"Mercedes-banana" - the door to the world of "Mercedes"

Quite unexpectedly for pragmatic Germans, generally recognized as the best mechanics in the world, they, not without irony, a few years ago suddenly named a new brand of Mercedes-Benz CLA cars - Mercedes-Banana. The article will tell you about the updated version of this machine this year. Why a banana? A story came to mind with the German composer Bach, who suddenly took and wrote his famous "Joke", so much so that everyone gasped: listening to her, you feel the ease of Mozart. The Germans, of course, have a special sense of humor.

Seriously, the only "banana" component of the impetuous four-door front-wheel-drive coupe with a unique coefficient of "serials" coefficient of drag 0.23 was just an anticorrosive coating of the bottom. Surprisingly strong and economical material from banana fiber Abaca was produced by the company with Phillipine.

Thomas Weber (Daimler AG's board of directors) is particularly relevant to this model, because its market niche is young people of 30 years of age with inherent ambitions and maximalism. Having shown an unexpected romanticism, he called the "Mercedes-banana" 2013 "the entrance door to the world of Mercedes". "

If we talk about the design, then the basis for the creation was the A-class. Even with "advanced" German technologies, reserves are being sensed to refine the car's dynamics: 100 km / h for 8.5 s for a coupe a bit too much! The lack of "low start" experts explain the smoothness of the box-machine. But on the road the character of the car changes, it becomes speedy and aggressive: "Mercedes-banana" feels at ease at 230 km / h on the highway. Car enthusiasts will certainly enjoy its economy: 4.3 liters per 100 kilometers outside the city, 7.4 liters in the city, 5.4 liters in mixed mode. Dimensions "Mercedes" CLA in length, width, height are 463 cm, 177.7 cm, 143.7 cm. The trunk is quite capacious (470 l).

Designers deliberately moved away from the traditional Mercedes-Benz smooth ride business class. The car corresponds to its character sports coupe, preaching the youth type of driving, created to enjoy the driver's handling, unity with the road.

The heart of this iron horse is already known by the proprietary line A-class gasoline engines with a displacement of 1.6, developing a power of 156 liters. With., And 2,0 - 211 liters. With., Corresponding to modifications CLA200 and CLA250. Also provided turbodiesel with a displacement of 2.1 and a capacity of 170 liters. from. "Mercedes-banana" is equipped with two types of gearboxes: six-speed mechanics or a 7-speed automatic. At present, engineers bring the characteristics of the business-class platform to the sports one, to which there is real evidence. As early as 2014, a new, sporty modification of the "banana" with a 350-liter engine will appear. from.!

Next, we will denote the fundamental differences between the two bundles. The 250th model with a plug-in all-wheel drive and rigid sports suspension gives the driver an ideal balance of sports suspension: miserable rolls, ideal high-speed arcs, almost no swinging, balanced braking performance. However, it should be noted that the "Mercedes-banana" -250, as if resenting, shuddering, loses its attractiveness on the bumps and cracks of the road. The 200th front-drive model is smoother in such cases. Its "chip" is a modified suspension. In addition, that the front - McPherson - is traditionally added to the "Mercedes" transverse stabilizer, the designers have developed innovative additional stabilization for the rear, semi-independent.

Salon and driving management have traditionally been tailored to the driver. The new "Mercedes-banana" is convenient, ergonomic, equipped with a system of road-holding stability, power steering, parking assistant, air conditioning, power windows, cruise control.

The price of the basic 200th model is 1270 thousand rubles. There are also two packages of options: Life Style and Sport Dynamics with a rearview camera and a navigator for 120 and 130 thousand rubles. respectively.