This new Mercedes changes EVERYTHING!

Conserve as much as ₤ 3750 on an EV with the Electric Automobile Grant:

This is the brand new Mercedes CLA!

The CLA has gone all-electric for the first time, and Mat has actually flown over to Copenhagen to put this brand new, ultra-modern saloon to the test!

Let's take a more detailed look at the car, beginning with the design. Mercedes declares the CLA has a series of an incredible 492 miles, so it's no surprise that the vehicle is incredibly smooth to assist it slide through the air. There are minimal panel spaces throughout the car, and at the front, there's a full-length light bar, vents that can open and near to cool the battery, and vents on either side. Along the side, the alloy wheels have actually been designed to lower drag, there are smaller side mirrors, and pop-out door handles. At the back, there's a long boot lid to help in reducing drag, and another full-length light bar similar to the front.

The interior of the CLA is extremely modern! The primary declaration piece is the full-length screen that extends across the entire dash! This includes the digital dials, the primary infotainment screen, and a third screen for the front traveler (the latter being an optional extra). The majority of the cabin is covered in soft-touch products, and there's a good quantity of storage throughout. The seats are extremely comfortable, and the infotainment system is very clear and responsive. It also uses the current version of Mercedes' infotainment system, so it features ChatGPT combination.

The CLA is powered by an 85kWh battery. The car we have here is the CLA 25+, which can produce 272hp and struck 60 miles per hour in 6.7 seconds, while there's likewise a more effective CLA 350 that produces 354hp and strikes 60mph in 4.9 seconds. It includes 320kW DC charging, which offers 200 miles of range with simply 10 minutes of charging. That's perfect for the 250+ edition, given that it includes a claimed variety of 492 miles!

The CLA Electric variety begins with ₤ 45,615, with the range-topping AMG Line costing from ₤ 51,770. So is it worth it? Or should you get a competitor like the Tesla Model 3 or BMW i4 instead? Stick to Mat to see on your own!

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Chapters
00:00 Intro
00:56 Aerodynamics
02:49 Range
04:28 Style
05:52 Battery Tech
07:23 Motors & Efficiency
08:05 0-60mph
08:57 Interior
13:00 Back Seats
13:54 Weight & Security
15:06 Boot
16:31 Colours
16:59 Infotainment Sat Nav Test
25:22 Suspension
27:05 Motorway Driving
28:53 Country Road Driving
30:02 CLA Shooting Brake
31:40 Charging
33:08 Cost
34:35 Charging Outcomes
35:49 Real-world Range
37:20 Decision

Comments

90 responses to “This new Mercedes changes EVERYTHING!”

  1. @thediffguy Avatar
    @thediffguy

    Tbh the design on the front just makes me disgusted

    1. @Kgosi_ Avatar
      @Kgosi_

      I agree. Absolutely hideous

    2. @patrikcsiba589 Avatar
      @patrikcsiba589

      💯

    3. @itsvmmc Avatar
      @itsvmmc

      As always, when I think a car is beautifully designed, someone will call it ugly

    4. @patrikcsiba589 Avatar
      @patrikcsiba589

      ​@@itsvmmcwell then you’re weird i guess 😁 (just joking, design is highly subjective)

    5. @thediffguy Avatar
      @thediffguy

      ​@@itsvmmcofc man we all have our different opinions

  2. @atharvavengurlekar8535 Avatar
    @atharvavengurlekar8535

    What kind of front design is that?

    1. @johnedwards3198 Avatar
      @johnedwards3198

      Looks like an old biddy who’s having a stroke or something 😞

    2. @Dhruv-l1s Avatar
      @Dhruv-l1s

      True

    3. @V12Feelings Avatar
      @V12Feelings

      Chinese

    4. @AtAllAnAlias Avatar
      @AtAllAnAlias

      Aero

    5. @PerfectMalcolm Avatar
      @PerfectMalcolm

      The tried to copy the juniper look, it doesnt work here unfortunately

  3. @profo8692 Avatar
    @profo8692

    Who in their right mind thought having a light over the front bumper is a good ideea

    1. @jimj2683 Avatar
      @jimj2683

      Regulations mandate it. If they want to have light in the Mercedes logo, then they need a lightbar that connects the headlights with the logo. Having the logo light up alone is illegal. Look it up. Regulations are the reason most cars look horrible compared to old cars.

