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Mercedes-Benz confirms production of CLS Shooting Brake

Damon Lavrinc — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 12:28:00 EST

Filed under: Wagon, Mercedes-Benz, Luxury

Mercedes-Benz CLS Shooting Brake Concept - Click above for high-res image gallery

Mercedes-Benz has confirmed plans to put the CLS Shooting Brake into production in 2012, with the swoopy wagon set to be built along side a handful of other Benz models at its plant in Sindelfingen.

Originally shown in concept form at the Beijing Motor Show earlier this year, the CLS Shooting Brake will likely debut in production guise early next year. The standard CLS sedan powertrains will carry over to the wagon, including the CLS63 AMG version debuting at the LA Auto Show next week. Make the jump for the press blast.

Gallery: Mercedes-Benz CLS Shooting Break Concept

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Spy Shots: 2011 Mercedes-Benz CLS shows off even more skin

Jeremy Korzeniewski — Wed, 26 May 2010 15:32:00 EST

Filed under: Spy Photos, Sedan, Performance, Mercedes-Benz, Luxury

Up until last week, Mercedes-Benz had been doing a rather admirable job keeping the 2011 CLS under wraps. But as we saw last Friday, that got blown out of the water as the forthcoming four-door was caught posing for the camera as part of what appeared to be a photo shoot. All that was missing was a nice clean shot from the front.

Problem solved. This morning, a lone image has appeared that shows off the shapely new 2011 CLS' SLS-inspired fascia with LED lighting, dramatically sloping roofline and its newly contoured bodysides. As we saw last week, a bit of comparison work proves that the production car will share the vast majority of its sheetmetal with the CLS Shooting Break (yes, we know... it should be Brake, but we didn't name it) concept that M-B introduced just a few months back.

In fact, the car in the spy shot looks so much like the conceptual CLS hatch that we had to open the two in their own windows the double check what we were looking at. See for yourself. In any case, we're mostly digging this new fastback sedan shape and relishing the idea of a 5.5-liter turbocharged and direct injected AMG-fettled V8 engine underhood.

[Source: SecretNewCars.com]

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Beijing 2010: Mercedes-Benz CLS Shooting Break concept is the four-door coupe of wagons

Steven J. Ewing — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 15:01:00 EST

Filed under: Concept Cars, Wagon, Mercedes-Benz, Beijing Motor Show

Mercedes-Benz CLS Shooting Break concept - Click above for high-res image gallery

The shooting break (yes, it's 'break,' not 'brake', according to M-B's marketers) design isn't something new - we've seen it before in smaller vehicles like the original BMW Z3 M Coupe. Today, though, Mercedes-Benz takes the shooting break concept one step further with the addition of two rear doors and a healthy dose of next-generation style. It's the CLS Shooting Break Concept, folks. Think of this as the four-door coupe for the wagon segment.

The exterior design is awash with swoopy shapes that mimic both coupe and hatchback/wagon elements. Full LED headlamps and sharp 20-inch wheels round off the whole outside package, and if we're honest, we really like it.

Under the hood lies a direct-injected 3.5-liter V6 capable of producing 306 horsepower and 273 pound-feet of torque (the exact same output as a Cadillac CTS, for what it's worth). Mercedes-Benz hasn't released estimates, but the automaker says that the concept car "sets new standards among the competition in terms of fuel consumption."

Scroll through our gallery below to see live shots of the CLS Shooting Break Concept direct from the floor of the Beijing Motor Show.

Gallery: Beijing 2010: Mercedes-Benz Shooting Break concept

Gallery: Mercedes-Benz CLS Shooting Break Concept

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