This electric Mercedes CLA shows the future of Mercedes!
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00:00 electric Mercedes CLA
00:58 new MMA platform EV & ICE
01:42 Length and siblings
02:01 Efficiency and range
03:03 RWD or AWD
03:41 Interior: doors and materials
04:51 Seats and comfort
06:13 Cockpit and user interface
07:48 Open floor
08:10 New MB OS infotainment
09:31 Rear seats
10:28 Child safety
11:26 Game changer for Mercedes EVs?
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►Follow us on Instagram @autogefuehl and @thomas.letsgo ►Subscribe here: kzhead.info 00:00 electric Mercedes CLA 00:58 new MMA platform EV & ICE 01:42 Length and siblings 02:01 Efficiency and range 03:03 RWD or AWD 03:41 Interior: doors and materials 04:51 Seats and comfort 06:13 Cockpit and user interface 07:48 Open floor 08:10 New MB OS infotainment 09:31 Rear seats 10:28 Child safety 11:26 Game changer for Mercedes EVs? Transparency note: Autogefühl videos are independent and free from editorial influence on opinion and rating. But since manufacturers enable us to do the reviews in the first place, for legal reasons this video is marked as _advertisement_.
Portland, JAMAICA in the Building!!!
- How many stars do we put on the car? - YES
The interior looks like a Turkish wedding hall 😂
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Hahahaha 😂 True that!
Manco biliyo... 😅
Stylistically, it reminds me of a 50s attempt at a futuristic vehicle.
Looks like a nuke powered car from Fallout on the inside. I love it.
This is exactly what I thought.
it certainly does echo the 50's future car but time and time again designers look back for inspiration and they never really sell well
....not sure. The exterior is glamour, the interior is futuristic back to 1950s.too much blinking from my point of view. Could just be the environment and colors that give me this not positive feeling. Will however hold my definitive view at another review
50s meets 70s disco ball.
This looks something like Louis Vitton would make. Just replace star symbols with LV sign.
I imagine a front crash bill
Insurance
If you can afford a car like this, you don't care about bills. You just swipe your credit card or have your insurance company pay for all the repairs. This is a Mercedes, not a Dacia. Also... PORTUGAL, CARALHO! :D
One kidney
@@thearousedeunuch except that a CLA was never supposed to be a luxurious car, it was an entry level car
Well it's a Mercedes, it's not for us who worry about bills. The CLA is meant for people the 23 year old who just landed their first job with McKinley or something. So they still have money in the bank
The interior looks like a 70s bowling alley. I was expecting a bowling ball to roll out of that chrome center console. The exterior is perfect.
😂😂 that's a great parallel
Does it have Christmas mode for the lights? 😂
The interior looks like an American diner. IMO
Interior: 7/10 Exterior: 10/10
Atleast it looks better than current MBenz's EV's
All of those 3 pointed stars add up to creating clutter. It looks so forced and terrible.
Perfect car for tacky people who need to have every square cm of their clothes and accessories covered with logos of LV, Supreme or Balenciaga.
Yes Mercedes is going from Classy to tacky
It's interesting that you can see where the production front and rear lightbars will go as there are cut outs for them in the body, but in this concept there is only floating strips in that space.
The design is great. Especially the proportions and finally a compact electric car. I'm looking forward to the production version.
Great showing for this pre-production CLA. The details and explanations you provide are wonderful. Thank you.
It's nice to see what Mercedes did in the front grille department. Rather than go with an EV flat slab on front, Mercedes has given the front grille some personality and some depth and dimensionality. Job well done. When you were sitting in the rear seat it was obvious that comfort will be a challenge for someone of your height. The rear seat cushion is too low because your knees were so far upright due to the low seat cushion position rather then the natural square sitting position.
Designer: How many Mercedes stars do you want? Design mgr: YES!!!
Very interesting review and some interesting aspect. I really like the new vents, and the big screen also looks good, but they need to solve the issue with reflecting screens. In your video, you can also see a lot of reflections in the front screen from all the "chrome". Overall it looks good. Thank you for some great reviews.
