RE: Mercedes CLA45 AMG Shooting Brake: Driven
Discussion
Bladedancer said:
For that money I would buy anything else really. This is a particularly ugly and pointless car that serves no purpose other than M-B ticking a box in a made-up segment of the market.
As I said before. If it had any other badge on it folks would be pissing themselves laughing at it......I really get the AMG hatch - but I don't see it as a natural competitor to our M135i. The Merc is such a technology car - it's like a posh badged Impreza while our 135 in manual form feels so much (well in my deranged mind) more like the old Z3M Breadvan - old school sports car (oddly I think the Auto M135 get's a bit too techno and I'd probably go AMG at that point, maybe)! So I could even imagine having both if say the estate Merc was more practical.
DirtyIrish said:
C450 all the way especially if the price points are roughly similar. Nice shots of Frankfurt in the photos
I just sat with the last two Autocars side by side with articles on these two cars.The C450 is about £2k more, 100kg more, 0.3 secs more to 60, 20 bhp more, 60 lb ft more.
I can't imagine the C450 is much bigger and will probably be a nicer place to sit and a much less frenetic drive.
For me it's a no-brainer, and very odd range planning by Mercedes.
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