This new generation Mercedes-Benz CLA brings a familiar form to the table, now packed full of technology and more reliant on lighting than ever
The all-new CLA brings a familiar silhouette to the table, a compact, fastback sedan that is bring promoted mainly as an EV but with a hybrid option in tow too. It is illustrative of the brand’s strategy to champion new technology wherever possible, but let’s take a look at the fundamentals first.
Up front, a large Mercedes-Benz emblem occupies the centre of the grille, its black background designed to hide the embedded sensor and doing a reasonable job of it. That star motif is repeated across the grille and illuminated to give the impression of a mesh effect. This is flanked by new headlamps that, once separate on the prior generation CLA, are now joined by a thin light bar, almost forming a kind of flattened bow shape. (The new ‘one-bow’ design’?)
This shape is repeated at the rear, with…
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