Right now, we still don’t have U.S. pricing nailed down for the CLA220 hybrid, but we can make some educated guesses. We already know the electric CLA250+ and CLA350 4Matic start at $48,500 and $51,050, respectively (both including destination), and we’ve got European pricing for the hybrid. Granted, the Germans get cheaper (enshittened) versions of the car with even less power, but their CLA220 starts at the U.S. dollar equivalent of about $49,000 using December 7th’s conversion rate, once you get rid of the 19% tax they’ve got to pay. The 4Matic starts at the equivalent of about $51,150. I’d expect U.S. buyers to pay something around that, meaning the hybrid and electric CLAs may have very similar prices. I suppose we’ll know more soon, as the car is expected to go on sale stateside sometime in the second half of 2026.
If that does end up being the pricing for the hybrid CLA, it’s going to represent a fairly large jump from the current mild-hybrid CLA that is on sale. The front-wheel drive CLA250 starts at $44,000, including destination, and adding 4Matic sets buyers back an additional two grand.
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While that does sound like a pretty sizable chunk of change for a compact car that is, without a doubt, the entry point to an entire brand, buyers will get a fairly decent amount of kit right off the bat. All CLA220 hybrids come standard with a panoramic roof, an illuminated grille surround, 18-inch wheels, seven years of built-in navigation, wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, and even a selfie camera. No, I’m not joking.
Other luxury niceties come as standard, like a leather-wrapped steering wheel, heated front seats, automatic climate control, rain-sensing wipers, LED headlights, radar cruise control and a whole slew of other safety features. In an era where automakers are giving buyers less and less for their money, the CLA220 seems like a nice change of pace.
Obviously, there are plenty of options to choose from as well, especially design packages like the Night Package, AMG Line, and AMG Line Plus with Night Package — any guesses what that might be? They all do various things to make the car look darker or more AMG-ified, as if the 208 horsepower didn’t speak for itself.
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The Exclusive Line adds power door handles, dual-zone climate control, a wireless phone charger, 64 ambient lighting colors, a rear armrest and parking assist. Above that is the Pinnacle Line, the top dog. It gets you all sorts of neat stuff like a more advanced exterior lighting system, the passenger display, more safety equipment, a head-up display, a power-closing trunk and illuminated door sills.
Separate from those packages are some standalones like 19-inch wheels (I’m impressed Mercedes was able to stay away from the temptations of 20s), Sky Control for the pano roof that lets you mess with its opacity, a 16-speaker 850-watt Burmester sound system with Dolby Atmos that sounds tremendous, a 360-camera, and even more advanced driver-assist features. As of right now, we don’t know how much these packages or options will cost for U.S. customers, but they certainly won’t be free.
