Why the Mercedes-Benz CLA is a BEAUTIFUL FAILURE in Nigeria | Buying the CLA in Nigeria
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The Mercedes-Benz is a beautiful failure by Mercedes-Benz in Nigeria not because it failed but because it became so successful and that wasn't the plan of Mercedes-Benz. Nigerians see the CLA like a premium Mercedes-Benz but it isn't, it is just a car that is meant to fill out the space that Mercedes has lost in the world of daily driver cars like Toyota Corollas for sale in Nigeria, Hondas in Nigeria and other reliable daily driver cars that are very much affordable.
This video shows you how the CLA lacks behind other Mercedes-Benz cars despite its great look and exterior finishing.
Common Mercedes-Benz cars in Nigeria for sale would be the C300, E350 and the GLK but this CLA also found its way to that level without offering what other cars offer in terms of build, quality, reliability and driver experience.
The CLA is not a bad car, you just need to know what you are buying before you enter the world of the CLA.
Buying the Mercedes-Benz CLA in Nigeria is a great choice because a lot of Nigerian celebrities like Mercy Aigbe, Mayorkun, Davido and others once had this car in their fleet at a point in time.
0:00 - Intro
0:41 - Looks are Deceiving
02:02 - It is Front-Wheel Drive
03:58 - Interior not standard
05:42 - Overpriced in Nigeria
07:21 - Problems of the CLA
09:33 - Final Verdict
Пікірлер: 383
I actually enjoyed this review from the Nigerian perspective … love from 🇬🇧
@lkylky1730
2 жыл бұрын
Really? What did you enjoy about this Nigerian style infomercial? The car was never designed with countries like Nigeria in the minds of the designers. ....have you ever seen the poor state of maintenance of Nigerian roads?
@sammyg805
2 жыл бұрын
@@lkylky1730 just a good all round exploration of the car, flaws & good bits ect no intention of owning one cos I currently drive an X model bmw but love a good review which this is. Btw I seen Snapchat videos of guys in Nigeria driving Lamborghini and Ferraris , in what road do they drive those non existent ground clearance supercars of what you say about the roads are accurate!!
Here is a story when the CLA first came out and I wanted to buy it. First I have the c230 kompressor of way back. When I went back to upgrade to the newer CLA, believe it or not there at a Mercedes dealership, one of the sellers told me outright not to buy the CLA. I asked him why and he said that car is a complete nonsense. Well not really exactly so 😋 but an ENTRY LEVEL CAR to be exact. As in no power just like any other car on the street with a big giant Mercedes logo and grill. He said the car was designed completely to attract young folks into the Mercedes family. To enjoy Mercedes , not even the C whatever nowadays, instead from E class. Story short I winded up buying an E class. I Love my E class and still have my old c230 kompressor. Mercedes Benz still the best car maker out there for me. Elegance, quality and made to last. Go figure, every world leaders have Mercedes on their fleet of cars and usually there go to, there number one on world stage. Much love from California 👍
You’re like carwow but Nigerian. Mad love for you man… NigerIan need this education 😭😭😭
Crank you are worldclass car dealer, i 💙 everything about you and you have the best accent.. peace from Denmark 🇩🇰 🇺🇦🙏🏼💙💛
Nice content. Well put.
This is just a brilliant and useful channel I love your videos.
Great review 🔥
Love your content guys...keep it up
Your review is on point my brother.
Amazing review!!!
Nice and honest review.
This review was brilliant. Keep up the good work
This review is so brilliant!!! Could you please do a review on the c400
Very profound. Loved it
Nice review. Thanks for this. I enjoy everything. Now I know what to do or buy when it involves cars.
Extremely good content
This channel has a huge growth potential
Nice review 👍
Guy everything about your review is mad 😂😂😂 I like it keep them coming
Nice video…been a bug fan from your first videos…please do hyundai Elantra 2013 model
Good video bro !
Wow!! Nice one👍
Brother I love your videos so much, and yeah it’s called ground clearance.
Great content as usual
@234drive
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
Nice job Crank, please can you do a review on Benz Es350Es350. Your reviews have been helpful. Well done bro
Great review
Good explanation, I enjoyed this channel. You got 1 sub from Indonesia 🇮🇩.
Can I like this video 100 times more??? So informative!
Crank pls do a video on the new Mercedes CLS and using it in Nigeria
I love this review
I love your content man, thumbs up
@234drive
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks
Nice review
I love your reviews brooo ❤❤
Love the vid
Yo-yo 234 love ur vids with love from Cameroon🇨🇲
Owners can increase the height (ground clearance) buy adding approved height pads or adjustable suspension kits. Having additional 1½ inches ground clearance is allowed.