    2. @snakeeyes9246 Avatar
      @snakeeyes9246

      In some markets, I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s an option and it comes standard with normal headlights.

    3. @EfferusMoto Avatar
      @EfferusMoto

      ​@@jimj2683Who even asked for a light-up badge? Extra cost for nothing and then in order to make that legal you need to throw extra cost into it by implementing another design element (which looks terrible). Not to mention the extra repair costs…

    4. @victortroshka2283 Avatar
      @victortroshka2283

      @@jimj2683 and why the hell do I need a glowing logo on a car in the first place? Its not about regulations its about decision making and very strange market research – who buys a car based on glowing logo or because all of the panels are piano black?

    5. @mee_ehow5106 Avatar
      @mee_ehow5106

      @@victortroshka2283 I think Porsche started to be recognized as the car that has a connected light bar at least at the rear. other brands started following, cause it looked premium until it didn’t

  4. @ab-15188 Avatar
    @ab-15188

    I miss the previous CLA45s

    1. @siphoernest2278 Avatar
      @siphoernest2278

      buy it

    2. @ghst822 Avatar
      @ghst822

      get one fast

    3. @cptcrogge Avatar
      @cptcrogge

      The 45S is a good car, no issues at all yet. The best part: Physical buttons on the steering wheel and console.

    4. @jdavidblais Avatar
      @jdavidblais

      Still prefer my good old 2017 Gla45 to this electric 💩 . The 1st gen of the A class was beautiful and the sound gosh 👌. one of the best i4 of all time !!

    5. @mariuscbx Avatar
      @mariuscbx

      I’ll give you a ride in mine 🤗

  5. @rickietee108 Avatar
    @rickietee108

    “This looks way better” has the same sentiment when your mate chops his ear off, and after the surgery you go “yeah mate. Looks way better. Hardly noticeable”

    1. @mee_ehow5106 Avatar
      @mee_ehow5106

      I feel like these car review outlets get paid to say something positive at least something lol

    2. @HypNeOx Avatar
      @HypNeOx

      @@mee_ehow5106 100% getting paid for this review, no way he likes this design

    3. @rlinkandroidauto-xe9sg Avatar
      @rlinkandroidauto-xe9sg

      ​@@mee_ehow5106Wouldn’t surprise me tbh. Some of these reviewers have so much “power” that companies would be willing to pay them a year worth of salary for a normal man to give a positive “review”.

    4. @22lrjayden81 Avatar
      @22lrjayden81

      It’s a way of coping. They know it doesn’t look better, kinda like when your wife divorces you and takes everything you own. You act like it’s “all better” but the reality isn’t

    5. @drevnykot Avatar
      @drevnykot

      Mercedes invested in carwow company through funding, and Mat has been flown to the Germany to do exclusive review. He can’t be too critical

  6. @alileevil Avatar
    @alileevil

    Bruh the interior trim with all the screens makes me feel like I am in the office

    1. @DarkSphinxx Avatar
      @DarkSphinxx

      wow this blew my mind

    2. @deathbastardable Avatar
      @deathbastardable

      Even a webcam so you can take meetings on the go, which isn’t at all invasive of private time and not at all dangerous and distracting.

    3. @zpe1200 Avatar
      @zpe1200

      it takes me 5 mins to get to work if I get all the lights, 15 on a bad day, I have no use for any of this tech.

    4. @ZanderHorn Avatar
      @ZanderHorn

      I see capacitive steering wheel buttons, I stop watching video

    5. @XxXnonameAsDXxX Avatar
      @XxXnonameAsDXxX

      ​@@zpe1200you need a bike not a car then

  7. @laercio3862 Avatar
    @laercio3862

    WTF are those televisions in the dash??

    1. @reasworld1273 Avatar
      @reasworld1273

      True hey, just too much screens & displays!

    2. @deansmits006 Avatar
      @deansmits006

      Grandpa, they are flat computer monitors that have been around for 30 years. They are information output and input devices!

