nice.

"HammerheadFistpunch" (hammerheadfistpunch) 10/01/2013 at 12:28 • Filed to: None

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Shooting brake Merc CLA is coming !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!!

CLA shooting brake AMG45, lets hope.

Mattbob > HammerheadFistpunch 10/01/2013 at 12:30

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Brother?

Tom McParland > HammerheadFistpunch 10/01/2013 at 12:31

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Unfortunately, this model won’t be offered in the U.S., as our car-buying comrades see shooting brakes as wagons, and wagons as old-fashioned and dull.

Nooooooooo

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > HammerheadFistpunch 10/01/2013 at 12:32

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How is a shooting brake identified. I've seen people talk about the Callaway Corvette as a shooting brake I was getting the impression it was a 2 door sports car/roadster/coupe turned into a wagon back.

This really is just a wagon. Not saying it's a bad thing. Just trying to understand the differentiation.

HammerheadFistpunch > Tom McParland 10/01/2013 at 12:32

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Damn...it.

HammerheadFistpunch > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner 10/01/2013 at 12:37

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There isn't one, its a shooting brake in the sense that Mercedes has convinced itself that a 4 door can be a coupe. Therefor, a 4 door coupe wagon is a shooting brake. A wagon being that which has side windows into the cargo area and more than 50% of said cargo area covered by roof (according to torch), and a shooting brake being a 2 door wagon.

duurtlang > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner 10/01/2013 at 12:38

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You're right. This is a wagon, nothing else. Just like those 4 door BMW 6-series are sedans not coupes. It's marketing bull.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > HammerheadFistpunch 10/01/2013 at 12:39

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OK so I'm not crazy. Thank you.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > duurtlang 10/01/2013 at 12:41

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UGH those things piss me off (and this does now too, just needed to confirm it).

I did research on the coupe thing a ways back, the SAE declares that it can be a coupe if it under a certain cubic feet in the back seat even if it has 4 doors.

The BMW's in question do NOT meet that requirement. They are sedans.

Maybe they have info on the "shooting brake" classification.

dieselwagon > HammerheadFistpunch 10/01/2013 at 12:43

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I'm sick of this shit. Why does anyone need this? There's the C class wagon, E class wagon, CLS shooting brake, the new A class, even the R class. What the fuck use is this, to anyone?

Jagvar > HammerheadFistpunch 10/01/2013 at 12:43

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Hmm. Mercedes-Benz and BMW both seem to have product lines that are jam-packed with every conceivable model.

Jagvar > HammerheadFistpunch 10/01/2013 at 12:44

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Hmm. Mercedes-Benz and BMW both seem to have product lines that are jam-packed with every conceivable model.

dieselwagon > Tom McParland 10/01/2013 at 12:45

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I'd rather it not sold over here either, it' just another pointless edition to the ever expanding Mercedes range.

HammerheadFistpunch > dieselwagon 10/01/2013 at 12:45

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not American? Cause we would love one (okay we get the e-class wagon) of those here. The R class went away, but we don't get the C class wagon, or the A class.

dieselwagon > HammerheadFistpunch 10/01/2013 at 12:57

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From that perspective I totally understand it, it would be awesome. As a European though, I can't see the point as there's already too many variation on the same theme. The C and E class wagons have been around forever and sell very well... Who was screaming out for a C class wagon which was less practical, and i'm assuming a little more expensive? If they do want something like that, the new a A class hatchback is surely a better option all around.

duurtlang > dieselwagon 10/01/2013 at 13:47

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Isn't this a n ugly 'stylish' A-class wagon and as such slotted below the C-class wagon?

dieselwagon > duurtlang 10/01/2013 at 14:32

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In the UK, the A starts at £20k, C starts at £26k and the CLA starts at £24k, the wagons/shooting brakes i don't know the details. In that scheme of things, they're basically the same price by the time you choose your configuration.

Where have all the lightweights gone? > HammerheadFistpunch 10/01/2013 at 14:46

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Looks like they shrunk the R Class