Mercedes AMG CLA shooting brake
Anyone had one?
Interested on hearing what they are like. I’m only looking at the 250 model due to price as the 45 is a lot more. I’m comparing against the Focus ST-3 estate with mountune 275. The focus is a lot less money and quicker but the Merc is obviously nicer inside and out and 4 wheel drive. What alternatives would you put in the same bracket as the above 2? Golf R estate is my only other thought at the moment. Only Audi i’d want is RS4/RS6 and they are out of price range too. I’m contemplating going from a top spec Pathfinder and Fiesta ST-3 with Mountune 212 down to 1 car but there isn’t anything that combines the 2 regarding perfomance and practicality (7 seats/big boot). My Pathfinder is for the kids and dogs family car but only gets used twice a month where as the fiesta is my daily driver. The nearest would be the 7 seater model of RRS but they start from £38k and well outside my price range as well as big running costs and reliability issues. |
I was driving one yesterday, as my best mate has one, not too bad car, handles pretty well and not too 'look at me' type of car, hence why my mate bought it as it makes a decent family car.
Needs a remap for me though to finish it off as the power band is just not quite there, but that's just my opinion as a car guy lol. His is the proper amg though, quite rare not many in amg for in the est. |
Cheers so he has the 45 model with 376bhp? I haven't looked what remaps are available for them, I take it they can get it over 400 then?! On paper it's 0-60 is 4.3 seconds so pretty rapid for a family estate :cool: The 250 model is just slightly slower than my remapped ST so they must have a map for that model. Would be nice if that can be taken from 215bhp to 260bhp+
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Yes the 45 shooting break, not massive for an estate car but more like a bigger hatchback type of car, bit different to the usual stuff but I'd deffo choose it over a golf r estate and a focus st estate for deffo.
I'd probably choose a rs4/6 estate over it though but as you say, cost. It's supprisingly reasonable to run being a 2.0, mpg, tax etc is not silly like you'd expect of a amg marque. |
Originally Posted by bustaMOVEs
(Post 12018370)
Yes the 45 shooting break, not massive for an estate car but more like a bigger hatchback type of car, bit different to the usual stuff but I'd deffo choose it over a golf r estate and a focus st estate for deffo.
I'd probably choose a rs4/6 estate over it though but as you say, cost. It's supprisingly reasonable to run being a 2.0, mpg, tax etc is not silly like you'd expect of a amg marque. RS4/6 Avant is one of my dream cars behind a GTR but they have supercar running costs so will never be practical or affordable for me sadly. |
Servicing/maintenance. I think you'd be surprised at the cost of Mercedes parts.
As for servicing, we'll I've never used my official dealer, only a Mercedes indy. The last service on my E63 was £204 including VAT Oil, oil filter, 2 air filters, 2 hours labour. |
S4/S6 Avant might be worth considering? The S6 has 450 PS (older models 420PS) 4.0 V8 twin turbo and 7 speed DSG. S6 tune only has similar output to a stock RS6.
540/550i also nice. |
No, dont go Mercedes for maintenance, shocking customer service.
Find a indy specialist |
Originally Posted by urban
(Post 12018491)
Servicing/maintenance. I think you'd be surprised at the cost of Mercedes parts.
As for servicing, we'll I've never used my official dealer, only a Mercedes indy. The last service on my E63 was £204 including VAT Oil, oil filter, 2 air filters, 2 hours labour.
Originally Posted by john banks
(Post 12018500)
S4/S6 Avant might be worth considering? The S6 has 450 PS (older models 420PS) 4.0 V8 twin turbo and 7 speed DSG. S6 tune only has similar output to a stock RS6.
540/550i also nice.
Originally Posted by bustaMOVEs
(Post 12018529)
No, dont go Mercedes for maintenance, shocking customer service.
Find a indy specialist |
Sq5 maybe? 3.0ttdi v6 great engine and a bit of room to boot.
