A Mercedes estate, but not as we know it

The new Mercedes-AMG CLA 45 Shooting Brake might just alter how you see estate cars

The new Mercedes-AMG CLA 45 Shooting Brake adds some welcome aggression to the design to help it stand out from the crowd

Estate cars: practical, spacious and, for the most part, quite dull, right? Perhaps. That seems to be the public perception of this body style in Ireland, where it is considerably less popular than the star of the moment, the SUV. However, no other estate car is like the one we’re testing here, the Mercedes-AMG CLA 45 Shooting Brake.

For starters, it comes from the AMG division of Mercedes, which usually means fireworks in ...