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According to the crew over at the German-language Mercedes-Benz Passion website, the brand with the star has shared a multitude of pictures and a video of the upcoming Mercedes CLA compact sports saloon ahead of the car's world premiere at the Detroit motor show in mid-January next year.This wouldn't be a first for Mercedes-Benz, which often releases pictures of its future models, sometimes with heavy camouflage, sometimes without, in advance of their world debuts, as was the case recently with the A 45 AMG hatchback.
We don't have the official press release in our hands yet – it shouldn't be long before Mercedes shares it with the rest of the world, but it's obvious that there are two CLA models pictured here, a regular version and the AMG model, both featuring the brand's 4Matic all-wheel drive system, developed for FWD models with front transverse engines.
The new CLA is a spin-off model from the A-Class hatchback, with which it shares its platform, albeit stretched in length, the interior and mechanical components, including a range of four-cylinder turbocharged diesel and gasoline engines topped by the AMG model fitted with a 2.0-liter force-fed unit rated at 350-horsepower and 332 lb-ft (450Nm).
Unlike the hatchback, which has been received warmly in Europe, the CLA will be offered in North America as well.
We don't have the official press release in our hands yet – it shouldn't be long before Mercedes shares it with the rest of the world, but it's obvious that there are two CLA models pictured here, a regular version and the AMG model, both featuring the brand's 4Matic all-wheel drive system, developed for FWD models with front transverse engines.
The new CLA is a spin-off model from the A-Class hatchback, with which it shares its platform, albeit stretched in length, the interior and mechanical components, including a range of four-cylinder turbocharged diesel and gasoline engines topped by the AMG model fitted with a 2.0-liter force-fed unit rated at 350-horsepower and 332 lb-ft (450Nm).
Unlike the hatchback, which has been received warmly in Europe, the CLA will be offered in North America as well.
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