RE: Mercedes CLA45 AMG: Review
Discussion
The A45 was my biggest surprise last year. A 4 cylinder 2.0 AWD AMG just seemed so wrong but driving it I was blown away.
C63 and E63's are bonkers, the A45 is different but just as mad but they've taken that engine and setup then tried to make it a bit more 'pipe and slippers'. Don't think that works really.
Don't mind the looks but in the small saloon sector the A3 is nicer.
C63 and E63's are bonkers, the A45 is different but just as mad but they've taken that engine and setup then tried to make it a bit more 'pipe and slippers'. Don't think that works really.
Don't mind the looks but in the small saloon sector the A3 is nicer.
Went to Merc Croydon to have a look at one of these today as i wanted to see the rear space.
Getting there and asking the lady on the desk if they had one to look at she said 'its a really popular car, we don't have any'.
I did wonder the sales brilliance in not actually having this 'really popular car' for people to actually look at!
I do like the car a lot - but that price tag is mad - esp when 135i is £27k. Might wait to see what the 235i comes down to as much prefer that shape.
Getting there and asking the lady on the desk if they had one to look at she said 'its a really popular car, we don't have any'.
I did wonder the sales brilliance in not actually having this 'really popular car' for people to actually look at!
I do like the car a lot - but that price tag is mad - esp when 135i is £27k. Might wait to see what the 235i comes down to as much prefer that shape.
From the rear it looks like a pug 308 cc thingy which is pretty f#####g ugly. And its 42 thousand pounds without options. It also reminds me of a Booted Rover 45/ Orion/ that horrid 4 door Focus thing. Some of the fun of having a new car is parking it and looking back as you walk away and feeling good about it. Who would do that with this? Really it's must be a car for men/women into fat ugly men/woman with nasty tattoos. I'll get my coat! But really 42k.
I thought these looked 'a bit CLS' in the pics - but when you see one in reality that doesn't work at all.
They're high-nosed, stubby and badly proportioned - I think I'd rather have a 1 Series and that's saying something (as I dislike those a fair bit too!!)
They're the opposite of the new SL which looks wide/short/wrong in pics but is just lovely in reality (because it's about twice the size it appears in pics!!)
They're high-nosed, stubby and badly proportioned - I think I'd rather have a 1 Series and that's saying something (as I dislike those a fair bit too!!)
They're the opposite of the new SL which looks wide/short/wrong in pics but is just lovely in reality (because it's about twice the size it appears in pics!!)
Ari said:
AMG. Finally sold out by the polo necked thick rim glasses marketing bods. Just like 'M' with BMW and 'S' with Audi.
S'pose you can't blame them when style counts for so much more than substance these days but I think it's a tragedy.
Except S is not Audi's top range, RS is, S just notes the car is slightly more sporty S'pose you can't blame them when style counts for so much more than substance these days but I think it's a tragedy.
Dan Trent said:
I know, I know... 
The CLS comparison is probably a bit tenuous but the one with a six-month-old C63 with all the toys and just a few thousand miles on it with full warranty etc... seems more valid. Assuming you can stomach the fuel bills and all the usual provisos.
Cheers,
Dan
Day to day running, I can't see a big v8 costing more than a turbo charged 4WD car? The CLS comparison is probably a bit tenuous but the one with a six-month-old C63 with all the toys and just a few thousand miles on it with full warranty etc... seems more valid. Assuming you can stomach the fuel bills and all the usual provisos. Cheers,
Dan
jason61c said:
Day to day running, I can't see a big v8 costing more than a turbo charged 4WD car?
Could not agree more. I had an A45 for a day and it averaged 21mpg, compare that to my C63 of 18mpg. With those daily figures the A45 does not seem that cheap to run. And I know which AMG I would rather have.jason61c said:
Dan Trent said:
I know, I know... The CLS comparison is probably a bit tenuous but the one with a six-month-old C63 with all the toys and just a few thousand miles on it with full warranty etc... seems more valid. Assuming you can stomach the fuel bills and all the usual provisos.
Cheers,
Dan
Day to day running, I can't see a big v8 costing more than a turbo charged 4WD car? The CLS comparison is probably a bit tenuous but the one with a six-month-old C63 with all the toys and just a few thousand miles on it with full warranty etc... seems more valid. Assuming you can stomach the fuel bills and all the usual provisos. Cheers,
Dan
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