Powerful Review
the review so good that im not even from nigeria and i still enjoyed the video
@234drive
2 жыл бұрын
Awesome! Thank you!
Omo mehn! Your reviews dey give me joy! I’m a car person and I love how enthusiastic you are about it! Keep it up man! 🙌🏽
@234drive
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
I like ur work
lol this caught my attention immediately, and I’m glad you retained my attention. I was considering getting one
PLEASE CAN YOU DO A REVIEW ON THE CLA 45 AMG?
wow, this is the new upcoming car review channel, lucky to be part of the og subs - keep up the great work
@234drive
2 жыл бұрын
Hehe, thanks
@jayyoung1241
Жыл бұрын
Hey crank
Cool presentation
Thanks for this video. I absolutely love this car. My late dad was a Benz lover so I grew up driving the older generation Mercedes but I’ve never owned one of my own. I think I don’t mind all the problems you’ve mentioned except how low it is. That would be a big problem for me in Lagos. So I’ll probably buy the RX350 and then buy this one later. Nice one bro 🫶🏿
@234drive
15 күн бұрын
The RX350 is actually a solid car but then, there are other Benz models you will like arounf the same cost as the rX350.
Guy you are good !!!
Guy the moment u said subscribe i paused the video, subscribed and the continued watching. Gr8 content bro. We actually need this in Nigeria. Brilliant idea indeed. Your vibes, swag n the way u talk sef make the channel even more dope. Keep up d good work nigga.👍🏾
You do a tremendous job. Can you do a video on the best Sienna model vehicle to get that will ruggedly serve our Nigerian roads and can one get it for between 2-3m?
I really enjoyed this. Crank
@234drive
2 жыл бұрын
Lmao, Ayo thanks
my guyy! real talk
This review was so brilliantly presented. I'm already an instant fan of this channel . Could you do a review on a 2014 e350 if you haven't already?
@234drive
2 жыл бұрын
We could do that
@clintonkennedy1293
Жыл бұрын
@@234drive Please also can you do a review on the CLA 45 AMG ?
@clintonkennedy1293
Жыл бұрын
@@234drive Please also can you do a review on the CLA 45 AMG ?
Thank you for this review man. 😅
You should do a CLS
The CLA Bumper is really funny 🤣🤣🤣
I just got mine year 2021 love it 🥰 just be ready to spend $$$$ on everything
Very lovely review, everything well said. But it ain’t the first Mercedes to use a front wheel drive tho.
@folorunsoemmanuel2123
2 жыл бұрын
And it’s also not the first with 4 cylinder turbo charger
I remembered 2015 when my Sister's husband Brought this car from Germany. Men change will humble you
I love this video
This is the reason why I love the old Benz. I am still enjoying my 2000 model e class. My car represents luxury.
@seayok414
2 жыл бұрын
Funny
@rajahrufus8735
2 жыл бұрын
@@seayok414 How is it funny? There is a great difference between cars used in Nigeria and the ones used in Europe. My 2000 Mercedes Benz W210 E55 AMG is still like new. The car doesn't know what potholes are and I use it only on weekends. I have another old Peugeot that I use on daily basis.
preach brother !!!
Bro thanks for the video I tell my friends all the time no one believe me sending them the link to your video 😂
@234drive
2 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂 do that please
You're going a great job bro...more greeze to your elbows.
Crank Please Do an Acura TL review
Bro, do a video on either Kia Rio or Kia Cerato
Love from South Africa 🇿🇦 ❤. I wish to come to Nigeria it seems like a cool place 🇳🇬 🇳🇬 ❤🔥🔥
@tuniwyte8452
2 жыл бұрын
I will love to receive you when you come
@MR_stone69
5 ай бұрын
Don't
I enjoy my E320 bulletproof engine.. make a review for E- class
Bro! Please can you make a review on 2016 Mercedes Benz c400 and 2016 c300
Impressive af!!!
The Cla was not built for Nigerian roads or weather. One of its main purpose, was for college kids in America to be able to afford it. The front wheel base drive, is due to winter weather. During snowfall, you need acceleration & grip.
@martinsonnleitner7911
2 жыл бұрын
I have a CLA250 Edition one and its definatly NOT built for driving in Winter. The suspension is to hard and not made for driving on snow. Its very unstable and "interesting" to drive. But in summer with good tires the suspension is insane - its like glued to the road.
