Posts with tag: CLS

CLS Shooting Brake Spied Testing

by (RSS feed) January 23rd, 2012 at 9:20 pm

2013 mercedes benz cls rear side 597x370 CLS Shooting Brake Spied Testing
Looking very much like the renderings that made it all over the net last year, Mercedes-Benz’s CLS Shooting Brake as been caught testing in the wild. As shooting brakes go, Mercedes’ CLS is stretching the description out a bit, but Estate seems a bit too dated for the radical 4-door coupe that was met with much acclaim when it was introduced.

At any rate, the appearance of CLS Shooting Brake bodes well for fans of the rakish design introduced by the CLS coupe. Since the CLS profile calls for a sloping back, Mercedes also seems to have followed that design imperative to the shooting brake variant. Although this does limit cargo height, the length of the overhang indicates that there will be lots of room out back. Engine variants are expected to start with the midrange V6 to the 5.5 liter V8 which, in the AMG version, produces almost 520 horsepower.

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Unfortunate CLS Gets Candy Paint Treatment

by (RSS feed) December 5th, 2011 at 6:38 pm

image000031 597x447 Unfortunate CLS Gets Candy Paint Treatment
Found in one of the many corners of the internet is this CLS 550 owned by an American designer. There’s no word on the inspiration for creating this color scheme but it’s definitely not one that would be described as subdued.  The hood, roof and decklid are a bright yellow, the sides of the car are purple and the bumper and sills are red. Hmm, something that a person dabbling in Microsoft Paint might do, but not many would execute in real life. The wheels have not escaped this designer’s attention, and they have been painted in a yellow, purple and red color scheme that reminds us of McDonald’s colors.

One wonders what design school our designer came from but coming up with such a color combination on an otherwise beautiful and trend-setting car is certainly a way to attract attention, but not necessarily clients.

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CLS63 AMG Design Process Time-Lapsed On YouTube

by (RSS feed) November 1st, 2011 at 8:28 pm

We all know that Mercedes-Benzes are highly complex cars that are masterpieces from the minds of designers and engineers from the company’s tech centers. Unlike the sometimes overwhelming feeds on new models and spyshots that we get on a weekly basis, the design process is not as readily available. But now, a time-lapse video has hit YouTube, showing some elements of the design process, from the proverbial clean sheet of paper, to a digital rendering on a computer, which will become the basis for CAD/CAM processes that make up the steps in automobile production.

As you will see, the video is a demonstration of the design process and not an actual work in progress. For one, the computer has obviously been set up in a conference room and, as we said, some steps are apparently skipped. Some commenters have also noted some faults in the original sketch. But as AMG says, this is a demo of how a great car like the CLS is made into a reality, and for most of the world, it is highly informative.

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Exclusive: Spy-shots of the upcoming “baby” CLS

by (RSS feed) August 1st, 2011 at 4:07 pm

Mercedes Benz BLS or baby CLS concept 3 597x382 Exclusive: Spy shots of the upcoming baby CLS
The Baby-CLS or BLS/CLC/CLA as some are calling it, was just a rumor back a few months ago when we first reported about it, but as we can see in these exclusive spy-shots, it seems that Mercedes-Benz is going ahead with it’s plan to create a smaller version of legendary CLS.

It is rumored that the baby-CLS (some are even calling it the 4-door coupe version of the C-Class) will be built on the same architecture as the next-gen B-Class. Front-wheel drive will be available for the standard version, whereas the AMG version will get a all-wheel drive system.

Not much is known about the drive system, but if rumors are correct, it could come in a 1.6 and 2.0 liter engine, with 150 and 207 horsepower respectively.

We’re not exactly sure if this is a prototype version of the car being built for internal use, or if Mercedes-Benz is prepping it for the IAA in Frankfurt this September. Either way, we can certainly confirm that these spy shot, taken at the Mercedes-Benz plan in Hungary, look very much like the all-new CLS, but with smaller dimensions, hence the baby-CLS.

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Video of the Day: Mercedes Silver Arrows

by (RSS feed) July 13th, 2011 at 3:03 am

The Silver Arrows live to test Mercedes cars, do you have their commitment? For more on Mercedes and the Silver Arrows, check out http://www.getoutofbed.co.uk/

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