Second Hand Mercedes-Benz CLS Roof Rack

The CLS is a four-door coupé with a steeply raked, frameless roofline — Mercedes-Benz did not fit a factory roof rack to any variant of the CLS, and the bodywork was not designed with standard roof rack mounting points. If you've seen a roof rack on a CLS, it will be an aftermarket accessory, not a genuine used part sourced from a dismantled car. You may be thinking of a roof rack for the Mercedes-Benz E-Class Estate (S211 or S212), which does have proper mounting rails — your breaker can help you find the right part for the right model.

The CLS (C219, 2004–2010, and C218, 2011–2018) shares platform architecture with the W211 and W212 E-Class respectively, but the CLS coupé roofline is entirely different in shape and lacks the rain gutters or flush mounting points found on E-Class saloon or estate variants. An E-Class estate roof rack will not simply transfer across, and fitting any rack to a CLS would require a bespoke aftermarket solution rather than a like-for-like used part. If you need roof-mounted load carrying, an aftermarket specialist rather than a breaker is the right route.

Engine choice makes no difference here, but only because the underlying issue applies to every CLS variant equally: no production CLS — whether a 220d, 350d, 400, or AMG — left the factory with a roof rack, and none has OEM mounting provisions for one. Your trim or engine type won't open up any options that don't exist on other variants, so this isn't a case where checking your specific build will help. The honest answer is to look at aftermarket clamping or suction-based roof rack solutions designed for frameless coupé rooflines.

Both generations — the C219 (2004–2010) and C218 (2011–2018) — share the same fundamental problem: a sweeping fastback coupé roofline with no factory roof rack provision on either. The C218 introduced a Shooting Brake body style (2012 onwards), which is a five-door estate-coupé and does have a more usable roofline, but even the Shooting Brake was not factory-fitted with a roof rack and uses a distinct bodyshell to the standard four-door coupé. If you have a Shooting Brake, an aftermarket rack designed for that specific body style may be available, but you won't find one as a used part pulled from another dismantled CLS.

If you need a factory roof rack or roof rails as a used part, the closest Mercedes-Benz models to look at are the E-Class Estate (S211 or S212 generation, depending on your car's era) or the C-Class Estate, both of which were sold with OEM roof rail options and are regularly broken for parts in the UK. If you genuinely want a load-carrying solution for your CLS or CLS Shooting Brake, an aftermarket brand such as Thule or Yakima offers model-specific kits — your local accessory retailer rather than a breaker is the right starting point. A breaker won't be able to supply a genuine CLS roof rack because none exists to pull from a dismantled car.