Hot hatches are good but fast estates, even small ones, surely hold a cool appeal all of their own, and have done for 25 years ever since Audi came up with the first, the RS2, in 1994. Today though it is Mercedes-AMG that is doing most to further the cult of the über-wagon.
This is the new 415bhp Mercedes CLA 45 AMG S Shooting Brake

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