2014 Mercedes-Benz CLA250 Long-Term Road Test

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edited September 2014 in Mercedes-Benz

image2014 Mercedes-Benz CLA250 Long-Term Road Test

Our 2014 Mercedes-Benz CLA has been in the fleet a very short time, but its fuel economy is disappointingly low so far.

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  • noburgersnoburgers Member Posts: 500
    let's hope engine break-in improves mileage. or it could be the wonky CEL and some engine management software reducing the mileage. We'll see.
  • mercedesfanmercedesfan Member Posts: 365
    I think the EPA's ratings are overly optimistic here. 38mpg just seems ridiculous to me. I think most people will be in the 30-33mpg range on the highway. I just have a hard time believing that a bigger (although slightly lighter) and more powerful car is going to get that much better gas mileage than a C250. Having said that, Mercedes are notoriously slow to break-in with regards to fuel economy. Both my old S550 and my wife's E350 reached 30,000 miles before they started to really achieve consistent fuel economy.
  • greenponygreenpony Member Posts: 531
    It would seem that your theory about small-displacement turbocharged engines has already been proven true. The Regal is the only one that met its EPA ratings, IIRC.
  • iodeiode Member Posts: 5
    I've been driving my CLA250 ~50 miles to work and back every weekday, about 20% local, 80% highway, 10% traffic jams. My "from start" MPG calculator usually gives me around 33-35 MPG. Not too shabby.
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