    3. @RebelsInc969 Avatar
      @RebelsInc969

      Dickhead​@@deansmits006

    4. @andrecardoso6941 Avatar
      @andrecardoso6941

      @@deansmits006 lol it’s a car. Nobody never needed a whole dash made of screens. It looks awful and cheap.

    5. @Dholi1 Avatar
      @Dholi1

      @@deansmits006 “computer monitors” Who TF wants to sit behind a computer monitor when they’re driving a car? You’re probably the consumer that’s easy to convince this is a “luxury” when it’s actually a massive cost saving measure.

  8. @peteralexander6514 Avatar
    @peteralexander6514

    Mercedes didn’t learn from the EQS fail

    1. @issammelzi728 Avatar
      @issammelzi728

      Or the BMW designs fail

    2. @minimoto99 Avatar
      @minimoto99

      Actually, that’s exactly what they’ve done lol. Killed off EQS as a line up, balanced out the range with EV and ICE availability and upped the quality and driving feel. Sounds like they’ve learned a lesson to me….

    3. @Jbustosalazar Avatar
      @Jbustosalazar

      @@issammelzi728 German designers came from china to sabotage the germans design….

    4. @soka6545 Avatar
      @soka6545

      EQS was for sale?

    5. @mglisty Avatar
      @mglisty

      and you claim that because…? for me, it’s quite alright EV sedan.

  9. @pitstop_club Avatar
    @pitstop_club

    The interior looks like a high tech kitchen

    1. @purwantiallan5089 Avatar
      @purwantiallan5089

      Yeah. Even the 2009 TOYOTA FR-86 Sports Concept on the interior also looks far better than CLA.

    2. @ThePetrolCarmy Avatar
      @ThePetrolCarmy

      Except Mercedes didn’t cook💀.

    3. @dhiabrahimi9035 Avatar
      @dhiabrahimi9035

      Not if the driver is a woman 😉​@ThePetrolCarmy

    4. @hellomyfriend1043 Avatar
      @hellomyfriend1043

      I work in the plant where the car is built (via an engineering service provider). At first I didn’t like the design personally, however it grew on me. Personally I feel like the car look A LOT better in person. If it will be a gamechanger for mercedes needs to be seen. However I can confrim, prodution is ramping up quite hard, there was additional capacity reserved and MB tells they are pleased with the number of orders.

    5. @ThePetrolCarmy Avatar
      @ThePetrolCarmy

      ​@hellomyfriend1043 The main problem is that they haven’t talked about an ICE option, and connecting the front lights like a monobrow feels too much. Ideally the connection of the lights looks better in the rear than in the front.

  10. @dtnmusic Avatar
    @dtnmusic

    Maybe you guys can add metric system range etc in smaller text to the cards too 🙂 would be easier to understand if your nor from UK or US

    1. @ComplexConcept Avatar
      @ComplexConcept

      Carwow HATES showing both systems, its a huge problem for their drag videos and they just dont care.

    2. @daseteam Avatar
      @daseteam

      Everybody uses English, so I would consider it just good manners to post metric.

    3. @bishopoftroy Avatar
      @bishopoftroy

      how about putting the imperial in a small text card.

    4. @FedeHippo Avatar
      @FedeHippo

      @@bishopoftroy UK and US mpg arent even the same

    5. @MicromeccaUK Avatar
      @MicromeccaUK

      The metrics wouldnt neccessarily be the same between US/UK models anyway

  11. @cen3mac Avatar
    @cen3mac

    Interior looks like my home working setup. Screen overkill.

  12. @carwow Avatar
    @carwow

    Mercedes CLA Electric vs its top competitors: https://bit.ly/CLA-vs-The-Best-Alternatives

    1. @purwantiallan5089 Avatar
      @purwantiallan5089

      CLA 250+ car actually looks fine.

    2. @rikkegram3338 Avatar
      @rikkegram3338

      Jesus christ died on the cross for us, he defeated sin he defeated death. He paid the penalty of the sins that we commit everyday. If we have faith in him we can live with him forever.

    3. @harrydestaffano565 Avatar
      @harrydestaffano565

      Is there a petrol version?

