Everbody's Darling is always Everybody's idiot. Or something like that.
When Mercedes-Benz put a four-door coupé on the road 14 years ago, gave it the name CLS and from then on earned the success for its courageous design - no one could have guessed what waves the “four-door coupé” would ever make. Today, even SUVs are no longer protected from becoming a four-door SUV coupé. Mercedes-Benz and the CLS. A success-story.
2018 - the new Mercedes-Benz CLS - the third generation
However, with the release of the world premiere in Los Angeles, the now third generation has suffered massive headwinds. The net is full of sardonic, mocking to simply dismissive comments. It seems that the design courage of Gordon Wagener was too big. A vehicle sculpture, with almost no beads and edges, has the Mercedes design team under Gordon and Robert Lesnik created. A little too much progress?
The new CLS impresses with clear shapes. A flat greenhouse, a taut line stretching from the long hood over the low roof to the short tail. Conspicuous visible edges have been abolished. Instead, the grille reinterpreted. In the style of the AMG GT models and the 1955 Panamericana including a slight inclination forward. Thus, the CLS develops a unique dynamism, especially from diagonally ahead. Big wheels, pointed headlights and a new air curtain in front of the front wheel are the details of the CLS.
Especially at the rear, here you wanted to bring the coupes and convertibles of the brand once again in the game, ignited a lot of criticism in the network.
Controversial design - the latest technology
Während Gordon Wagener on site - listen in the video - the design the third CLS generation can not explain all Mercedes fans agree. But I would wait a moment at this point and wait for the impressions that you get when you see the car in traffic for the first time. That's a different world again and again.
In the meantime one does not have to discuss another topic at all. Mercedes-Benz demonstrates how much know-how you can get to work on the engines and interior technology. First of all, only the new six-cylinder in-line engines will be available. Two diesel engines and a petrol engine play the main role and these are only combined with the 9-gear automaton. According to the standards one would like to say. The performance will range from 286 PS to 376 PS. Especially as 400d the CLS should thus become a wonderful choice for frequent travelers with the taste for something special. The likewise presented 450er (petrol engine) comes with an 48-Volt starter generator, which can work as E-Boost. Runs, you want to say right there. 😉
Shooting Brake and AMG
The rumors say; The Shooting Brake has been developed, but has not yet been approved by the board. And you also have to get used to the AMG version a little. Because the Affalterbachers will develop their own variant of the CLS and thus also save the V8 for their own models. Whether there will be a CLS 50, 55 or 53 in the four-door Mercedes-Benz CLS - let's leave it open at this point - there will definitely be no CLS 63 AMG.
The new CLS comes in March 2018 on the market. For starters, there is an edition of 1, which is also shown in the AUTOHUB video.
