Mercedes-Benz CLS Class News

Growing up in Sindelfingen, Germany, as the daughter of a Mercedes-Benz engineer who worked on three generations of the E-Class, Jennifer Schefczik heard the same thing over and over. “Child, the E-Class is always about style, safety, and comfort,” her dad told her. Some 20 years later...

Mercedes fans looking for something sporty but not quite ready to step up to a fully fledged AMG product have another option in the form of the “AMG sport” range, which at present are those cars with a 43 in their titles. Soon, though, AMG will start to replace these with a new series...

Mercedes-Benz created the four-door "coupe" segment with the CLS-Class more than a decade ago. Now that stylish segment is chock full of competitors including the Audi A7, BMW 6-Series Gran Coupe, Porsche Panamera, even the Kia Stinger, plus a number of other fastback-inspired sedans. Now...

Mercedes-Benz established the current fastback sedan trend when it launched the original CLS over a decade ago. The iconic swoopy sedan now enters its third generation with the 2019 CLS unveiled on Wednesday at the 2017 Los Angeles Auto Show. The car also marks the introduction of the next step in...

The 2019 CLS set to debut next week at the 2017 Los Angeles Auto Show will mark the introduction of the next step in the evolution of Mercedes-Benz’s “sensual purity” design philosophy. It’s a design philosophy where sculptural, three-dimensional surfaces take focus in...

The 2019 Mercedes-Benz CLS won't stray far from the current model's successful shape when it debuts late this month at the Los Angeles Auto Show. Mercedes-Benz released a single teaser image showing off the 2019 CLS-Class' new front fascia Saturday, a little over a week ahead of the auto show. From...

Mercedes-Benz is out testing prototypes for its next-generation CLS, the current generation of which has been on sale since the 2012 model year. Even though the CLS is more closely related to the E-Class than the S-Class, Mercedes won’t rename the vehicle a CLE, as some have speculated. When...

Mercedes-AMG is committed to electrifying its lineup, a stance made clear with the unveiling of the 805-horsepower GT hybrid sedan concept at March’s 2017 Geneva auto show. The first of AMG’s hybrids will be the Formula One-powered Project One hypercar debuting in September at the 2017...

Mercedes-Benz has just launched a new generation of its E-Class and that means we should soon be graced by the arrival of a new generation of the car’s sleeker, sexier cousin, the CLS. To send out the current CLS, Mercedes has unveiled a special Final Edition model. Announced only for the...

Although Mercedes-Benz’s CLS Shooting Brake was launched with great fanfare back in 2012, senior management in Stuttgart have reportedly quashed plans for a successor. The vehicle, essentially the station wagon cousin of the svelte CLS sedan, never made it to these shores, and a lack of...

Mercedes-Benz is working on an updated version of its CLS-Class for the 2015 model year and has confirmed today that the car will feature the automaker’s new MULTIBEAM LED headlights. The technology is similar to Audi’s Matrix LED headlights in that it uses multiple LEDs to enable...

These are the latest spy shots of a prototype for Mercedes-Benz’s updated CLS-Class. The second generation of the CLS, which spans both sedan and shooting brake wagon bodystyles, was introduced for the 2012 model year so it's now about due for a mid-cycle update, which will most likely arrive...

Mercedes-Benz is working on a facelift for its CLS-Class, and that means separate variants such as the CLS Shooting Brake and high-performance CLS63 AMG are set to receive the same updates. We’ve already seen spy shots of a prototype for the updated CLS Shooting Brake, and now we have some...

These are the first spy shots of prototypes depicting Mercedes-Benz’s planned updates for its CLS Shooting Brake. The second generation of the CLS, which spans both sedan and Shooting Brake wagon bodystyles, was introduced for the 2012 model year so it’s about due for a mid-cycle...

It’s forbidden fruit face-off time, with the 2014 Audi’s RS 6 Avant going up against the 2013 Mercedes-Benz CLS63 AMG. Judging the cars is British journo Chris Harris, who’s organized both über wagons for the latest episode from the Drive channel. On paper it looks like the...

Following the announcement that 2014 Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG models would include a higher-performance S variant and would come standard with 4Matic all-wheel drive (in the U.S., anyway), Mercedes-Benz has adopted a similar strategy for its CLS 63AMG range. Available in four-door Coupe and Shooting...

Mercedes-Benz has announced the recall of 2012 model year CLS-Class four-door-coupes built between December 1, 2011 and December 13, 2011. At issue are the bolts holding the hood’s secondary latch striker, which may not have been torqued to the proper value. As a result, the bolts can loosen...

Since Mercedes-Benz officially announced its 2013 CLS63 AMG Shooting Brake uber-wagon last month, the luxury automaker has gone out of its way to keep the car, which hits European dealers this fall, in the media spotlight. After its well documented official release, the station wagon mit Schnell...

Formula One racers are generally people of tremendous skill, but most, at least these days, are specialists--drivers, to the exclusion of almost everything else. The days of men like Mark Donohue and Dan Gurney, racers and engineers both, are behind us--at least at the upper echelon of F1...

If you’re looking for a fast family hauler, there are plenty of sedans and crossovers that serve up a surprising amount of performance with their versatility. If your tastes run towards wagons, particularly large wagons, your choices are a bit limited. For those of us on this side of the...