Tuesday, December 31, 2019

Second-generation Mercedes-Benz CLA Shooting Brake

The CLA Shooting Brake is made for those who believe the boot space of the normal CLA wasn't big enough for their camping gear to carry and with the advent of the second-generation model, this new CLA Shooting Brake is going to be as spacious as today's A-Class hatchback for all the mixed reasons.

2020 Mercedes-Benz CLA-Class Shooting Brake

The Shooting Brake variant returns on the second-generation CLA-Class from Mercedes-Benz and with prices start at around 32,313.30 Euros plus OTR, it's still cheaper to own than any Mercedes estate wagons bigger than this, although most Europeans began shying away from estates in favor for crossovers. Anyway, the new CLA Shooting Brake promises to be the most spacious in its class and with more space to fill than the previous Shooting Brake, you can store lots of things as possible depending on what fits in your schedule.

2020 Mercedes-AMG CLA35 Shooting Brake
2020 Mercedes-AMG CLA45 Shooting Brake


Like its four-door equivalent, the new CLA Shooting Brake handles well, cruises well, more refined, more quiet, and more subtle compared to the previous model. It also offers the same choice of engines as its four-door equivalent such as the M282 four-cylinder petrol engine with cylinder shutoff, M260 petrol engine with variable valve timing system, Euro 6d-certified OM 654q diesel engine, and the entry-level OM 608 diesel engine, the one to avoid for diesel-sceptic Europeans.

Of course, for those who want more muscle, there are AMG versions offered on the Shooting Brake such as the AMG 35 4MATIC with the 306PS 2.0L turbocharged petrol engine mated to an AMG SPEEDSHIFT 7-speed double-clutch gearbox, capable of going 0-100kph in less than five seconds and top speed limited to 250kph, and the ultimate CLA45 with the brand new M139 2.0L Twin-Scroll Turbo 4-cylinder engine which, in the range topping S variants, produces 421PS of power and 500Nm of torque and when mated to an AMG SPEEDSHIFT DCT 8G, it goes from 0-100kph in less than four seconds and a top speed of 270kph.

The CLA Shooting Brake is the most affordable Mercedes estate offered and with the second-generation, there's a lot of unanswered questions about the second addition to the latest CLA but it's best to leave it for now.

Photo: Daimler AG

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