The X174 is the estate CLA and arrived in 2025 alongside the saloon. Shooting Brake historically meant a two-door hunting car; at Mercedes the name simply denotes the estate with the low roof, offering around 455 litres here.
To the B-pillar it is identical to the C174: nose, bonnet, wings, front doors and the entire cockpit are the same parts. The illuminated grille and deploying door handles are shared too, and both are electronic components with connectors of their own.
Behind that it becomes its own car. Rear doors, rear quarters, roof with rails, tailgate and rear lights exist as Shooting Brake parts only, and the large tailgate brings its own hinges, struts and usually a powered mechanism.
Which has a practical upshot: anything ahead of the B-pillar can come from either body. The headlights that reach us from this model therefore suit the saloon and the estate alike.
