguyen

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any decently optioned CLA is $40k. Gotta love $2500 for leather seats, $850 for LED/HID headlights, etc. Typical german nickel and diming.

RXSF

The CLA is actually one inch longer than the current C class. The C class is supposed to grow a few inches next year.

The CLA looks good and is good value. Loaded the way I like, which is fully loaded, it costs around 42K. A similarly equipped C class with the same options is closer to 50K.

SOmething to consider is that the CLA comes on run flats, no room in the trunk for a spare.

pman6

If I had 30k to spend, I'd buy a 3 series.

I can't get past the nose heavy look of the CLA with its bigass overhang.

The 320i is RWD, about the same length, and looks sportier than the CLA imo even without the fastback look, and better proportioned, and goes about as fast as the CLA