Mercedes CLA 250e Plug-In Hybrid is NOT your regular ECO car 

Thanks a lot! This is nice to hear and I am super glad that you like it!

It makes me really glad that you found my review informative. If there's anything more that you'd like to know about it, let me know and I'll gladly share!

Thanks and I'm happy for you as it's a really nice car. With the distances that you cover every day, this is a fantastic solution. Good choice and I hope you'll be super happy with your 250e Shooting Brake. It looks sick too in that body!

Thank you, Ricardo! I believe it's a matter of a number of subscribers at the beginning and needs months or weeks to get even due to that. Anyway, I'm glad that you like the video!

You must be an influencer then! But seriously, this is a really cool and exotic-looking car. And really classy I would say. Good luck with your CLA!

@@VToldsMotoShow imagine that I am not. But Mercedes showed up a completely new chapter in brand’s identity through progressive thinking, openess, listening to the new generation. I like that they listen to the new generation and are open frontów future. Therefore the design of CLA is like nothing before. New, sharp and bright. This is the design thinking, the future thinking. A reorientation of the whole brand. Their communication is excellent! I did not intend to make a driving licence and buy a car but CLA and campaing launching new C classe changed my mind

Thank you for sharing your view - I very much appreciate it and I'm happy that you like it!

I'm here to serve! And... thank you!

Thanks and I'm glad you like the vid!

Damn, you're doing really well with that fuel consumption. My last trip in another car has been 350 miles on 100 liters of fuel and I wasn't even going fast.

@@VToldsMotoShow Thanks. Most of my journeys are around 30-40miles max. Wall Charger at work is free to use so lots of savings. A250e is a perfect choice for me.

how long does it take to charge the car

Is there a way of charging the battery using the combustion engine whilst driving?

​@@andrew72329 I guess not, but recuperation while braking charges it anyways.

Now that's a good one :). Overall the impressions are very good and so this shows when dealing with the car. Thanks for sharing that with me!

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Yup, it isn't my native language indeed. Thanks for letting me know about all that - it's nice to hear! All the best!

Thank you! That's a really cool "small" car there!

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My pleasure!

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So it makes perfect sense, see? :)

I'm glad that you're happy with your engine choice. This powertrain here wasn't lacking really anything in this Hybrid version. Really agile and pleasant to drive.

Now that's funny what you said about the rattling. Just have them fix it, but still - that's kind of weird. As for the next track function, I'll tell you this - I'm coming back from testing the new S-Class. There you don't even have a knob with volume setting but a touch "button" that you may press. I tried a few times and quick adjustment results in making it silent or super loud. Be glad that your still has a rotary wheel on the central panel. Let's see if they listen to owners and change these things when updating their cars.

I just got my cla 250e if you put your music in the centre of the display screen you are able to skip tracks, us the square select button and swipe up and down to change track. my only dissatisfaction was that Mercedes took out the lights in headrests and rear foot wells with the ambient lighting package

@@leewickins1853 thanks very much. I found this out recently when I realised I had done it by accident 🤦‍♂️ it really is a peculiar touch sensitive button. I don't know what it is... Size? Shape? Positioning? Maybe I'm still getting used to it lol. Thanks once again though.

You skip track by flicking the mouse to the right (and left to go back)

I'm glad you like it. Cheers!

Thank you and I'm glad that you like it.

I wish I could give you a reliable answer but I drove much less than 6000 km and mostly in the city. I believe that this is not the best solution for longer rides as it has a small petrol engine that will want its fuel and there won't be many benefits of a hybrid powertrain. It's not that efficient and successful in recharging its batteries. For such trips, nothing will beat a diesel - I mean driving on a highway. And you're right that a measurement of consumption per 100 km will mean nothing to you as it assumes 100% charged battery, so only whatever is left will be covered in majority on petrol.

Wydaje mi się, że te obecne generacje są całkiem w porządku - od czasu ostatniej klasy S, czyli od 2013 roku jak pojawiła się nowa klasa C, E, dalej A i teraz SUVy, to wydaje się to wszystko być całkiem w porządku. To na moje oko.

Yes, I do. I just don't believe they would be true for a normal user during normal driving. During my driving it rocketed to around 10-12 liters per 100 km in the city. But I was pushing the car a lot and had many stops with an engine running. I'd expect it to normally be rather between 6-9 liters depending on driving conditions and style in the city. If you brake slowly, you will recover more energy that you will be able to use for driving later, so here you can get a lot more than in a normal car if you try to. If you don't try and instead race with everybody, gains will not be that significant.

Thanks. So you're asking me for my personal opinion and comparing to BMW 330e, I would go for a BMW as it's a car from a higher segment. Just as I would go for a MB C-Class if I had to choose between it and a BMW 1 or 2-Series. The CLA's engine does recharge the battery when you're driving and also gets the power back when you're braking. However, it's not that super efficient here in this car. I've seen cars that do it better.

@@VToldsMotoShow Thank You !

It is.

Thank you. I've been driving very aggressively and having the car idling with an engine on for some time and ended up with around 10 liters per 100 km/h with an empty battery. Normally I'd say you should easily get down to 6-9 liters in the city with an empty battery depending on how you drive.