I hope the future is not that ugly
Everyone their opinion
Interiors looks so retro, and the windscreen reflection from all that chrome is insane.
As a designer, the interior is stunning! The screen fading in the panel is beautiful. This needs to see the light.
You guys are one of KZhead’s greatest car channels. Everything about your videos is incredible
Glad they used Mazda's Soul Red Crystal paint on this fine concept, looks great 😂🤗🤣❤️
haha =)
I think that it's too 'orangy' to be Mazda red.
Interior materials make it look like one of those luxury BATHROOMS.
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Holy cow, Thomas...! You get some incredible new vehicle review 'scoops', don't you...!! Mercedes clearly value your judgement and market appeal - quite rightly so, too, in my humble opinion. This CLA concept looks absolutely stunning. 😎
cheers m8 !
7:11 As long as there's a physical knob and physical shortcut buttons to control it, I don't mind it at all. Especially if those temperature dials actually rotate to set the temperature, as you mentioned. With that being said, though, I have to admit that it's a beautiful car as a concept. The "gaming PC thing" looks like a PC cooling system or some sort of CPU cooler.
It’s the NVIDIA processor. Water cooled
That charging pad would be horrific. slight touch of the brakes and the phone would fly out... (unless it's deeper than it looks on screen)
Brilliant review from the main man as always! Has been reviewed by other You-tubers but Thomas is the best by far!
Nice concept. Some physical buttons under the screen wouldn’t be so bad idea, especially for some basic functions
5 dials: Fan Speed, 2 for Temperature, Volume, Seek/next and previous
Good review of the car, a lot better then American reviewers. Clear, concise and on point, and none of that stupid exaggeration or theatrics, good for you. And glad your taking a stand against leather interiors, something American reviewers won’t do, sadly.
Fr. America likes to poIiticise everything. Imagine the backIIash if a US presenter said what Thomas said IoI. Nice to see presenters with intergrity. Hats off to Thomas.
Highly appreciated!
thanks for the support !
@@TD1237 It almost happened with Obama or Obama came the closest. It will happen one dayAnd if you look at the trends most if not all hyper cars have vegan interiors, because they are lighter. Most "luxury" car brands now have vegan or vegan options on their introductory and middle of the line up cars. It's getting close :)
First impression, the design is beautiful.. I love it...
I'm getting a lot of VW Scirocco from the front 3 quarter view. Otherwise not bad looking. Interested to see how much of this makes production.
Great concept with fantastic futuristic styling. Loved the steering wheel, the air vents, the display the doors and the dashboard was a piece of art. This concept is exactly what a Mercedes is - a car that makes the owner and occupants feel very special and in the lap of sophisticated luxury. What I didn't like were the wheels (too many Mercedes stars) and cleaning the interior - it would be a dust/finger print magnet! Another great review Thomas. In comparison with the BMW - both are amazing concepts and both are winners. Anyone would be on top of the world with either car BMW should be commended for returning to beautifully styled cars - the current butt-ugly beaver tooth grille should be giving a quick death.
I really like the exterior architecture. It is seriously the first electric vehicle that has impressed me stylistically. Great get, Thomas!
The VISION EQS looked fantastic as well. The final product though ended up looking like a total turd. The same likely applies for this car as well.
Nice reviuw, thanks! Very interesting EV concept. MB is on an interesting journey, started with the EQ line up, and now this. Impressive development by MB
Looks great and hope they keep the whole exterior and at least most the interior
MB could be onto something with that little box in the footwell. If that held the chip that makes the electronics run... it would be fairly upgradable. I think future cars will be kept longer but perhaps upgraded inside the way we do with our houses.
that would be a great feature for any car, if possible to upgrade the computing power without taking apart half of the car.
There is on the market artificial leather so refined that it makes zero sense to kill animals for dressing cars seats. I bow down to you, Thomas, for having integrity. Respect! ❤💪
Yeah. I really appreciate Thomas' humanity and sincerity.
thanks for the support my friend !
Danke, Thomas! Exterior shape? Much nicer than EQ. An overdose of the logo, however. Interior? Whoa - pimped out, big time.
