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The Indian automotive market has become more demanding and today many buyers opt for younger and sportier looking model. Mercedes is well aware of this fact and that is why the company in now entering the market with much smaller, younger and sportier models. The CLA-Class is much sleeker and compact compared to Mercedes-Benz’s flagship sedans and shares the same underpinning as the Mercedes-Benz A-Class, B-Class and the recently launched GLA-Class.
On design front the CLA-Class is much sleeker and compact compared to Mercedes-Benz’s flagship sedans and shares the same underpinning as the Mercedes-Benz A-Class, B-Class and the recently launched GLA-Class. Mercedes-Benz CLA-Class shares a number of aspects with A-Class like the floating dots grille, massively sculpted air intakes and chin spoiler that sits rather prominently in the front. The coupe-like appearance, frameless doors and 17 inch wheels gives the CLA-Class gives it a stance differentiating it form other.
Inside the CLA-Class you get the same overall design as its hatchback and MPV sibling, the quality, the fit and finish and the choice of materials and everything. Tough all these are up to the mark of the Mercedes-Benz name a little uniqueness would have been appreciated. As for the space the Mercedes-Benz CLA-Class is well suited for four persons rather than five mainly because of limited yet stylishly comfortable cabin space and coupe styled tight roofline.
Other features in the CLA-Class include two-zone climate control for the diesel variant, and a manual single zone unit for petrol. Moreover it also gets a larger tablet like display with updated infotainment system, sunroof, reversing camera and electrically adjustable memory seats. The fancy safety bits like airbags, attention assist and ESP come as standard feature.
Unlike its hatchback counterparts the Mercedes-Benz CLA-Class offers both petrol and diesel variants. The CLA-Class comes with a 2.0-litre petrol engine that produces 183.5PS of peak power and 300Nm of peak torque. As for the diesel variants it comes with a new 2.2-litre oil-burner, capable of churning out 136PS of peak power and 300Nm of peak torque. Both the petrol and diesel engines will be mated to Mercedes-Benz’s tried and tested 7G-DCT automatic transmission with a dual clutch setup.
The Mercedes-Benz CLA-Class comes packed with a lot of features that makes it quite a compelling package, which will cost you in the range of INR 30 – 35 lakhs (ex-showroom Delhi). When it enters the market the CLA-Class will go against the likes of Audi A3.
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