Mr banks will tell you how good they are and not too expensive to buy or run. I'm thinking of getting one for the wife in the future when I shuffle the cars around |
my old SQ5 is for sale @ Phantom Motor Company £30.990. 14 plate cars mint, and has a Revo remap on it , I got £28K px for it for a 17 plate AMG GLA 45 ;)
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Originally Posted by alanbell
(Post 12018581)
my old SQ5 is for sale @ Phantom Motor Company £30.990. 14 plate cars mint, and has a Revo remap on it , I got £28K px for it for a 17 plate AMG GLA 45 ;)
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Originally Posted by bustaMOVEs
(Post 12018568)
Sq5 maybe? 3.0ttdi v6 great engine and a bit of room to boot.
Mr banks will tell you how good they are and not too expensive to buy or run. I'm thinking of getting one for the wife in the future when I shuffle the cars around The CLA is still what's on my mind but i'd have to get rid of my 15 plate Marquez tribute Repsol Fireblade and that's going to be a tough decision to see that go. |
Originally Posted by bustaMOVEs
(Post 12018585)
Does the gla 45 have tweaked suspension by Porsche? I heard
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Originally Posted by alanbell
(Post 12018831)
No idea about that, It handles very well though, has 4 gearbox modes comfort, sport , sport+ , then race :D , In comfort drove from York to Scotland car was a great cruiser & so comfortable quiet exhaust too, other modes its mental :cool:
Yep same on the CLA45, I wouldn't say mental lol, as I was expecting a lot more grunt, just felt too refined in some areas of powerband, hence I quoted a custom remap would iron out them flattish/refined areas. Great car to drive though. |
I liked the brapp gear changes lol, not too chavvy loud when it does it either lol.
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Does need a remap, But to new just now, If I could find a ecu to swop over Id do it now, My mapper says it would add 60 bhp/ 90nm, And I trust him , He,s done over 10 cars for me,
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Originally Posted by alanbell
(Post 12018840)
Does need a remap, But to new just now, If I could find a ecu to swop over Id do it now, My mapper says it would add 60 bhp/ 90nm, And I trust him , He,s done over 10 cars for me,
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That's it,Littleted
He mentioned it in thread https://www.scoobynet.com/other-marq...l#post12016232 |
Who does your mapping Allan? As I notice your local.
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Fella lives near Tadcaster , maps for lots of big name garages around here, rights his own maps , does my mates rally cars , he,s good,
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Originally Posted by alanbell
(Post 12018852)
Fella lives near Tadcaster , maps for lots of big name garages around here, rights his own maps , does my mates rally cars , he,s good,
It's good to have an individual on side that knows his onions, as they seem to take more time in getting things right etc. Oh your a bit on the other side of Yorkshire to me :D |
I finally went and test drove one of the these 2 days ago at my local Merc dealership (the saloon not the shooting brake) and it has completely won me over. It was fantastic to drive and the power was superb. Drove it everywhere in sport+ and it's the fastest car i've driven. I also live local to DMS for tuning and their stage 1 takes it to 420bhp. I can't decide though whether the premium for the 2016 onwards revision is worth it over a low mileage 2014 model for £5k less. Also the new model having just been released makes me think this is probably about the worst time to buy as in the next 6 months the original model will start to drop in price?
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Well eventually after a lot of looking and considering I got the CLA45 I wanted in the colour and spec I wanted - collected today and taken at my mates house. Had a 240 mile drive home and very happy with it.
https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.sco...ab31f987be.jpg |
Generally not a fan of white cars but I like it.
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Looks awesome love the contrast of white and black , probably quite fitting in todays climate :luxhello:
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Originally Posted by mrtheedge2u2
(Post 12086456)
Generally not a fan of white cars but I like it.
Originally Posted by lockheed
(Post 12086463)
Looks awesome love the contrast of white and black , probably quite fitting in todays climate :luxhello:
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