Mercedes CLA 2020 in-depth review | carwow Reviews

This is the all-new Mercedes CLA! It's an all-new sleek coupe to add the 2019 Mercedes range, but with so many features borrowed from the A-Class, coupled with a starting price that's just slightly less than the C-Class, should you really bother considering the CLA? Join Mat for his latest in-depth review to find out!

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[masudwarzone]

*When Mat says he prefers Mercedes's infotainment than bmw's iDrive*

*these are confusing times*

[nkululekomyeza]

Because of Matt, I walk into people's Cars and start scratching their interior.

[carwow]

4:23 - Wait... Did Mat just say he PREFERS the infotainment system over BMW's iDrive?! 😱😱😱

[Fraky]

As an owner of a frameless window car. It angers me everytime people close the door holding the window *mad face*

[enis]

Plastic: **Exist**
Mat: I'm about to end this man's whole career.

[onesandzeroes]

"the windows go all the way down"
If they didn't on that tiny window, that would be ridiculous.

[gabutman]

Mat: I prefer the Mercedes over BMW infotainment cause it got Android auto

Audi: am I joke to you

[sneakygin]

"Mother-in-law will have to stay at home."

Well, Im sold.

[MA-xocf]

When journalists test new cars
No one :
Mat watson : i'm gonna scratch this whole car's interior

[rijden-nu]

Luckily, I hate driving with rear passengers. So I'm definitely getting this.

[Bat]

4:23 What have you done with the real Mat?

[dharminnaik]

Absolutely love this car in its 250e format. The hybrid concept works MUCH better than it does on the Mini PHEV I had as a company car previously, or the 3 series PHEV I had. The ONE big issue I have found with this car is that there is a really weird tremor between the front door and cockpit insulation. Mainly irritates when engine powered. Otherwise love this car!!! Premium finish actually doesn't come with a sunroof or adaptive lights anymore. Agreed with the frustrating lack of a decent grab handle on the boot, and the stupid lack of a skip track button on the wheel MAJOR OVERSIGHT. But to be honest it has everything you need... Except for lumbar support. A solid 9/10 from me.

[clubadi]

I really like the way you are showing / reviewing cars. You are always scratching, moving and opening everything like people normally do. In this video as for example changing the steering wheel position and inserting babysitter into back seats. Most of the reviewers are quite gentle and they probably tell you like "Yes, you can change the position of the steering wheel" but they don't actually show it to you. I'm not sure if I was able to explain this well. Anyways, I like the way you doing these reviews. EDIT: And King Of Everything: Stick of truth!

[montsenglekonyana]

I previously bought a CLA 200 AMG line purpoted to be a demo. After some time it reported some faulty things as I was driving though I really loved it and enjoyed driving it. When I took it to its sister branch they told me it had an accident so they can't touch it. Before I phoned the East London branch where I bought it, I took it to the traffic department to get a printout about its history. To my surprise I was told it had 2 previous owners. I was so taken aback. I lodged a case with MBSA and consumer protection unit but they were all playing games until the case was referred back to MBSA for their final response. I was so disappointed to be told that Ronnie's motors in East London said there is no difference between a demo and a pre-owened car. Why these different names? It is good to learn that you can be robbed by a giant company instead of apologizing for robbing you. Who am I to hire lawyers for such a giant company? I had already returned the car to them but I lost the case as even the consumer protection unit could not solve this problem. It does not help to have such a unit that fails its own consumers. They have connections to cheat the consumers. What a bad ending
. I will never forget this. This is how they get rich and we remain poor.
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[HuzzyGames]

Thanks for the review! Put my order in for one of these in June (Used CarWoW also!) and It's not coming till Mid November, they have run out of the 250 engines...

[Underhills]

Carwow should change their score system. They should rank the cars by one to six water bottles.

[hopekgaogelo]

I doubt it’s mandatory to use the same force Mat is using to operate any of the cars functions

[benhenry]

Surely the” A-class saloon” is the saloon version of the A-class 🤔

[johnosborne]

Matt, great review as always but slightly disapointed there was no comparison to A Class Saloon, surely there is a degree of crossover here?, would be interested to know how the back seats etc of the 2 compare CLA verses A Class Saloon. Thanks

[MetalForever]

AMG CLA 45S next, if you get your hands on it Mat!