@seigma5340
2 жыл бұрын
FWD has nothing to do with winter, it's just that the platform is based on the A-class one, which needs to be FWD as every other hatchback for interior space purposes
@brightima279
2 жыл бұрын
A good driver, can tells that You are not mechanically inclined from what you just said about the FWD
@thompsons1837
2 жыл бұрын
@@seigma5340 lol one way to die fast is driving a FWD in a serious winter 🥶
@seigma5340
2 жыл бұрын
@@thompsons1837 i'm not saying FWD is not better for winter weather, I'm saying mercedes choice to go for FWD on the CLA has nothing to do with winter, they only chose that layout because the existing A class chassis needed the extra backseat/trunk space and therefore couldn't use the RWD C-class chassis
pls Talk more about the Mazda CX 9 in Nigeria
@234drive
2 жыл бұрын
Hmmmm…we have this coming soon
You Good man
I love your reviews bro 😂
Make review for Audi Q
Some A class and B class are also front wheel drive
Can you do a video on the second gen Highlanders in Naij?
nice one crank..............not the 'its plenty' people
Love my c300 and Crank is cool as hell, love from 🇺🇸
Wow see my guy Mohammed is here
Love from Liberia🇱🇷
Please do a video on 2016 Mercedes Benz c300/400
@234drive
2 жыл бұрын
Hmmmm okay
How about the c300, any idea on the pros and cons of it?, And probably the crosstour
Had the C117 from 2014-2019. drove it for 90000km and never had any problems whit the drivetrain
What about a review on Audi?
I live in Turkey, this mercedes cla shares the same engine with Renault megane. Research about it.
@olabisioladunmade2830
2 жыл бұрын
Wonders shall never end, if this is true. I mentioned this earlier in my comment about auto companies cutting corners to meet up with consumer budget demand, it's sad and funny at the same time to think of what Mercedes has become over solid years of customer trust.
@chuckman000007
2 жыл бұрын
Its the 1.5 dci, in the diesel cla 180. Its a very old engine, and used to be unreliable, but it's been perfected over the years and by the time it got in the CLA all the buggs are worked out. Its actually a good engine and quite bulletproof. All the other cla's have real Mercedes engines 😉
@festusobasohan7806
2 жыл бұрын
He didn't do his research and missed the whole thing. Not impressed about his review." Still yet" 😂😂
@martinsonnleitner7911
2 жыл бұрын
the CLA250 have the M270 DE20 engine. Engineered and manufactured by Mercedes. I guess in Nigeria Diesel engines arent on sale either.
@mightyprofitgt8141
2 жыл бұрын
@@chuckman000007 nope a180 has renault engine too
Great
Kindly review Hyundai sonata 2013 and 2015
You dope man
Thanks bro I really enjoyed this Benz deceive boys a lot
We need one for C300 2015/16 model 4matic
Can you do a review about Mercedes E350
Yea I’m with you mate. The front wheel drive sucks
Could you review the Range Rover Evoque plsssssssss
Mobil One 15k??? Where?????? Nice video, only way from here is up..
Cheff the old A and B classes are frontwheel drive to
Do GLA 250 review sir
Nice
Nice review as always Crank. Truth be told the CLA is about the most fraudulent car in Nigeria. It is a cheap car that is heavily overpriced. I always wonder why people will be willing to pay about the same amount for the W205(C Class) for the C117(CLA). The A Class & B Class(which is the platform the C117 is based upon) are actually FWD marketed in Europe & Africa Nigeria inclusive. The C117 just happened to be the 1st FWD Benz marketed in North America.
@faizbabaji3343
2 жыл бұрын
Have you done your research on the M274 engine which comes on the w205 and the w213? Lol people just come online and type whatever they want or feel like or claim to know everything.
@hoeshelpline
2 жыл бұрын
@@faizbabaji3343 Nah! Have not done any research on the Engine, But what I know for certain is that CLA is overpriced & overhyped vis-à-vis quality & class
@hoeshelpline
2 жыл бұрын
@@faizbabaji3343 Nah! Have not done any research on the Engine, But what I know for certain is that CLA is overpriced & overhyped vis-à-vis quality & class
Bro check the 2022 version of the car
I think same engine problem with c300 2015, my not up to 3 months piston break
I thought the first front wheel drive Mercedes was the first A class. That tiny one.
@234drive
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, the CLA is the first Sedan with an front wheel drive. First “Sedan” is the word