Even though the Shooting Brake version was hardly launched in October 2012, Mercedes decides to facelift both versions —
the CLS coupe and the CLS Shooting Brake — at the same time.
The car, with which exterior design reminiscent of the next - generation
CLS coupe - sedan,...
Since the Mercedes - Benz
CLS coupe sparked the trend — and BMW continued to beat the drum with its X4 and X6 crossovers — four - door...
As brilliant on an enclosed track as it is on the open road, the 2016
CLS coupe from Mercedes - Benz offers its owners a sense of exclusivity and envy few cars can match.
The German luxury automaker calls
the CLS a coupe, but in reality it's a 4 - door car with a sleek and sloping coupe - like profile.
Since the Mercedes - Benz
CLS coupe sparked the trend — and BMW continued to beat the drum with...
Prices for
the CLS coupe start at # 46,500 for the C220 BlueTec diesel, rising to # 86,500 for a top - spec CLS63 AMG.
But like the bigger
CLS coupe its styling apes, a heavily sloping roofline means headroom is compromised.
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All CLS coupes are equipped with electrically assisted power steering and a seven - speed automatic transmission with paddle shifters.
Not exact matches
Like the Mercedes - Benz
CLS and the Audi A7, BMW's four - door
coupe also has a premium price.
The
coupes and convertibles were a mixed bag, with the CL (+32 %) up but the SL -LRB--20 %), SLK -LRB--27 %), and
CLS -LRB--43 %) all down.
The new Shooting Brake version of the Mercedes
CLS, sampled here in range - topping 63 AMG form.In essence it's an estate version of the
CLS, Merc's four - door
coupe version of the E-Class.
An upmarket four - door, four - seat hatchback - booted
coupe in the mould of the Aston Martin Rapide and Mercedes
CLS.
This could point towards the next generation CLA being more
coupe than saloon when it is reinvented towards the end of this decade, and more in tune with the upcoming
CLS which should envision Mercedes - Benz» next generation four - door
coupe design language.
It's also a 4 door
coupe, with slender design, and far more power than the
CLS 63 would have had.
Other vehicles to come from the MFA are the next A-Class (previewed by the Concept A-Class shown earlier this year at the New York auto show), a small crossover to do battle with the BMW X1 and Audi Q3, and a
CLS - inspired four - door
coupe.
The design of the third - generation
CLS - Class looks smooth, too; with the organic, minimalist side surfacing, it's easily the most handsome of the three generations of this car and maybe the best looking four - door with a fast
coupe - like roofline on the market.
The Mercedes - Benz
CLS 450 below it — that second name is Benz, not AMG — and the Mercedes - AMG GT 54, GT 63 and GT 63 S four - door
coupe above it bookend this nicely balanced «four - door
coupe.»
This Sportback concept is a preview of the upcoming Audi A7, essentially a premium, four - door
coupe variant of the A6, much in the same way the Mercedes - Benz
CLS is positioned above the E-class on which it's based.
The CLA's four - door -
coupe styling is supposed to imitate the larger Mercedes - Benz
CLS - Class, and will be the first front - wheel - drive Mercedes - Benz model ever sold in the U.S.
It's a relaxed, comfortable little four - door
coupe, a «baby
CLS» with the drive wheels switched.
Indeed, this Sportback concept is a preview of the upcoming Audi A7, essentially a premium, four - door
coupe variant of the A6, much in the same way the Mercedes - Benz
CLS is positioned above the E-class on which it's based.
With their overwrought side surfacing, the first - and second - generation Mercedes
CLS - Classes looked especially awkward where the rear haunches met the rakish four - door «
coupe» profile.
Instead, this all - new vehicle will fuse the dynamics of the GT
coupe with the architecture of the next - generation
CLS - Class sedan.
If the Mercedes
CLS invented the concept of a sedan leaping up one rung on the coolness chart to a «
coupe,» then it has a new competitor in town: the Audi A7 takes two leaps.
The LS 500 is only about a half - inch lower than its predecessor, but the new styling makes it look much lower and a new arcing roofline gives it the kind of
coupe - like styling popularized by German luxury brands with models like the Mercedes - Benz
CLS - Class and Audi A7.
True, as a swoopy, four - door «
coupe,» the A7 is thematically similar to the Mercedes - Benz
CLS.
The Audi fights back with a great cabin, but for the time being the
CLS gets our nod as the best large and luxurious four - door
coupe.
Although the
CLS - Class's chopped,
coupe - like roofline reduces rear headroom, Lago opines that this graceful four - door is prettier than its boxy sedan progenitor.
Of all the four - door luxury
coupes (A7, Mercedes - Benz
CLS, and Porsche Panamera), this car is, in my eyes, the best looking.
This is not the Mercedes A-class saloon, rather a larger four - door
coupe - saloon with
CLS - inspired styling
The original
CLS defined the modern 4 - door
coupe concept with its release in 2004.
The next Mercedes - Benz
CLS - Class is said to look a bit like an E-Class after an extensive nip - tuck session, while the design of the GT4 was inspired by the two - seater AMG
coupe.
Mercedes has moved the
CLS from concept to reality in record time to exploit a new niche that it thinks it has discovered - the four - door
coupe.
The elongated lines of the four - door
coupes were always an attractive trait for car owners, ever since Mercedes - Benz released the
CLS over 18 years ago.
Though you might think Mercedes has the four - door
coupe niche covered with the new 2019
CLS - Class, its performance brand Mercedes - AMG has another swoopy sedan on the way: the AMG GT4.
The 53 line is powered by a new electrified 3.0 - liter inline six - cylinder engine and will include variants of the redesigned
CLS, E-class
coupe and E-class convertible.
As stunning as the
CLS is to look at — and its
coupe - like proportions are still unrivalled — I have to give the nod to the Audi as a daily driver.
This is a discussion on Mercedes» new four - door
coupe - estate the
CLS Shooting Break within The International Automotive Scene, part of the BHP Worldwide category; Mercedes is going to unveil a four door
coupe called the
CLS Shooting Break.
This is the Mercedes CLA, a new niche model from Stuttgart that aims to offer the style of the
CLS «four - door
coupe» at a price that slots in below the C - class.
The 2005
CLS more or less created the oxymoronic phrase «four - door
coupe» because it sort of amounted to a four - door
coupe: a car with the elegance and dynamic proportions of a conventional two - door
coupe and most of the functionality in a four - door sedan.
While it may look like Mercedes - Benz simply took its prettiest sedan — the
CLS that Mercedes also calls a «
coupe» — and left it in the dryer too long to create the CLA - Class, there's more to it.
The 6 Series Gran Coupe has been in production since 2012 and it was BMW's response to the popular Mercedes - Benz
CLS, part of a new generation of cars deemed by their manufacturers to be «four - door
coupes».
The 4 - door
coupe is available as a
CLS 250 CDI.
The originator, the one that started all this «four - door
coupe» silliness, is back: The 2019 Mercedes - Benz
CLS premiered at the LA Auto Show this week in all its swoopy - roof glory.
The Mercedes CLA is a stylish saloon that borrows its
coupe lines from the bigger Mercedes
CLS.
The 2019 Mercedes - Benz
CLS shares its platform with the new E-Class and comes in a four - door
coupe body style.
At the front the 2019
CLS features a diamond grille that is similar to the rest of the brand's
coupe.
While it may have four doors, Mercedes considers the concept a «four - door
coupe,» putting it in a category the German automaker invented with its
CLS - Class.