@@VToldsMotoShow hm, that kind of consumption is quite high I would say. I thought that after battery is empty, it will drive like a regular hybrid (like Toyota) and would have a consumption of 3-4L but seems not. Thanks for testing this car properly, I was considering it and there are so few reviews online ;)

I have CLA200, the 2020 model. My country tests cars before allowing them in. It says, it consumes 5L/100Km. I think one can get lower from this number to 4ish

Hi, thank you for your kind words. I believe that an answer to your question strictly depends on a specific market. I'm pretty sure that there are quite a few CLA 250e units within every market on dealers' stocks. As for cars to be configured, I don't have the knowledge here as that may depend in a large part on a specification of a car. I suggest you shoot an e-mail to a few dealers asking them how long it is now.

Thanks for your reply!

Nice to have such a choice! But I understand your concerns so the real question would be how big of an issue the range anxiety may be in your case. In other words - this strictly depends on where you live (and perhaps whether it's a house with a charging station or an apartment with/without a charging station; or you're regularly going to your office and would charge the car there) and how much you drive. If not for the range anxiety, I'd definitely go for the Tesla even without having driven it, as it's more fancy, performance of the Model 3 is fantastic regardless of a version and it's likely going to be more fun overall. On the other hand, interior quality will probably be so much nicer in the Mercedes. Design-wise, it looks so much better than Tesla inside too. The performance isn't that impressive though. However, with the Benz you don't need to care about range anxiety. Now if you don't plug and charge it, it won't give you a lot of benefits of driving on electricity I believe. It's not that good at charging itself back (if you care about it since it's a company car). I'd say if not for the range anxiety, I'd definitely go for the Tesla, so if you're having a preference for Tesla, we are basically in the same spot looking at this matter.

@@VToldsMotoShow brilliant response, thanks for taking the time to give such a detailed answer, I think due to having a 7kw charger installed at my home the Tesla is the winner and in reality my journeys are always sub 300 mile round trips so shouldn't have much issue with the range, I think that initial jump to full electric is just a bit daunting to begin with but I'm sure I will love the car once it is delivered!

It's kind of like a coupe vs a convertible or a limo vs coupe - serve different purposes and present completely different styles.

No no, it's fine, the petrol engine alone is 160 HP.

V-Told so how come the power combined is 218 instead of 262?

Now I can say that I do confirm that!

I ended up with around 23,5 MPG (10 liters per 100 km). However this was driving very aggressively, mostly after using all electricity and also with longer time periods of standing in a few spots with an engine running and heating on. So that's an answer which in fact doesn't really help. Finally, I just could not check that during my days with the car as I've spent limited with it. Note that I also tested its performance (see the video in the link) and that "slightly" affected fuel economy results.

Hi, I don't know but perhaps if you ask a dealer telling them that it's about a 2020 MY from a EU market, they might be able to tell. Or even send some MB used car sales guy the video with an inquiry. Otherwise I'm not sure how we can find out now.

@@VToldsMotoShow i think this a pole white. The digital white is with metallic

I checked the spec of this particular car and its color number is 149 that's called just "white". I hope that this helps. Any MB dealer should be able to tell you which one it is.

@@VToldsMotoShow Dzięki za szybką odpowiedź. Świetna recenzja.

There may be some logic behind it though in terms of getting rid of the features that lower the efficiency. All wheel drive being one of such features in cars.

That is totally wrong. Cla, a class and gla are on the Same Plattform with the Same components. C class is a completely other Plattform with other components, way more comfortable!

@@quentris you are totally wrong. The new cla shooting break is 4695mm compared to c class which is 4686mm

@@PeX1337FTW sorry but you are wrong. The length may be close together but that has nothing to do with the plattform. You can also look at the Wikipedia article. The CLA is based on the W177 (a class). PS: i work for Mercedes-Benz

New rules I guess. But seriously, simply when working together, some of the power is delivered to other things that performance. I just don't know which engine produces less power then, my guess would be that the electric one. Especially that there may be a situation when we drain the battery and it should not happen that we're suddenly left with only 160 HP while being used to more - let's say during overtaking. So I believe that some power is always stored in the batteries even when it shows that there's 0% charge left. That's why it won't ever use it perhaps.

It indeed is a 1.3 liter engine. Can it be a Renault engine? I've got no idea and I haven't heard of it being taken from the French.

In this kind of car that depends on you driving style and conditions so much that I believe that there's no clear answer to that and just a matter of calculations using different variables. Seriously, it can be literally X kilometers or X*2 kilometers.

If the ground is dirty, every time you get back inside, the dirt is carried inside too.

It depends on a the market (country) that you want to buy it in.

@@VToldsMotoShow IN India country

Thanks and please take the young and attractive women comment as a compliment then. As long as compliments from other men are fine ;)

I am driving the A250e since one year. Have done 15000 km so far. Even when I am pushing hard at full speed on german Autobahn it hardly consumes more than 9l/100km

@@podunkman2709 between 5 and 6 depends on the topography. However it is definitely not made for regular long haul trips. The tiny petrol tank is quite annoying.

@@podunkman2709 it is strongly focused on urban commutes. However the overall consumption is not that bad but it can‘t keep up with a modern Diesel.

@@podunkman2709 thanks mate! Same to you!

Yeah, pro RU-vidrs often drive now AMG-GT.