Spoken like a true enthusiast that has wrung the beejezzus from a CLA on the street and track . . . wait, what? . . .

I would be incredibly surprised if the CLA can overcome the laws of physics. I really do get the "fwd is different these days" argument after driving an older overpowerd fwd car for years--but it's still nowhere close to rwd in any performance situation. And I'm not talking about a track, i mean stabbing the throttle in the rain, accelerating on an onramp, etc. Of course on a track it is also apparent. For many people, the point-and-shoot method of fwd In low traction situations works. I do not prefer it.

Maybe the CLA is made of magic, I dunno. I'm jus going off of my similarly powered, modern comparison that I DD'd for two years before trading it for high performance rwd...

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Current stable:
- 2004 Mazda RALLYWANKEL
- 2007 Saturn sky redline
- 2004 Explorer...under surgery.

Past: 135i, GTI, 300E, 300SD, 300SD, Stealth

Funny coincidence that I post in this thread today and on my way home today a CLA250 pulls up in the lane next to me!

I can say that I'm not that big a fan of the tail end of the car. A bit curvy for my tastes coming from the 126/124/201 generations of a cars.

Certainly looked aggressive.


Also spotted a 126 350SD on the turnpike tooling along at a healthy 85!

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