Futuristic
System
by Mai Yomioto
Mercedes-Benz has extensively revised the four-door CLS
Coupe. This design icon now features a honed front section and
a further upgraded interior that boasts lots of new, perfectly
handcrafted details, combining contemporary luxury with passionate sportiness. In addition, it also brings ground-breaking
technical innovations to the road. The futuristic MULTIBEAM LED
headlamps open up new dimensions in lighting systems. Highperformance, precision LED modules automatically provide the
best possible illumination, whatever the road and traffic conditions. The cutting-edge technology on-board includes a 9-speed
automatic transmission, a new powerful and fuel efficient engine, and an intelligently networked driver assistance and safety
systems.
Mercedes-Benz founded the four-door coupe segment ten years
ago with the CLS, thus underlining its leading role in automotive design. The CLS combined for the first time the elegance
of a coupe with the comfort and functionality of a sedan. It was
also the first vehicle to offer dynamic LED High Performance
headlamps as an option, turning it into the lighting icon. The
CLS Coupe has long since established itself as a style icon with
particular charisma, and will also continue to be unique in its
segment.
Prof Dr Thomas Weber, Member of the Board of Management of
Daimler AG responsible for Group Research and Mercedes-Benz
Cars Development: "With the CLS Coupe and the CLS Shooting Brake we have built design icons which also set the pulse
racing faster in their latest incarnation courtesy of their enthralling lines. With new high-tech ingredients such as the innovative MULTIBEAM LED headlamps which start a new chapter in
lighting design, the nine-speed automatic transmission or the
progressive multimedia system, both models also define new
cutting-edge technology."
Ample space, unadorned, sporty elegance, perfect craftsmanship and high quality materials exert the stylistic influence on
the interior of the CLS family. The new generation reinforces this
impression by emphasizing sportiness, exclusivity and functionality even more.
The new color display in the head unit with its 8 inch (20.3 cm)
screen adds to the state-of-the-art feel and will help define the
dashboard's contemporary looks. Other new features include
a redesigned three-spoke sports steering wheel and a host of
exquisite details which underscore the interior's high quality
both in visual and tactile terms. The central control panel in the
center console has four instead of the previous two buttons,
thus requiring fewer operating steps in many cases. Five attractive interior colors and six trim finishes will be available and offer
a host of potential individualization options.
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Both models now come as standard with all-LED headlamps in
a new design. Alternatively both vehicle models are available as
an option with the new MULTIBEAM LED headlamps as designed
and developed by Mercedes-Benz. Mercedes-Benz is opening a
new chapter in lighting systems with this innovation. Since the
MULTIBEAM LED technology combines the very best of today's