Mercedes-Benz CLS - four-door coupe company DaimlerChrysler. In 2003, at the Frankfurt Motor Show, Mercedes-Benz presented a concept based on the E-class - Mercedes Vision CLS. The serial model appeared only a year later at the Geneva Motor Show and is almost the same as the concept car, and the name remains the same - the Mercedes CLS. Despite the phrase “four-door coupe” that is often used in relation to this car, the Mercedes CLS is a sedan, but with a strongly tilted rear desk that flows smoothly into the rear overhang. That is why the new profile in profile resembles a massive and luxurious coupe.
However, in the car there are all generic signs of sedans, since it has a closed three-volume four-door body with a boot insulated from the passenger compartment. The Mercedes-Benz company is positioning this model, its cost and equipment between the Mercedes E-Class sedans and the Mercedes S-Class, the abbreviation CLS speaks about it. At the heart of the Mercedes CLS is the platform from the E-class, from which the wheelbase and the engine range are borrowed, but the body of the car is brand new. CLS has received other than the E-class headlights, which used to be four. In general, the front part of the 4-door coupe is completely different from the E-class, it looks very dynamic.
The design of the car is made in the best traditions of the brand: streamlined appearance, long hood, sloping roofline, high window sill and spectacular podshtampovka, stretching from the front wheel well to the lower edge of the cover of a short high trunk. Inside the car is spacious, as in a full-size sedan, which is not surprising with the very impressive dimensions of the Mercedes CLS: car length 4.91 meters, height 1.38 meters, wheelbase is 2.854 mm. The volume of the luggage compartment allows you to not worry about the placement of suitcases, it is 505 liters.
The interior design is made of cream-colored leather, the front part with wooden inserts and numerous onboard system control keys. As engines for the new Mercedes CLS, initially only two engines are planned. This is a 3.5-liter six-cylinder, with a capacity of 272 horsepower, as well as a five-liter V8 with a capacity of 306 horsepower. From zero to one hundred kilometers per hour, the coupe will accelerate in 7.0 and 6.1 seconds, respectively. The maximum speed of both modifications will be limited to 250 kilometers per hour. We also note that the Mercedes CLS will be equipped with a new seven-step “automatic”.
There will also be a version of the CLS AMG with a 5.4-liter engine with a compressor capacity of about 500 hp. The standard equipment CLS 350 will include 17-inch wheels, while the eight-cylinder car will have 18-inch wheels. There are not very many technical innovations due to the 85% unification of units and aggregates with the E-class, but they are significant.
The most noticeable - active bi-xenon headlights that can “look around the corner”, which increases the level of active safety. (By the way, the complex shape of their lampshades suggests that the famous “big-eyed” front end on the E-class will soon come to an end.) In addition, the coupe is equipped with modern passive and active safety systems, including upgrades of tomozov, replenished with electronic systems that are noticeably facilitate the management of slowdowns in traffic jams and start on a slope. As an option, the CLS will receive adaptive cruise control and Comand.
In 2008, there was a new round in the history of the CLS model. The updated model is not much, but it is still different from what was first shown at the Geneva Motor Show in 2004. The new strokes inscribed in the old contours made the appearance of the four-door coupe even more solid and not so heavy. In front of the new grille with two crossbars instead of four, and a gray mesh covering the space behind the grille and air intake opening in the bumper. This gave the appearance even more aggression. Built-in side mirrors (whose area has increased by 32%), turn signal repeaters are now LED and made in the shape of arrows.
New alloy wheels, 17-inch for the CLS 280, CLS 320 CDI and CLS 350 CGI, 18-inch for the CLS 500 and 19-inch for the CLS 63 AMG, stand out from the side. A little changed the car and rear. Exhaust pipes are no longer oval, but trapezoid. The bumper itself became somewhat different: it seemed to go deep inside the car at the bottom. The design of the rear lights remained the same, but the brake light and direction indicators received LED technology. The interior is also updated.
