Mercedes does. But can its new CLA really match Elon Musk’s phenomenally successful Model 3?

ESSENTIALS Mercedes CLA 250+ AMG Line Premium Price: £51,770 Powertrain: 85.5kWh battery, 1x e-motor, 268bhp 0-62mph: 6.7 seconds Test efficiency: 4.1 miles/kWh Official range: 462 miles Annual VED: £

List price £39,990 Best price £39,990 Range 318 miles Battery size 57.5kWh For Class-leading efficiency; fast charging via Tesla’s own network; surprisingly practical; well priced Against Some fiddly

Mileage on arrival 40,181 Mileage now 41,965 List price when new £56,545 Value on arrival £16,500 Test range 282 miles I’M SO SORRY… after vowing in the first piece I wrote about my Tesla Model 3 not

FANCY A SUPERCOMPUTER with wheels? Buy a new Mercedes-Benz CLA, then. Its onboard computer apparently runs up to 280 million functions per second – qualifying it as a supercomputer, according to Merce

All-new electric executive car has a luxurious interior, a long official range and ultra-fast charging On sale January 2026 Price from £69,760 ‘SUPERHERO FATIGUE’ is often talked about in film and TV;