- 2026 CLA splits electrical hybrid models
- EV: 85.5 kWh battery, 2-speed transmission, individual or two engines
- Hybrid: Turbo-4, electric motor, 8-speed double coupling
- Prices and cars – come later in 2025
We saw it Spy photosAnd sat on the front right seat to see a preview of his performance. Now it is time to take the first look at one of the most popular little luxury cars on the street.
The Mercedes-Benz CLA class was reinvented for the model year 2026. It has grown, has won more technology and now it is partially driven by batteries. It is a rival for a few vehicles in the room below $ 50,000, but one that reminds of it is a limousine without luxury brands: the Hyundai Ioniq 6.
It is still a compact sedan with an aero-smooth body and a room for four or five. But this time the CLA class has become a kind of pioneer today for the most difficult question that today faces luxury car manufacturers: How can you keep the prices in the relative check and at the same time keep all types of global regulations and poorly designed tariffs-and while providing a high payload of style and technology?
2026 Mercedes-Benz CLA class
2026 Mercedes-Benz CLA class: skin in the game
From its body panels to his tires, the 2026 CLA is bubbling with a development of its coupé-like style. It is based on a new component set called MMA called MMA, which forms the basis for a four -compact vehicle in the coming years. There is a CLA class, a replacement for the GLB-class SUV, a GLA assembly rear successor and one Shooting brems-CLA That won’t come to the USA
The identity of the CLA has become sharper, if at all – while it grew up. With more wedge in its attitude and a larger profile, it is a muscular version of the compact Benz, which is now in the third generation. Front the Electric CLA Wear a front panel with 142 LED-lit stars, with the three-magic badge in the middle of the constellation being illuminated. Stars even make up its LED running lights. The entire pulse to greet the driver or say goodbye. Hybridclas get your own chrome -controlled stars Instead, with a more conventional radiator grille, which is framed by LED light. The cutlines of the frontend mask part of the additional height of the car; The roof line does most of the work when it decreases to a back end, which is bound by a light rod and is filled with its own three-point LED declining.
The bonnet sits up in the CLA cabin, and wide screens dominate from door to door. In the vein of the hyperscreen in the EQE and EQS cars, the “superscreen” of the CLA strokes three displays under a single glass pane and dress up with a Mercedes-coded interface. It is a look that promises to work better in replacing the GLB class, but is knitted here with floating armrests with pull-art handles and a floating center console, so that the interior does not feel too tight. Wood, leather and metallic equipment move the pixels on at least one unexpectedly fabulous way in a treatment with retro flair clouds white leather clouds around white wood cladding that are inscribed with pencil thin lines. Overall, the style should address the current Cla and Mercedes owners without the Spartan overtones of some other electrons.
2026 Mercedes-Benz CLA class
2026 Mercedes-Benz CLA-Class: hybrid or battery, but no PHEV
Instead of its performance registration information to clever a single drive train that 2026 CLA sedan Instead, press the ends of the bell curve. At the moment, the US line -up will contain two electrical models, with a hybrid output available in about a year.
The CLA 250+ with EQ technology occupies the input point in the BEV list. With an 85.5 kWh lithium-ion battery, which forms its floor and a single engine on the back, this edition promises 268 hp and a time of 0 to 60 miles per hour of 6.6 seconds. By adding a second and 107 hp engine at the front, the CLA 350 4MATIC creates EQ technology. It is of course all-wheel drive and publishes a Mercedes protected 0-60 miles per hour of 4.8 seconds. Both BEVS caps at 130 miles per hour.
Since it has followed the efficiency of the battery-electric design for the construction of the MMA cars, Mercedes has extracted some of the lessons from IHS EQXX concept. The front engine can decouple in dual engine models to reduce consumption at this end by up to 90%. The aerodynamic shape cuts a profile with an air resistance coefficient of 0.21, while the car drops the efficiency losses in the cold with a heat pump. The 2026 CLA will be the first – but certainly not the last – to provide A 2-course transmission mounted in the back, which means that the car can work more efficiently via a larger speed range.
With its 800-volt architecture, the CLA can charge with a rate of up to 320 kW, which promises a maximum recovery of 186 miles in 10 minutes. At least for US cars it is to record both J1772 and NACS fee connections Under a single door. Mercedes has not quoted time to charge over a level 2 connection via its 11 kW charger. Although the EPA reviews have not been confirmed, WLTP estimates indicate that the most efficient model of the CLA should have more than 300 miles– maybe even 350 miles.
Complaints about the regenerative brakes of Mercedes’ large EQS and EQE cars have led to a revised system in the CLA. Now the car is taking sensor data from the driver’s brakes and mixtures with friction brakes for the best stopping force. In most cases, Mercedes believes that the regenerative braking will do the work. The 2026 CLA class has a real one-pedal drive mode, which we have experienced during one CLA EV prototype ride At the end of last year. The drivers change with low rain due to low rain D-, D- and D+ modes with a fourth D-Auto mode in which the car has the amount of regerns decided.
The CLA EVS should be started by the end of this year. In 2026, Mercedes plans to add a hybrid CLA to the mix. It combines a 1.5-liter 4-cylinder engine with a smaller 1.3 kW battery and a 27 hp front engine that is integrated into its 8-speed dual clutch automatic. No plug-in hybrid was planned-a PHEV setup would not be efficient with price or fuel, but the CLA can drive on battery flow at a speed of up to 60 miles per hour.
2026 Mercedes-Benz CLA class
2026 Mercedes-Benz CLA class: A fresh tech view with a new operating system
It remains a compact vehicle, but that 2026 CLA class Has made some profits when it comes to combat cladding. The wheelbase has grown by 2.4 inches, the total height by 1.1 inches. A short stay in the front and rear seats showed that the CLA is in a better position than the two previous cars in terms of driving position and comfort. The back seat is also better, but part of the progress comes from the higher panorama sliding roof, which floods the interior with light. The battery consumes the growth thrust in EV models of plus, and the rear seat position is still a knee-up matter. The trunk of the CLA EV looks more useful in the freight room – and there is also a front case. A roller brisk fits, but it has to be hoisted over the nose to get there.
There was no CLA visa card anyway. The technology promises to be new, with the Supercreen organizing a new MB.OS interface that combines Google Map data with Mercedes Look and Feel. The driver can display augmented mapping information on his digital display, while the full screen car play or native navigation steer in the direction of a target or play streaming music, while the front passenger can display films or other streaming content. With improved speech recognition and reaction-fast language, Mb.OS “friendly” and more is worried with the mood of the driver, since it can, for example, move his lighting language from green to red, as it records the language of the driver and observed in car data. We strive to experiment intensively with this setup with a lot of death metal music just to press a few buttons (which, thanks to large screens and touch swipe controls, do not have).
Each 2026 CLA-class sedan will have automatic emergency braking and adaptive speed control. A Level 2 driver-assisted system Add automatic lane change and other functions, some by exaggerated updates that you can deliver via his network of eight cameras, 12 ultrasonic sensors and five radar sensors.
That will probably cost more, probably more than the 2025 CLA class, which began at $ 45,550 and did not notice US-specific numbers or $ 70,000 in the AMG CLA 45 S., but at the end of 2025 it will know whether the latest CLA outdoor stay is its rival and the top luxury EV classes on the latest.
Mercedes-Benz paid for trips so that we can take this first look at the 2026 CLA 250+ and CLA 350 4MATIC.
