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Post by michael on Jan 8, 2019 10:42:58 GMT
I like the look of the front of the new A class and this looks far more successful than the previous gawky looking CLA. If they carry on like the the CLA estate could be quite a desirable little thing.
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Post by Bob Sacamano v2.0 on Jan 8, 2019 11:04:15 GMT
It does look better and appears to have had a bum lift to sort the saggy arse the old one had.
Interesting that it's being revealed at the Consumer Electronics Show as opposed to a car orientated event. Cars as white goods anyone?
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Post by racingteatray on Jan 8, 2019 11:17:16 GMT
True. I test-drove the old estate version in AMG45 flavour and liked it as a car in nearly all respects except for the engine note, which sounded like a crazed washing machine, and the ride which was simply uncomfortable. That and I agree the styling suffered from too short a wheelbase compared to the overall length, meaning the overhangs fore and aft looked stupidly big.
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Post by ChrisM on Jan 8, 2019 13:28:49 GMT
..... sounded like a crazed washing machine..... Have you bought a washing machine recently ?? |
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Post by michael on Jan 8, 2019 13:36:21 GMT
By the sounds of it he bought a Bosch!
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Post by racingteatray on Jan 8, 2019 14:00:12 GMT
The dishwasher is a Bosch but I confess I cannot remember what brand our washing machine is...
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Post by Tim on Jan 8, 2019 14:14:32 GMT
I heard an AMG45 being given some welly and it sounded like a tin of angry bees interspersed with some comedy farting on upshifts.
If I had £40k to spend on one of these I'd rather put it into something with a decent number of cylinders and a real engine note.
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Post by Martin on Jan 8, 2019 16:31:36 GMT
They do sound awful from the outside, I’ve not driven one so can’t have a view on which appliance it sounds like.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 8, 2019 18:47:46 GMT
Handsome car. Would prefer a fastback, but the rumoured to be forthcoming BMW 2GC will fill in that gap.
There are lots of interesting cars about to be released but they'll all be here too late for me to buy/lease I reckon.
Golf VIII
1 series III
A3 IV
2 series II
This CLA and the GLA maybe
Go faster version of X2 (about time there was a petrol X-Drive version)
SQ2 (perhaps not!)
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Post by Blarno on Jan 11, 2019 11:46:23 GMT
It still looks like the front end of a completely different car, from a completely different manufacturer has been grafted on to it.
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Post by PG on Jan 11, 2019 21:42:06 GMT
The rear looks way better than on the first gen car, that always looked overly droopy. So overall externally, an improvement.
I'm really not sure about the interior. All those metallic (plastiminium?) air vents and a driver interface that looks like a widescreen TV stuck in front of the driver. All very bling.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 11, 2019 23:42:26 GMT
Apparently it's the same length as a C Class.
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Post by grampa on Jan 14, 2019 16:18:04 GMT
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Post by Nelson on Jan 16, 2019 12:54:17 GMT
do Mercedes sell the A-Class saloon in this country?, if so, why? why have two saloon roughly of the same size, one that clearly looks way better than the other and is much more desirable. I think, for a small(ish) saloon, that looks superb
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Post by Deleted on Jan 17, 2019 0:43:56 GMT
They do and, having looked at it in comparison with the CLA, I don't reckon there's a lot in it looks-wise. It probably has more rear headroom!
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Post by Blarno on Jan 17, 2019 19:37:06 GMT
Wait, there's an A class saloon? As well as the CLA? Which is also a saloon?
Is there a CLC? Or CLE?
Wait. I don't really care come to think of it. Mercedes have a long history of muddying the niche waters with increasingly tenuous models and naming structures.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2019 17:58:30 GMT
It's gonna get verse viz ze Germans. Next iteration of the 2 series will include a 5 door Gran Coupe and the A3 is also getting some sort of coupe added to the range, even though the TT is effectively one already! Not sure how many doors it will have, though.
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Post by Blarno on Jan 19, 2019 8:44:54 GMT
7, probably. Because, well, just because it's niche, innit?
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