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Originally Posted by MTI
The "point" is to get so-called Mercedes enthusiasts to join the rest of us in the early 21st Century and to possibly believe that the Golden Age of MB didn't end with the W126 and diesels. Mercedes is often at its best when they change the paradigm for the old fans.
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Derp, of course it is. Not part of the conversation until now.
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As for FWD, the technology has gotten better each year, just like automatic transmissions and power steering, it's just those that want to hold onto cliche that won't admit it.
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Yes it has, and its still nowhere near RWD or AWD at those power levels. As someone smack in the target market for this, actually just having bought direct competition to the CLA, and having JUST come from a modern FWD car (almost exactly the same power level) that is critiqued almost identically to the CLA, I'll pass. I don't want a FWD car for 35-40k -- period. They have different handling characteristics that I find undesirable.
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Current stable:
- 2004 Mazda RALLYWANKEL
- 2007 Saturn sky redline
- 2004 Explorer...under surgery.
Past: 135i, GTI, 300E, 300SD, 300SD, Stealth
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10-01-2013, 08:00 AM
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