The Mercedes-Benz CLS range has gained a new bodystyle – it’s now available as a Shooting Brake, essentially the curvy wagon body that previewed the second generation CLS as the Mercedes-Benz Shooting Brake Concept to begin with.
The aura of occasion continues inside, where Mercedes-Benz has given the CLS an interior completely unique from that of an E-Class. There are five interior colours, five trim designs and also three qualities of leather to choose from. Customers have a choice of three exclusive wood types: high-gloss brown burr walnut, high-gloss black ash and satin-finish light-brown poplar.
The interior is given an even more progressive look with the addition of piano lacquer trim elements. A completely new addition comes in the form of porcelain interior appointments which afford both CLS models a sense of luxury normally found in the S-Class.
Of course, one advantage a CLS Shooting Brake would have over the normal CLS would be the more versatile luggage area, with a load volume of between 590 to 1,550 litres. Mercedes-Benz has given that part of the car a special touch as well. There’s an optional wooden luggage compartment floor. Cherry tree wood is a classic among fine wood species and contrasts perfectly with the inlaid smoked oak and aluminium rails. It reminds me of a yacht.
Selected veneer sheets are glued and pressed together by hand in five cross-bonded layers to achieve high dimensional stability. The blanks are milled into their precise shape using a CNC machine, and the surfaces sanded to a smooth finish and waterproofed to maintain the natural beauty of the wood. Inlaid work using darker smoked oak, precisely cut into three millimetre strips using laser technology, helps to enhance the design of the wooden floor.
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perfect to be ‘kereta jenazah’
Nirvana is going to buy some of these.
Why many people see particularly mercedes wagons more of ‘hursts’? :)
did u mean “hearse”?
Paul, typo here –
The Mercedes-Benz CLS range has gained a new bodystyle – it’s NOW available as a Shooting Brake
Errmmm, why does it look like a hearse?
Car for the rich and famous…..:(
Elegent, classy and sexy. A wagon done right!
design wise.. i do hve to agree with you guys…sadly does look like a hearse.. which wagon doesnt… haha..
Best looking Sport station wagon out there. The Merc CLS cars are a class of their own.
I have to say the E-Class wagon looks better due to the boxy styling of the car that really matches the styling of a car.Curvy wagon like this seems weird and overdone.Wagon buyers are most older than the buyers of typical sedan or 4-door coupe.I wonder what’s the target age for this CLS Wagon.
WOW, the luggage area is huge enough to fit 2 coffins!!! Thanks Merz’s designers…xD
Hmm..i wonder any people will buy this after someone told them it looks like kereta keranda…
The same bunch of people who buy black Toyota Alphards or Vellfires
looks good but somehow at certain angle the rear is too much, maybe a little spoiler on the rear windscreen can fix the over curved rear if seen from the 3rd quarter view. if u get what i mean lah xD.
i mean not fix, but soften the curve a bit. dont say it will look like ah bengs car bcos when merc put it errybody will love it eventually haha
The best KERETA MAYAT ever…
better buy the ‘R’ class..
Doesn’t look good at all….
the interior is a beauty .. like the wood finish at the back… class act
Why its called Shooting Brake.?
This is an old british term for estate cars – people that bought then would typically be hunters that would shoot whilst sat on the tailgate
car for the dead… nice one merc!
Mercedes is desperately try to tailgating Panamera… but hey….this is ugly!!
I really liked this as a sporty estate car until someone pointed out how much it looks like a new R Class from certain angles – namely from behind and front 3/4 view
Feel like I can sleep in there.. Is it comfy?
This is one wagon that I would gladly given up my Volvo V70XC for. Good to see the return of the Shooting Brake concept first envisaged by the Aston Martin DB5. Jaguar is releasing one too and it looks as good.
I don’t know, I draw a different distinction from the term shooting brake.
A shooting brake means a coupe with an estate end. 5 doors are usually called wagens.
But hasn’t stopped mercedes by bastardizing even the word “coupe” with a 4 door saloon so it comes at no surprise that they decided to call this a shooting brake. A minor misnomer no doubt.
Wasn’t the actual Shooting Brake concept a 3 door?
Seriously, wtf (as in, what’s the point)????
The white one looks like a yacht.. Especially the image with its boot open and wood accented floors.