The instrument cluster has slightly changed, new finishing materials and a multifunctional three-spoke steering wheel have appeared. Greater interest in the interior is caused by the new Comand display and control system with a 6.5-inch color monitor. It tied all the main multimedia features and navigation system. All this can be controlled both by sorting the appropriate keys and by voice.
Engineers from Stuttgart are not limited to design delights. The updated basic version of the CLS uses a new V-shaped "six" with a working volume of 2996 cm3. The rated power of the power unit is equal to 231 hp, and the maximum torque of 300 Nm is reached at 2500 revolutions of the crankshaft and holds up to 5000 revolutions. Due to this, acceleration to 100 km / h takes about 7.7 s for the CLS 280, and the maximum speed is 245 km / h. The average fuel consumption of 9.8-10.0 liters per 100 km. In 2010, the long-awaited world premiere of the second generation CLS coupe took place at the International Motor Show in Paris. The car is built on the basis of the W212 E-class.
Designers of Mercedes-Benz, retaining the "family" features, brought to the look of the model of the new generation of touches that made the car's extraterrier much more modern and elegant. The exterior is made after two CLS Shooting Brake Concept and F800 Style concept cars: a sloping roofline, wide wheel arches, LED optics, and an impressively large grille. The 2011 Mercedes CLS didn’t put on weight (the weight was 1735 kg former), but added a little in size, its length increased by 27 mm (up to 4940 mm), wheelbase by 20 mm (2874 mm).
The use of aluminum, which was chosen as a material for the manufacture of the bonnet, trunk lid, doors, front fenders and part of the suspension elements, made it possible to save weight in the new proportions. Inside, the Mercedes-Benz CLS echoes the E-Class cabin. The architecture of the front panel, the steering column, the location of the instruments, the control of the comfort functions of the cabin are all perfectly arranged. Finishing is characterized by wider use of leather, wood and metal inserts. The CLS package has five color options for a “common” interior, five options for molding and appliqués, and three options in choosing the quality of leather.
A special feature - leather-trimmed front panel with manual firmware. The top option is the Passion equipment, has skin that has preserved the native structure of porosity, and convey all its naturalness. The back row is designed for two and will give passengers no less comfort than landing in the front. Mercedes-Benz CLS second generation will receive a new 4-cylinder engine, they will be equipped with a diesel version 2.1-liter (204 hp, torque 500 Nm) CLS 250 CDI. With this unit, the car has a pretty good dynamics and excellent fuel consumption. From the spot to the "hundred" it accelerates in 7.5 seconds, the maximum speed is 242 km / h.
In the combined cycle, the car consumes 5.1 liters of fuel per 100 km. Petrol 3.6-liter "six" (306 hp, torque 370 Nm) CLS 350 CGI accelerates to one hundred in 6.1 seconds and is able to reach speeds of 250 km / h. The diesel V6 on the CLS 350 CDI (265 hp, torque 620 Nm) has almost the same features and is more economical. All configurations of the Mercedes-Benz CLS 2011 model year are paired with a seven-speed automatic 7G-Tronic. The car can be front or all-wheel drive (4Matic transmission is responsible for all-wheel drive). All options will be serially equipped with the Start Stop function.
Electronics controls the position of the car on the road. It scans the markup and prevents the driver from falling off the strip. Cameras and sensors monitor “dead zones” and display warning signals on a computer screen. The machine is ready to intervene in the event of an unexpected obstacle.
For this is the technology Pre-safe and "active" brakes. The steering is parametric: the lower the speed, the easier the steering. And its highlight is with the unregulated centering, when with increasing speed the resistance of the rudder increases. Thus, an illusion of sports driving is created. Complement the picture of nine airbags already in the base, an infrared camera (for night vision), automatic parking systems, high-beam control.
Mercedes CLS-class Shooting Brake was introduced at the Geneva Motorshow in 2012. The car is a sports wagon with smooth lines coupe. Dimensions: 4,956 mm in length, 1,881 mm in width and 1,413 mm in height.
This indicates that the station wagon is 16 millimeters longer and three millimeters lower than the CLS coupe, and also has a slightly longer wheelbase. The body of the Mercedes CLS Shooting Brake 2012 has muscular forms, diode optics and 20-inch light-alloy wheels are installed. In each of the fully LED headlamps used 71 diode.
