The baby sibling to the Mercedes-Benz CLS, the 2014 CLA is a front-wheel-drive compact sedan sporting a 2.0-liter 208-horsepower turbocharged 4-cylinder engine that should be priced around $30,000 when it hits dealerships in September. The CLA's price should turn a great number of heads, and with its sharp design it should scare any other sedan in the price range.
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James Tate cut his teeth in the business as a race team crew member before moving to the editorial side as Senior Editor of Sport Compact Car, and his work has appeared in Popular Mechanics, Automobile, Motor Trendand European Car. When not writing, Tate is usually fantasizing about a vintage Porsche 911.