What a wonderful concept car, looks modern and retro at the same time (it has a 50s aura that is lovely). Love it, what a breath of fresh air
That Mercedes star is threatening to jump the shark, so to speak.
Super nice design 😊
07:42 i hope things like that make into the production vehicles. not enough manufacturers pay attention to the little details like the seatbelts. all use standard cheap black plastic surround on seatbelts with black seatbelts. plenty of ways they could be customised.
The dash is really nice. Of course it cant be one piece like in the eqxx due to financial reasons but I think it is still better then the current hyperscreen
Looks nice! Interior and exterior is wonderful.
Mercedes had a stunning EQS concept but the production version was a massive let down. I have a feeling they are going to do the same here.
Lol.. I was thinking about the same thing. The EQS concept was stunning. The production model looks like a Japanese/Korean copy of the concept!
I hope they keep the panoramic roof on this one
Pretty outside, pretty gaudy inside. Great video!
I would love these electric cars to have more hidden storage areas. Beautiful design and engaging to drive but no place to put sunglasses and other personal items. Like you, l love sustainable materials particularly when they are used in creative and design driven ways.Great intro on Mercedes and the BMW !!
I'm guessing the headlights and taillights will be flush, everything white in the interior while get darker, and 2 inches of ride height will be added. It's a beautiful design.
The problem I see with horizontal front light bars is at night we use the changing width between lights to determine speed and distance. The bar undermines this
Beat reviews as usual! And finally mercedes figured out how to make the raindrop looking good. The front is brilliant. Idk why, but german car manufacturers need to understand we need the angular designs which as it seems can be achieved even with good aerodynamics
Beautifully designed internally and externally
How to solve the efficiency issues on EVs? I know! Install as many pointless lights on the car inside and out that just consume electricity and do nothing of use. Brilliant. Give me my Nobel prize.
LED lights consume basically nothing. It's heating and cooling which would be the biggest drain.
@@paulklp8262 They still consume something, and they look stupid.
if this is the future of Mercedes imma stick with my 19 yo clk. tyvm.
Love the front and back!
5:08 I really appreciate your honesty about animal skin and not following the greenwashing wave
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Love this retro-futuristic design. Can’t wait to see it on other models
Spectacular interior!
That is one beautiful interior.
The rear-view mirror designer was like 'Yeah whatever, just use the one that is on stock'
Looks great !
I would to see this interior design in the GLC whenever they do a mid cycle refresh
Interior reminds me of a 1950's diner with all the metal, chrome and neon-esque lights. Not a bad thing, pretty cool actually.
the interior is absolutely crazy, damn
Exterior: Yeah, yeah, this looks good and passable. Interior: OK, nvm. This is just a concept which will never hit the production.
Very nice! It's got a look of a VW SCIROCCO at the front 🍻👍
The exterior looks good, the interior looks like a child’s toy.
When i saw the thumbnail i thought this was some nice battery powered kids cars with remote control :)
I love the exterior but the trunk would be better if it opens like the eqs. The interior is also beautiful. the openness in the front is nice but maybe nicer if the top part was extended. The head pillows and seatbelts are nice extras. The middle screen was maybe better if it was vertical. Maybe a yoke would be nice.
A yoke? Found the tesla simp, nobody wants a yoke
@@MaticTheProto i liked the yoke in the eqs concept
@@nickdesigns4759 they look good but nobody wants them. Even the apologetic tesla fanboys complained to the point where Tesla added the option for a normal steering wheel
A beautiful modern car, finally someone did it
Next level Claire's accessories interior
WOW! What a good looking concept car. Hope most elements make it to production. Thank you, Thomas
Very nice design but I expected more sleek design side mirrors maybe integrated with side lines coming from front, not this mirrors…
Amazing looks, really impressed by these new German e-cars.
It'll be difficult to tell whether the car is coming or going. The front and the back lights confused me for a sec
I like the ideas. I am curious what will acutely make it to the production model. I can see most of the outside be sides thew lights and grill. I can see the screen on the dash. I can’t see them implementing that interior. Maybe the colors and patterns. It would be cool if they did though.