Of these, 13 are turn signals, ten are lights for a night vision system, and two are a section designed for cornering lights. In addition, the car was taught to independently switch from the main beam to the dipped and back. The roof in the back of the car is not as low as it may seem at first glance. Just such an effect is created due to the shape of the window line, converging to the back of the machine with a sharp wedge. Being trimmed with chrome, it pulls attention to itself and makes the height of the car less noticeable. The trunk volume of the Shooting Brake modification with the raised second-row seats is 590 liters, and with the seats folded up - 1,548 liters.
Optionally, the trunk can be ordered in rich wood trim American cherry inlaid with bog oak. It is noteworthy that already in the basic configuration the fifth door is equipped with an electric drive. The interior elements are made of high-quality plastic, leather and expensive woods, which is characteristic of all premium Mercedes models. The front of the passenger compartment, has not undergone any changes compared to the four-door. CLS Shooting Brake, in contrast to the coupe, received a solid rear sofa designed for three passengers. The line of powertrains Mercedes CLS-class Shooting Brake has several diesel and gasoline options.
Modification CLS 250 CDI received a 2.1-liter diesel engine, developing 204 horsepower, and the version 350 CDI - 265-horsepower V6 of 3 liters. The basic gasoline engine of 3.5 liters and a power of 306 hp The CLS 350 will get, and the flagship will be the version with the V8 - CLS 500. Under its hood is a 4.6-liter supercharged engine. It is capable of producing up to 408 “horses” in the range of 5000–5750 rpm and 600 N • m, starting at 1600 rpm and ending with a mark of 4750 rpm. The fuel consumption in the combined cycle in the all-wheel drive version is declared at 9.9 l / 100 km, while in the monodrive car the figure is 9.3 l per hundred.
The minimum fuel consumption of 5.3 liters per 100 km boasts the first of these engines. In the basic configuration wagon monoprivodnom (front-wheel drive). All-wheel drive version is available as an option. The CLS-class Shooting Brake is tuned for maximum comfort and driving pleasure. McPherson-type front suspension, rear multi-link.
Already in the standard car is equipped with a pneumatic rear suspension that maintains a constant ground clearance, regardless of the load. As an option, the AirMatic air suspension is offered, which makes the car sporty and comfortable at the same time. "Charged" version is worth special attention. Full face of the differences in the AMG version is not so much - a different arrangement of strips of LEDs, modified air intakes, and a carbon splitter (for ordinary cars it is painted in body color). In the cabin instead of wooden inserts carbon weaving.
The “layout” of the buttons on the central tunnel has completely changed. Under the hood, a 5.5-liter biturbo V8, which develops power 525 hp With this engine, the car accelerates to 100 km / h in 4.4 seconds. Fuel consumption is 10.1 liters of fuel per 100 km in the combined cycle.
In the AMG versions, instead of the usual “automatic” 7-G Tronic, its modified version is installed under the name AMG Speedshift MCT. Here, instead of the torque converter, there is a multi-plate “wet” clutch, as well as an electronic filling different from the original one: thanks to this, the box received a control in addition to the four modes of operation (here it is called Racing Start). In manual mode or in the Sport + position, the switch takes 100 milliseconds. In accordance with the powerful engine for the AMG version, the suspension, steering and braking system of the station wagon were modified.
The AMG Ride Control suspension also works in three modes - Comfort, Sport and Sport plus, which can be changed by pressing a button, adjusting the car to the road conditions. The difference between the comfortable and sport modes in the “charged” version is more noticeable. Sport mode is pretty tough, it is worth activating it, and passengers will perfectly feel the type of coverage the car is traveling on. As for the brake system, for the CLS 63 AMG Shooting Brake, ventilated carbon-ceramic brake discs of 360 mm are optionally available. There is also a version of Edition 1. In it, the engine is agile to 557 "horses" and 800 "newtons." Acceleration to 100 km / h takes 4.3 seconds.
