The folks from Edmund's have a slightly higher budget than most automotive media outlets out there, which comes with a lot of perks for both their editors and their readers.
The most important perk is obviously the fact that they can afford to actually buy cars for long term testing, something which other journalists only rarely get as a loan from the manufacturers themselves.
One of the latest long-term test cars in the Edmund's stable is a white 2014 Mercedes-Benz CLA 250, a car which is currently the most affordable three-pointed star model you can buy in the United States.
Essentially a “four-door coupe” version of the non-US Mercedes-Benz A-Class, the CLA has created a stir ever since it was launched in the land of the free and is one of the reasons for which the Stuttgart car manufacturer regained its number one place in the US luxury car sales race last year.
As for the tested CLA 250, Edmund's reviewers have quite a lot of praise words, while also noting the model's downsides – of which the most important one is obviously the rear head-room. We have a feeling that if people would thing of the CLA as a coupe with two extra doors instead of a downright sedan, the quarrels about rear head-room would be fewer though.
One of the latest long-term test cars in the Edmund's stable is a white 2014 Mercedes-Benz CLA 250, a car which is currently the most affordable three-pointed star model you can buy in the United States.
Essentially a “four-door coupe” version of the non-US Mercedes-Benz A-Class, the CLA has created a stir ever since it was launched in the land of the free and is one of the reasons for which the Stuttgart car manufacturer regained its number one place in the US luxury car sales race last year.
As for the tested CLA 250, Edmund's reviewers have quite a lot of praise words, while also noting the model's downsides – of which the most important one is obviously the rear head-room. We have a feeling that if people would thing of the CLA as a coupe with two extra doors instead of a downright sedan, the quarrels about rear head-room would be fewer though.