May be 5cm more expand bottom for safety and also front bottom spoiler slight lifted and also 3-5 cm larger if batery range is big design is ok if price ok I would only gave inside a airbag suspension for slight lift easy
Mercedes always does incredible concepts. This is one of the better ones lately. It's truly gorgeous.
'Understated, I want to see next-level 🙂
I think they're on the right track, both exterior and interior
Looks very promising!
at an amazing design. I love it.
omg I want one looks amazing can't wait to see one .....
Nice car but what about the full sun exposure? How do you shade the sun roof?
WOW! This car is HOT! And it's nice to see an electric SEDAN instead of the continuous parade of SUVs and Crossovers.
Nice review of a really cool vehicle..nice job Mercedes.
I really hope it looks like this in final production
What????? You so serious... this is not benz this is a chinese car
@@YYMM626 IDGAF... 😆😆 build it! ... Mercedes ,the Chinese, somebody!!!
love the new dash, lot more streamlined than the current big central screen... Also exterior design is so much better than eqe and eqs... Crossing fingers that this design concept does not change much on actual car...
Uh look at the concept merc promised&showed off for the eqs and then the actual production road car. 😑
@@4literv6 yeah i know..... still one can hope haha
@@ziplepingouin1186 ah yes hope the first step towards perpetual self disappointment. 🤣
Imagine driving along on a lovely sunny day. Talk about having a migraine.
What a nice concept!!, it has a ton of details, a new era with the traditional CLA line, the interior is like a spaceship very fancy and futuristic, i like a lot the new screen, the air vents and the steering wheel, the seats design too, the interior materials and color combination is perfect.
NACS socket for NA market?
I don’t know about the car, but I can watch Thomas all day long 😊❤
thanks so much :)
Love it! I’m a bmw fanboy but this is top!
Reminds me of retro 60’s “space” style looks amazing but unfortunately the actual car won’t be like this as usual. Not a big fan of the rear end it looks almost to plane or simple but the exterior front end looks so good
An absolute stunner! wow!!
I absolutely love this design ❤❤❤❤❤❤ very Mercedes 😊
It is great to see the string of short reviews of which this is one - so far I am up as far as the Audi Q8 review this week. Thank you. I would like to suggest an additional test for Autogefuhl in future reviews to add to the already meticulous list of things checked out. That would be some kind of first guess at how each car would age and look like in 25 years’ time. I have put this idea under this car review because I think the answer for this Mercedes concept car is mixed. For instance if I were to look at a Mercedes from - say - 1998 (prehistoric?) the one’s we have lying around our business still drive rather well and are good places to be in. I never had one myself, but I still like being driven in them. The things about this car which I think will last well are its shape and use of interior space. I think the attention paid to recuperation efficiency and hence the 5.x range per kph will still be appreciated in around 2050. The seating should also last, though I am not sure how well the light colours will stand up. What will look very dated is the interior design and I think it will look as about as good as the tail fins on the Studebaker my parents had in about 1961 Madras. The stars and ambient lighting, if they still work at all, will age especially badly. Not just to hit out at Mercedes, all new cars are going to have a problem with how long the infotainment systems last and indeed whether they work at all in 25 years. USBc, conductive charging, and other recent standards are also going to look as up to date and as useful as the car tape cassette deck. By contrast the humble cigarette lighter in older vehicles today still work and can be used. Given we are in the age that likes to talk about sustainability and recycling, some view on how our new toys will age seems a good part of further car reviews.
I like that Thomas is straightforward with his disdain for animal materials in interior design. Many brands have shown, that plant-based and recycled synthetic materials can provide a premium feel and texture. The share of real leather will be irrelevant to the quality perception of car interiors very soon and using it therefor obsolete.
thanks so much for the support !
I can see the Mercedes design language on the B pillars and the roof area but I feel that it loses a lot of its identity at the rear. Maybe it's the browline, the shape of the tailights, and the fact that the area under the lights is not seamless with the section below it especially above the crease