Review: 2014 Mercedes-Benz CLA45 AMG
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Anyways. This CLA is a well put together car. Someone in my parking garage has one. It's a nice looking car aside from the rear view, and the nav screen (as others have mentioned). The performance is undeniable, but I don't think I could ever deal with the considerable turbo lag (relative to other turbo cars you can buy TODAY... I don't much care about the turbo lag on an Evo for a comparison case).
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And again, you're looking at the wrong trim level. The only thing Prestige adds is the adaptive cruise control and dynamic steering - things which do not contribute to performance. And there is no "sports suspension", there's an option for adaptive suspension - which again, does not contribute to performance, it just lets you turn it down to a "comfort" mode. I said "NEARLY LOADED" not "FULLY LOADED".
Anyways. This CLA is a well put together car. Someone in my parking garage has one. It's a nice looking car aside from the rear view, and the nav screen (as others have mentioned). The performance is undeniable, but I don't think I could ever deal with the considerable turbo lag (relative to other turbo cars you can buy TODAY... I don't much care about the turbo lag on an Evo for a comparison case).
Anyways. This CLA is a well put together car. Someone in my parking garage has one. It's a nice looking car aside from the rear view, and the nav screen (as others have mentioned). The performance is undeniable, but I don't think I could ever deal with the considerable turbo lag (relative to other turbo cars you can buy TODAY... I don't much care about the turbo lag on an Evo for a comparison case).
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Every DSG car has a setting for S mode, so it contains the "Sport" mode for the engine and transmission even in the base model.
Variable steering quite obviously could not improve performance, it simply adjusts the turn-ratio and steering effort required.
So let me again define what I meant. "Nearly loaded" means the car would have everything you'd need for performance, missing a few options for luxury/comfort such as the dynamic cruise control, side assist and adaptive suspension (and let's remember these are BIG cost items, and we're judging by options, not by cost of those options. The S6 has an option for a $5,900 stereo - if the car had everything else but not this one item, wouldn't you still consider it "nearly loaded"?), and not counting purely aesthetic items such as trim, full leather vs leather/alcantara, etc, which are subject to taste (meaning just because they add cost doesn't mean they must be included in a "loaded" car).
Let's also keep in mind you can option the CLA to $70k if you want "everything", so a $54k price in that car is much further from a "fully loaded" model. This is our basis for comparison.
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I think Doge and I were just debating the use of nearly-loaded. I would have said instead, "You can get a fairly basic S4 with most of the performance goodies for about $54k." "Nearly loaded" makes it sound like you got 3/4ths of the available options on the entire list.
Your S6 example is fine, because that's just one item. The S4 has plenty of options left off the list for the price you quoted. Nitpicking words, of course- once you explained your rationale I understood what you were talking about.
Your S6 example is fine, because that's just one item. The S4 has plenty of options left off the list for the price you quoted. Nitpicking words, of course- once you explained your rationale I understood what you were talking about.
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