Matt would it be possible to give us a quick peek under the hood before each drive? Loving your one-takes, from Melbourne Australia

a few decades ago you needed a 7.0L V8 to make 425, amazing how far we've gone to make a 2.0L I4 make this much power.

Pick up my CLA45 shooting brake tomorrow - great timing!

I really like how the CLA looks.Not too much of a fan of the big wing in the back though.

Another fantastic "one take" Matt, well done mate. You're getting more and more casual in front of the camera which is great, feels like I'm just having a chat with you while driving.

Man that car looks like a BLAST to drive. Every input you make looks replicated with razor sharp precision in the car's response. 'Tight as a drum' as Matt put it.

Hey Matt. I like how you accelerated from a dead stop so the "pause" was a blessing. I'd like to see more of that. Great job.

I've driven that car for a weekend and immediately fell in love with it! Great little car and great review!

You need to record a fly by of every car you drive. I'm getting a little bored with 'in car' only one takes.

I'm getting more and more inspired towards the CLA45 better handling than I had thought.

I like how you share the road, Matt. Big ups from a driving and cycling enthusiast!

haha chris harris can drift literally anything

A little suggestion Matt: Perhaps when you're doing a walkaround of the car in the beginning of the video, do a small clip of the exhaust? Like the 930 Turbo you did a number of months ago? I don't mean this in a bad way, not at all, but I wish we, the viewers, could get a listen on the exhaust of the cars you do One Take reviews on. Yes, we can hear it while you drive, but a standing rev with the microphone aimed at the exhaust is best. Either way, it's all up to you Matt whether or not you want to do that. Just giving a friendly, little suggestion. The farty, diarrhea noise the exhaust makes when shifting is absolutely glorious by the way!

I don't normally like any Mercedes but damn that car looks nice

Great review and video. Love the sound of this AMG. Been thinking about buying one of these or an Audi S3 saloon. Thanks for taking us on your excellent drive down the mountain

I've had mine for a little over a year and I love it every time I drive it. Everything stock except for the Revozport carbon lip spoiler and Rotiform rims

Hi Excellent video..I never get tired of watching it, its the best description of the CLA 45, very fast, excellent handling and manic.. i have the newer version at 381, the only problem is you do things normally you wouldnt do in a normal car. planning to install the armytrix exhaust and chip it..

Matt - Great Videos. Only thing I would suggest when doing these reviews is to maybe talk a bit about the competitors to the car being driven and how they stack up against each other. Just something fun to bring up in between stats and details about the car.

Thanks for the nice demo. I'm calling my dealer for a used one this week!

another great video .... i can honestly say that you have become my favorite reviewer.

My god I wish I was in California with all those canyons! And of course to meet Matt, but those canyons..... I need those in my life!

I was looking for a review on the CLA 45 and when I searched I found a ton of them. For the most part is just people bloviating about the car but then I saw Matt and Doug did reviews and I knew I would get an honest opinion. But you did leave your coffee outside Matt.

up to 375 from factory now, crazy.

I do appreciate the respect you give to cyclists. There's far too many tough guys that act as if they own the road and try to get as close to the cyclist as possible. Most of them drive trucks it seems. I never in a million years thought I'd ever be on a road bike but I started last year to get in better shape and lose some weight and it's much scarier riding a bike than any fast car or motorcycle I ever been in due to the fact you have no control over who is coming up behind you and no power to get away like I can on my motorcycle.

It's insane that an l4 can produce so much goddamned power.

Love this video. Car looks great. The way you described the car and the small details. Keep it up

Awesome of you to let leave proper room around the roadies!

I like it. I have always wanted to get into German cars, this seems like a good entry. And since Mercs depreciate so quickly, I imagine these things won't be too bad after a few years.

Great review. Nice red color. And the houses on that road look amazing too!

I'm liking the support for the manual box in the other comments. This would be the perfect car if it had a manual. Top and interior and exterior. I don't give a toss about setting fast times on the track. I just want to enjoy changing gear when I choose to.

Even in stock form, the shift pop is unreal!

Having owned one for a couple months now, I've discovered the best way to downshift 2 or 3 gears as fast as possible. If you double click the paddle, it's very slow, but if you just hold the paddle down, it'll take you to the lowest gear available pretty quickly. Also stoked, my vivid tune just arrived today, installing it tomorrow.

Great sound. Yes, the A45 is a wonderful car.

I love that sound! I'm not a big fan of 4 cyl, but AMG made that sound sexy, and I'm sure the tune probably helped too.

I have my Vivid Racing tune kit on the way, just installed a cold air intake and I ordered my CLA45 from the Factory with the AMG high performance exhaust it will help get maximum gains from the tune. Looking to improve on my stock time of 12.6@111mph at the drag strip this year...

Mad respect to Chris for drifting a car with a fwd based hang-on awd system.

Another awesome video, I've just come to expect it.

I drove this the other day and I find the Evo a lot more adjustable in terms of handling. The gearbox did the same thing and refused to downshift just like this.

Latigo used to be my favorite road to skate down back when i lived in LA =)

I strongly believe you'd have gotten more out of it on Angeles crest. Love the car. Goals!

I like the comparison you made to the Evo.

Surface area = cooling. Saw-shaped rotors will increase surface area around the circumference, but will decrease the frontal & rear surface area. So depending on the geometry, the saw-rotors could definitely improve cooling. As well, it could have a similar effect to slotted rotors, improving initial grip and performance

This show is my drug. I need more. Give me more.

what makes the sounds when shifting? I can tell it has something to do with timing. Does anyone have more knowledge on this?

I love the CLA's clean lines.

Those paddles are gigantic!!

