Mercedes-Benz’s sharply styled CLA Shooting Brake has returned for a second generation at Geneva, just four years after the original went on sale.

The new five-door estate is planned to arrive in the UK in September, three months after the CLA on which it is based.

It is underpinned by a heavily re-engineered version of its predecessor’s MFA platform, which has received additional rigidity measures for improved stiffness and noise, vibration and harshness qualities.

Mercedes-Benz has confirmed just one engine for the CLA Shooting Brake, but it says others will be announced closer to its launch, later this year. The launch model is the CLA 250, which uses a 219bhp, 258lb ft 2.0-litre petrol engine.

The CLA Shooting Brake takes the sharply raked front-end appearance of its four-door sibling and combines it with a unique rear end featuring an extended roofline and sloping tailgate, with unique tail-lights and a heavily tapered bumper.

Further exterior design flourishes include twin power domes within the bonnet, a sloping roofline and frameless doors.