I got an up close look at a CLA this weekend at a MB owners event. The CLA owner didn't know anything about cars, so I popped the hood to give him a brief intro and point out things. The hood isn't held open with gas charged supports like other MBs. Instead, it has a plastic rod to hold the hood open like you'd see on a mid 90s Honda Accord. I didn't check to see if there was another slot to put the hood into the vertical service position. It might not be a bad car overall, but the small things like that stick out. I wasn't expecting that on a MB, not even on a base model.

The CLA also has no spare and comes with run flat tires. I think the reason is that the trunk is just too small, unlike the diesels which don't have a spare because the Urea tank inhabits that space in those models.

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'81 MB 300SD, '82 MB 300D Turbo (sold/RIP), '04 Lincoln Town Car Ultimate

Sooner or later every car falls apart, ours does it later!
-German Narrator in a MB Promotion Film about the then brand new W123.