Its not a street car, ground clearance is irrelevant. Actually in a race car the more ground clearance you have the slower you'll loop
The CLA's splitter you refer to as a snow plow is in fact functional as it helps keep the front tires stuck to the ground during high speed straights, otherwise you get front end lift which becomes a real problem for braking and turn ins, where the splitters function really shows its worth, all that front downforce plants the tires right through the turn and aloows you to get back on the power. I'm betting the CLA Race has the CLA 45s engine underhood.
