At the beginning of next year, Mercedes will put a "shooting brake" station wagon version next to the smaller sedan coupe with the three-pointed star on the nose named CLA. It measures 4.63 meters in length and hides a 495- to 1,354-liter trunk in the back of the station wagon. Sales begin in January with prices slightly above 30,000 euros.
After many "teaser" photos of the masked CLA wagon, Mercedes has now published the first set of official photos that show that shooting brake retained all the dynamism of a limousine coupe, whose playful shape on the side was completed by the designers in sporty rear, which in design resembles the four-door coupé version from which it is derived.
This is how it hides under the sporty butt from 495- to 1,354 liter trunk, which raises the usability of the model to a much higher level. To promote the new body version, Daimler will also offer a special offer at the start of sales "orange art edition", which, as the name suggests, includes accessories in orange on both the exterior and the passenger cabin, and is also equipped with 18-inch AMG alloy wheels and bi-xenon lamps.
Three petrol engines, two diesels and an AMG
They will be located in the engine range three petrol and two diesel engine, with a power of 90- to 155 kilowatts, for whom that will not be enough, they will have the CLA shooting brake version ready for them 45 AMG, which drives it 2.0 liter turbo gasoline engine that (as in the sedan version and the GLA 45 AMG model) develops 265 kW and 450 Nm of torque. For the best possible contact with the ground, the drive will basically be sent to all four wheels, which will lead to 4.7 second acceleration to the first hundred, and the speedometer will not stop until the mark 250 km/h, when electronics will interrupt the fun. External ones will also be part of the standard equipment "aero body kit", an even sportier chassis and suspension, a smoother brake and exhaust system, and a sportier finished passenger cabin.
But those who want their shooting brake to look just as toxic as an AMG model can consider the exterior and interior AMG package, which bring to the table 18-inch alloy wheels from the AMG line, separate exhaust pipes at the rear and a more sporty flair. chassis and suspension and sporty front seats and steering wheel.
Official sales are about to begin January next year, while the first vehicles will be delivered to customers in March. At the same time, the German media estimate that they will prices started on the domestic market a little over 30 thousand.
