Mercedes CLA Shooting Brake Mixes Big Space with Performance
Newest update to the CLA line offers own take on ‘sensual purity’ of design, a more natural digital experience.
The Mercedes-Benz CLA Coupe has plenty of style between its quartet of doors, as well as the luxury Mercedes is known for, and a decent amount of performance, especially in AMG form. The one thing the four-door coupe doesn’t have is enough cargo room for a big family vacation.
The Mercedes-Benz CLA Shooting Brake, on the other hand, does. Revealed at the 2019 Geneva Motor Show, the second-gen CLA model will offer consumers “more space for spontaneity” while adding its own twist to “the design idiom of sensual purity.”
“We want to address young individualists with the particularly expressive design of the CLA Coupé and CLA Shooting Brake,” said Mercedes sales board member Britta Seeger. “Furthermore, the new CLA Shooting Brake offers more space than its predecessor – for sports equipment and much more.â€
The new CLA Shooting Brake has all of the design cues of the CLA Coupe — muscular fenders, shark-nose front clip, compact greenhouse — but adds an elegant backside whose hatch has a wider opening than the previous car, providing easier access to stuff the CLA with shopping bags and luggage.
Inside, the MBUX infotainment system gains a new interior assistant, which is capable of offering different comfort and system functions to the driver and front passenger in an intuitive and natural manner. Additionally, the voice command system now focuses on the last person to say, “Hey Mercedes,” eliminating confusion issues when the system previously listened to everyone in the CLA.
While it’s not yet known if the U.S. market will receive the CLA Shooting Brake, Europeans will have a wonderful time with the new car when it arrives in showrooms in September. Pricing has not been announced at this time.
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