{"id":2035129,"date":"2026-07-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2035129"},"modified":"2026-07-09T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T21:00:00","slug":"the-new-mercedes-amg-cla-45-is-a-671bhp-ev-that-sounds-like-a-four-pot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2035129","title":{"rendered":"The new Mercedes-AMG CLA 45 is a 671bhp EV that sounds like a four-pot"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The new Mercedes-AMG GT 63 4-Door Coupe<\/a> makes fake V8 noises, so it should come as no surprise to see that the really-very-new Mercedes-AMG CLA<\/a> 45 also brings the combustion sounds of its predecessor into the all-electric age.<\/p>\n

No fake V8s here though, because for the CLA 45 the folk at Affalterbach recorded the bonkers turbo four-pot noise of Merc\u2019s old AMG A45 S. Nice.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Like the 4-Door Coupe, the CLA 45 also gets fake gearshifts to interrupt that noise, while \u2018seat shakers\u2019 should bring back some of the feeling of a combustion car too.<\/p>\n

Oh, and like its swoopy big brother, the hot CLA also gets three axial flux electric motors (one on the front axle and two on the rear). That means an astounding power figure of 671bhp. In an A-Class!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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There\u2019s also 1,297lb ft of torque from those three motors, and we\u2019re promised that the 0-62mph sprint takes just 3.0 seconds. That\u2019s the same whether you go for the saloon or the Shooting Brake by the way. Just make sure the dogs are strapped in if you\u2019re going to test it in the latter. For reference, the old petrol-powered AMG CLA made 415bhp and took 4.0 seconds to get to 62mph.<\/p>\n

Anyway, that front motor is apparently a \u2018booster motor\u2019 which means the CLA only becomes all-wheel drive when required. It also gets steel springs, but there are adaptive dampers with \u2018Comfort\u2019, \u2018Sport\u2019 and \u2018AMGFORCE S+\u2019 modes. We\u2019re not quite sure what happened to the standard AMGFORCE mode, but we\u2019re liking the confidence of the plus.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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There\u2019s a bit of active aero too with an adjustable rear spoiler on both bodystyles. Oh, and you get no fewer than six drive modes, or seven if you\u2019ve ticked the box for the shouty AMG DYNAMIC PLUS package. \u2018Race\u2019 is the extra one that you unlock.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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With the CLA\u2019s usable battery capacity of 94kWh, the AMG spec version manages 416 miles of range as a saloon and 398 miles as an estate. Presumably not if you\u2019re keen on that 0-62mph sprint, though. Thankfully a heat pump is standard fit and it\u2019ll rapid recharge at up to 330kW for a 10 to 80 per cent top up in 22 minutes.<\/p>\n

In terms of looks, the standard CLA 45 actually removes the front lightbar, but you can add that back in alongside a fully illuminated grille should you so desire. There\u2019s also the usual AMG fare of flared wheelarches, a front splitter, a diffuser and optional forged wheels.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Inside there\u2019s plenty of sporty trim, \u2018Performance seats\u2019 and as many screens as you\u2019ll find in the standard car. No word on pricing just yet, but don’t expect it to be any less than the old combustion-engined CLA 45 given that wild jump in power.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The new Mercedes-AMG GT 63 4-Door Coupe makes fake V8 noises, so it should come as no surprise to see that the really-very-new Mercedes-AMG CLA 45 also brings the combustion sounds of its predecessor into the all-electric age. No fake V8s here though, because for the CLA 45 the folk at Affalterbach recorded the bonkers […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,237],"class_list":["post-2035129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-topgear-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2035129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2035129"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2035129\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2035129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2035129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2035129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}