After the leaked brochure from the other days, Mercedes has decided to uncover the new generation CLS-Class before its official debut at the Paris Auto Show. And as everyone expected, the new CLS keeps the same proportions as the old model, but has adopted a completely new look inspired by the Shooting Break Concept.
The CLS’s design combines elements from the concept with the new SLS AMG: there is a long, sporty bonnet, a grille dominated by the large central star, large, elongated dark air inlets with black grilles, full LED headlamps, flared wheel arches and wide wrap-around tail lights featuring LED technology.
The interior also combines innovative details and handcrafted perfection: a high line sweeps from the driver’s door over the instrument panel support and across to the front passenger door. The central display has also been integrated harmoniously into the upper part of the instrument panel. At the same time, the downward sweeping side line on the doors continues the dynamic dropping line of the exterior.
Mercedes said nothing about the car’s specifications, but we expect a new 3.5-liter direct-injection V6, as well as a twin-turbocharged 4.6-liter V8. That last motor will put out around 430 horsepower and 516 pound-feet of torque. There will be an AMG version with the new 5.5-liter twin-turbocharged V8 as well.
Updated 11/19/2010: Mercedes Benz TV has unveiled a pretty cool video in which they try to understand what people look at exactly when they first see the CLS-Class. It’s a pretty cool experiment, which, in a stroke of marketing genius, starts off with a hot blonde. Check it out!
Press release after the jump.
Mercedes-Benz CLS originally appeared on topspeed.com on Friday, 19 November 2010 22:00 EST.
Source: http://www.topspeed.com/cars/mercedes/2012-mercedes-benz-cls-ar95368.html
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