2012 Mercedes CLS: Don't You Forget About Me

by Edward Niedermeyer

July 27th, 2010 1:38 PM

2012 mercedes cls don t you forget about me

With Audi’s A7 four-door coupe making waves at its release yesterday, the segment-defining Mercedes CLS just had to remind the world that its successor is on the way. Accordingly, these photos of the 2012 CLS have hit Autoexpress, granting the internet its first look at the redesigned not-quite-coupe. And though there’s definitely some Audi-inspired headlight gizmology going on with the new CLS, the overall design doesn’t seem to pop quite as dramatically as the A7. Perhaps it’s because the E-Class is already a quite handsome sedan (especially by recent M-B standards), or maybe Mercedes is saving the visual drama for a planned five-door coupe-wagon version. Either way, it’s difficult to see the CLS dominating the segment it invented going forward.

#2012 #CLS #Design #FutureVehicles #Germany #Mercedes

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VerbalKint on Jul 27, 2010

I dunno... looks like a really nice Taurus to me... Imagine the Caterham you could build for that kind of money.

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Tosh on Jul 29, 2010

So every new M-B must have the evocative rear fenders? Gross.... New C-class is still the best looking M-B...

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