Mercedes-Benz CLA first drive: Head of the EV class

This one's been a long time coming. Mercedes-Benz has been researching, refining and even reshaping the car that would ultimately be the CLA for years now, teasing us with technical briefings and even showing off a sultry crimson concept car a full two years ago.

That was the Concept CLA, and while the production CLA you see here doesn't look quite that good, it is a fine-looking little electric sedan. More importantly, it goes as far as you'd think its slippery, 0.21-coefficient-of-drag body would carry it: up to 374 miles on a charge.

With a $47,250 starting price, is this electric CLA the complete package? After spending a day behind the wheel of one, I think it might just be.

Higher density

The CLA has long been ...