    4. @charlesmrhovicz1704 Avatar
      @charlesmrhovicz1704

      @@harrydestaffano565 There will be, BUT no PHEV version 🙁

    5. @charlesmrhovicz1704 Avatar
      @charlesmrhovicz1704

      This CLA DOWNGRADES from previous gen – A) Glass roof is not possible to open, B) it has no interior physical shade C) Horrible steering wheel with capacitive buttons instead of physical ones D) no dedicated rear window buttons in the front E) no PHEV version F) UGLY EQ design heritage G) it is fridge on the wheels 🙂

  13. @VladoT Avatar
    @VladoT

    Those clickbait titles changes EVERYTHING.

  14. @vindevhunta4905 Avatar
    @vindevhunta4905

    Nice blue paint job that’s about it …!!!
    Previous gen looks even more beautiful

  15. @aaronj3245 Avatar
    @aaronj3245

    The interior Looks super cheap, like a Van, and Im the type of guy to not hate tablet displays

  16. @cloudsdrinkwater Avatar
    @cloudsdrinkwater

    No matter how many stars you slap on it, that ain’t the Mercedes we knew.

  17. @bertlemoi431 Avatar
    @bertlemoi431

    i’m blown away by the fact that car manufacturers can put increasingly more screen into those cars which you have to operate for everything while glimpsing at your phone is illegal. welp

    1. @TrigonAZR Avatar
      @TrigonAZR

      Yep. More and more people have been pointing out the hypocrisy with screens

    2. @ATLANTICMUSICHQ Avatar
      @ATLANTICMUSICHQ

      Kind of obvious. You hold your phone while using it.

    3. @Flavor88 Avatar
      @Flavor88

      @@ATLANTICMUSICHQ You can have your phone set somewhere near the dash, not necessary holding it. There are plenty of phone holders.

    4. @ATLANTICMUSICHQ Avatar
      @ATLANTICMUSICHQ

      ⁠@@Flavor88its legal then. At least where I live. 🤷‍♂️

    5. @uwes8928 Avatar
      @uwes8928

      I am glad I kept my old car and didn’t get a new one. I can operate all the switches and things, besides programming the sat nav, blind without taking a blink of the road. And wtf is it with no dedicated rear window switches for the driver? Ok for a budget car but on a Merc??!

  18. @cantran9315 Avatar
    @cantran9315

    Thing looks awful 🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️..

    1. @vuhong5358 Avatar
      @vuhong5358

      I looked at your account, you’re glowing queen💅

    2. @sonkim8203 Avatar
      @sonkim8203

      Girl I checked and you’re literally perfect✨

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      @NwPooleZebemw

      You’re divine bestie‼️

    4. @myhangvothi682 Avatar
      @myhangvothi682

      I just checked your account, you’re stunning💖

    5. @huelethithanh9586 Avatar
      @huelethithanh9586

      Just wow… you’re perfect💖

  19. @coops6621 Avatar
    @coops6621

    Imagine owning this amount of electronics out of warranty

  20. @caPauline Avatar
    @caPauline

    im blown away by the fact that car manufacturers can put increasingly more ‘screen into those cars which you have to operate for everything while glimpsing at your phone is illegal. welp . ….

    1. @BogdanFlorinAnglia Avatar
      @BogdanFlorinAnglia

      In the meantime you don’t have buttons to turn the heating down when driving at 70 mph

    2. @Phumy Avatar
      @Phumy

      Also somehow those massive screens and their CPU & GPUs operating them are apparently cheaper then 4 switches for the climate control.

    3. @IhorJunior Avatar
      @IhorJunior

      So we can’t use our cellphones when we are driving, but we can use giant touchscreen of infotainment system. What is more distracting, hmm

    4. @srspower Avatar
      @srspower

      To be fair it’s not illegal to use your phone if it’s in a cradle.

    5. @hellomyfriend1043 Avatar
      @hellomyfriend1043

      I work in the plant where the car is built (via an engineering service provider). At first I didn’t like the design personally, however it grew on me. Personally I feel like the car look A LOT better in person. If it will be a gamechanger for mercedes needs to be seen. However I can confrim, prodution is ramping up quite hard, there was additional capacity reserved and MB tells they are pleased with the number of orders.

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