2016 MERCEDES-BENZ CLA CLA250

The auction lists the vehicle with a salvage certificate and identifies the front end as the primary damage area. Stage 1 reports that the visible evidence supports the front-end damage claim because the front bumper, grille, headlamps, and surrounding fascia are missing or damaged. Stage 1 also notes substantial additional rear-end damage. The salvage-certificate status itself cannot be confirmed or disproved from the photographs alone. The front end has extensive collision damage. The front bumper cover and outer fascia are missing, along with the grille and both headlamp assemblies. This leaves the front reinforcement, radiator-area components, wiring, cooling stack, and mounting structures exposed. The front fender edges and fascia mounting areas are deformed, with broken panel edges and missing exterior trim. Several surrounding plastic components are also broken or absent. The rear end has similarly significant damage. The rear bumper cover and both rear lamp assemblies are missing, exposing the bumper reinforcement, mounting structures, and lower rear body area. The trunk lid is deformed along its lower edge and both lower corners. Creases, dents, and damaged panel edges are visible around the rear lamp openings and lower rear corners. Both rear quarter panels have multiple dents and creases around the wheel arches and rear corners, together with scraped paint and lighter-colored exposed surface marks. According to the VIN decode, this is a 2016 Mercedes-Benz CLA-Class CLA250 sedan, manufactured by Mercedes-Benz Cars in Kecskemét, Hungary. It is equipped with a 2.0-liter, four-cylinder gasoline engine. The decode also lists front driver and passenger airbags, side airbags for the first and second rows, curtain airbags, seat-belt pretensioners and load limiters, and direct tire-pressure monitoring. Drive type and transmission details were not provided. The vehicle requires extensive replacement and repair of exterior body panels, lighting, grille and bumper components, as well as inspection of the exposed front cooling, wiring, reinforcement, and mounting structures. The supplied findings do not establish the mechanical or structural condition of components that are not visible.