[El Chorizo]

Thanks to Activ8 at VWVortex for posting these up. Apparently there is a CLA45 at his workplace and he was able to tell us a bit about it and snap a picture...

He had the following to say:

So folks, here are 2 pics of the AMG CLA45's rear end at their facility in Redford yesterday. The base CLA & the AMG differ in several ways, but for company confidentiality clauses, I can't post pics

Basically, the CLA base versions will have the gear selectors on a column mounted stalk, while the AMG version gets a centre-console stubby-stalk (PRND). Both have paddle shifters on the steering wheel.

And both have a tacky-looking navigation screen retro-fit onto the dashboard which looks cheap unlike Audi's in-folding nav-screen. But the CLA45 sounds and drives awesome!!

MB has to have a premium price to reflect their premium brand. Plus this is an AMG car.

All that said, I think the silhouette is ugly and I can imagine how cramped you could be in a 3/4 scale CLS.
ummm ... actually it's going to be closer to 55k+ pricing. And the rear seat room isn't as bad as you might imagine (like say, the amputee-only rear of the BMW 3 series convertible). The headroom is claustrophobic and you will most surely hit your head when getting into the rear.

The elimination of the B-pillar extension of both doors to full height was a novel feature though and probably contributes to the overall Cd of only 0.23 which is a production car record. The Bluetec version will probably beat that for a 0.22Cd

 

[flyingandi]

Mmhh, not much differnence to a "normal" CLA at first sight.
I only hope that those tail pipes are not the final version.

 

[El Chorizo]

Mmhh, not much differnence to a "normal" CLA at first sight.
I only hope that those tail pipes are not the final version.

Ahaha I can almost guarantee you they won't be. Those are horrendous

 

[chrisiden]

im just gonna order the basic car and be happy with my 208 or 211 horsepower with paddle shifters... :+)
use the other money for gas and travel etc... who needs a car that gets 8 miles a gallon and goes over 200 miles an hour anyway????
(please dont throw Stones at me :>)

 

[CLAMP]

im just gonna order the basic car and be happy with my 208 or 211 horsepower with paddle shifters... :+)
use the other money for gas and travel etc... who needs a car that gets 8 miles a gallon and goes over 200 miles an hour anyway????
(please dont throw Stones at me :>)

"Stop that, stop that. Now, no one is to stone anyone until I blow this whistle, even and I want to make this absolutely clear, even if they do say Jehovah."

As much I agree with you and will probably do the same thing, I'd still LOVE to get AMG (one day)

 

[scott]

$55K..? I was hoping for closer to $45K,tops for the AMG.

 

[dascrow]

I can't wait to see what power plant the cla45 will actually end up with..

 

[El Chorizo]

I can't wait to see what power plant the cla45 will actually end up with..

Might be a good idea for our next poll question

 

[TheStig]

I can't wait to see what power plant the cla45 will actually end up with..

Imma put 20$ on a super souped up 2.0 or 2.5 4 cylinder

 

[Mike T]

"The silhouette is ugly..."??

Not really.