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A used CLA will cost anywhere between £27,000 and £60,000. Expect to spend up to £33,000 for an entry-level petrol or diesel, rising to £38,000 for an AMG Line Premium plug-in hybrid.

Head room is ample in the front, but rear passengers over six feet tall will struggle for head and leg room. What’s more, each interior handle is so big that you can trap your knee between it and the front seatback while closing the door.

At launch, a shooting brake would have cost you £1000 more than a fastback. There are far fewer of the former type on the used market, but there’s no clear discernible price difference between the two.

AMG Line Premium cars are equipped with augmented reality sat-nav, which displays directions atop a video feed sent through the CLA’S front camera. It’s a nifty, effective and accurate feature not seen on many other cars.