How would you say it compares to the stage 2 APR audi s3 you drove? I know a stage 2 s3 is a mid 11 sec quarter mile car with 0-60 times in the mid 3 second range and both cars seem to be very tossable.

Hey Matt, where do we send you our wheelwell page for review for a one take?

Matt does latiago connect to another road in malibu, or did you just start from the bottom and go up there and start recording from wherever you were

I understand that this car is predominantly front wheel drive, but via an ecu remap can the power distribution be changed I.e more to the rear? Or is it a mechanical set up which can't be tinkered with .. Thx!

Where did you get the side skirts and the front lip ? Please lmk thanks!

How do you know if it is AMG exhaust, I mean it's a difference if you choose sports package instead of the stock ones. How do i know for sure that it is AMG sport exhaust if i would buy one? Please helpp

hello, great video. I know you did a video before with a 2007 or 2006 bmw m5 v10 can you tell me the different between m5 and this car.

thanks for the package link!

Matt, did something change recently with the video or image settings during recording? It kind of looks hyper real, like a video game almost. I've noticed this on a few of your recent videos.

Can you please tell me how is the new height of this car in terms of milimeters after coilover ?

Vivid makes great products from what I hear.

Those paddle shifters are HUGE

My new 2017 CLA45 amg always downshift instantly.. improved pretty much everything in term of gearbox and look deparmrnt

Matt next one take you do where you're given a company's car/press car for a few hours please do the road you did in the Vert' A3 one take! Loved that road

Dunlop tyres mine came standard with 20 inch are the wheels on that cla 20...I've got gla yellow night 17 ...looking at other options for tyres over continental

what do you mean when you say Evo? all i could think of is the Lancer Evo. is this a type of style or engine?

i assume in person the shift noise sounds good though ? on mic it sounds like a honda grinding 3rd gear

Matt, please review the C63 AMG S coupe. I would love to hear your thoughts.

really enjoyed this drive. thanks! special thanks for exposing me to the civic annunciation I have never heard. lol funny

very good review, not too fast not too slow! nice

For some reason, anytime i go to full screen on this channel, it skips.. very odd.

No tuned EcoBoost yet? I would love to see you compare a full bolt ons EcoBoost w/suspension to this.

355 hp stock Matt. And the 2016 now has 375 hp sick and much better shifting and baking.

That thing is phenomenal! Nice 👍

hello,where I can find these paddles shifters?

That shifting sounds just... nuts!..

This was entertaining, thanks for sharing.

hahahaha the car seat in the back killed me

The amount of people who think the engine sound during shifts is either a rub or a grinding transmission is hilarious

You can cut that volume down considerably in comfort mode for everyday driving!

Hey Matt do you prefer this over a BMW M235i?

The more I see these little amg's around the more I like their look

it seems like you had to turn the wheel really far just to make those basic corners, or is it just the video??

how do these types of tunes effect the factory warranty?

Iv heard you can get to that hp level with just an ecu. I have the gla 45 amg and I want exhaust upgrade and ecu. Maybe after tax season.

been looking at these... i like the AWD and that Mercedes says its 3450lbs.. for a winter/ daily.. but would like to bump it to 500hp.. be alot more fun.. are the gears as wide as it says on edmunds????.. shows RPM 6500 1st-52.15mph 2nd-82.84mph 3rd-130.72mph 4th-191.73mph

Seriously.... Best road ever!!! I love what Mercedes AMG are doing of late, ESPECIALLY the C63S, however Having an Evo 6.5 in the garage, (and being a Mitsubishi fanatic) I'm a little bit brand loyal when it comes to AWD 2LT turbo sedans... you know what I mean lol.. Though tuning options for the CLA are only beginning to show the potential of this little car... I'm sure the quality of the interior and well.... the exterior, will sway a lot of people... glad to see they have addressed the front seats with quality performance items!!... for the same money... I feel an Evo 6-10 with the same money poured into it will be the quicker car.. always... but that's relative... the CLA45 and the little hatchback brother is about attracting a much younger audience to the Mercedes AMG family... and THAT... is a good thing for those of us who love driving.... particularly on roads like the one featured in this vid!!! Epic Vid... thankyou for youtubing stuff like this!!! BTW nice work keeping it between the lines during filming!! hahaha

Like the videos, your knowledge, and opinion on the cars you test. Keep it up! Looking to get a used Fiesta ST 2014 early next year. Good idea to get it used? Cheap? then install the Cobb packages?

Where is that road? It's amazing, can you maybe link google maps here?

how much is the tune, coilovers, exhaust and aero?

how do you smog that without cats? how does vivid get away with removing federal smog equipment?

Matt you should do an entire one take talking in that german accent, haha!

What watch is that?

which one is better cla45 or gla45?

really nice review, although, dont keep slating DCT's they arent automatic, they're much different to what you expect, ofcourse you will experience hesitation when down shifting as it has already selected the next gear up assuming you will keep accelerating, so when you shift down for a corner it has to reselect a lower gear.

man I'd love a hatchback version that looks awesome.

How do they get away not running cats?

The sound at each shift is just weird. Is there a marked shoving or slinging feeling as the next upshift locks in? Who do you feel makes the best dual clutch type gearbox? I'm still adjusting to a Merc, with a 4 banger and turbo, that goes like an EVO..

Is that sound (fart) during each up-shift fuel cut/limiting engine speed to the next gear or something else?

THIS IS SUPER GOOD I WISH TO OWN ONE CLA 45

how does it compare to the last gen C63 AMG

hi dude whats name of this kit? tahnks

you got as much power and speed could use could you put the 63.v8 through those bends faster ?..hard to think so with extra weight of v8

in Spain this car cost 63k € without extras and a second hand evo X with low mileage around 25-30k € (Mitshubishi don't sell evos in spain since 2013) so in Europe this mercedes is not very cheap