The third-generation Mercedes-Benz CLA rides on the corporate’s new MMA platform, which provides it extra total size and an extended wheelbase than prior generations. The cabin is, because of this, extra accommodating for passengers. It’s additionally lastly constructed in a far more becoming of a car with a Mercedes brand on the hood. We’ve discovered some trendy Mercedes automobiles to are likely to squeak and rattle right here and there, and there’s a few of that right here, however the brand new CLA feels a reduce above its predecessors. You’ll not really feel such as you is perhaps making a compromise while you get into the model’s entry-level mannequin. The match and end of supplies now appear to be on the similar commonplace as one thing just like the C-Class or E-Class.

The CLA with EQ Know-how has loads of headroom for an average-sized 5-foot-9-inch driver. Rear visibility sees enhancements from the earlier technology because of new daylight openings simply previous the rear doorways. The brand new dashboard design additionally retains the view ahead comparatively clear.
Including Mercedes’ beautiful massaging operate to the entrance seats will be executed à la carte for under $50 — lower than the price of a single therapeutic massage session. All CLA fashions include a built-in selfie digital camera and a hard and fast panoramic glass moonroof.
The again seats really feel tight, maybe a tad much less so than prior CLA generations. Seating behind a mean driver’s place doesn’t depart a lot house for lengthy legs. Nonetheless, because of the utterly flat flooring, foot room feels extra usable.

The electrical CLA’s trunk capability eclipses that of bigger sedans, together with Mercedes’ personal full-size S-Class. With 14.3 cubic toes of cargo house within the again, plus a 2.5-cubic-foot frunk (entrance trunk), this little sedan comes commonplace with shocking cargo-carrying skills.
