New Mercedes-AMG CLA packs C63 power for £34k less

CLA 45 goes electric with supercar-baiting pace, choice of saloon or estate and 416-mile range The new Mercedes-AMG CLA 45 is as powerful as the outgoing C63 – yet £34,000 less than the plug-in hybrid super-saloon. Pricing for the new performance model will start from £66,750 in saloon form, with the Shooting Brake costing £1000 more. Notably, it’s also on a par with the price of the previous CLA 45, despite having made the switch from a four-cylinder petrol engine to a tri-motor electric powertrain. AMG hopes it can convert buyers of its previous hot hatches to electric power with the new CLA 45, which brings advanced torque-vectoring technology and an ICE-aping ‘exhaust’…

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