AMONG THE FIRST of the ‘four-door coupes’ when launched in 2004, the current generation Mercedes-Benz CLS is due for replacement within the next year.

New renderings prepared for The Motor Report offer a look at what might lie beneath the camouflage of near-production-ready test cars spied in recent weeks.

The new CLS is expected to launch late [...]

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NEW SPY PHOTOS this week reveal the next-generation Mercedes-Benz CLS in testing. Despite the heavy cladding, there are tell-tale signs pointing to this being the high-performance AMG variant.The quad-exhaust tailpipes protruding from the rear bumper, additional air vents in the bonnet cladding, and large sports brakes behind 19-inch five-spoke wheels would indicate that this is [...]

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Come May this year, Mercedes-Benz will begin selling its new CLS Grand Edition - as if the standard CLS was lacking in some way. M-B will add extra dollops of luxury to the CLS through the use of premium paints and interior trims. In addition, a few choice upgrades will also make an appearance as [...]

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Put on your party hats people, the Commodore is now 30 years old. But - unlike most 30 year-olds - the Commodore isn’t wallowing in despair and regretting a wasted youth spent drinking beer and playing Galaga, for after three decades and 14 model variants, the Commodore nameplate is still fighting-fit and at the top [...]

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The car that started the “four-door-coupe” revolution, the Mercedes-Benz CLS has undergone a few subtle changes in its latest guise. Due to hit showrooms in May this year Mercedes-Benz have released initial pricing and specification details.

There will be three CLS models available, the CLS 350, CLS 500 and CLS 63 AMG. A casual observer would [...]

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BMW have released some official footage of their Hommage concept car. A striking modern interpretation of the original BMW M1, the Hommage was created to celebrate the M1’s 30th birthday.
Click through for the vids.

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Arguably one of the 2007 new vehicle launches that divided opinion the most, was Jaguar’s new XF. One of TMR’s favourites, this is definitely the car to put Jaguar back on the map and World’s motoring press who have had the pleasure of driving it, seem to agree.

The highly respected ‘Car of the Year’ [...]

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Its been four years since the Mercedes CLS first came to market. At the time it was a revolutionary four-door coupe design that has proved popular, in fact it has inspired a number of competitors to develop their own four door coupes, including the VW Passat CC and Porsche’s Panamera (due in 2009), to name [...]

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Another 2008 Detroit Auto Show debutant is Volkswagen’s Passat CC. Designed in the four-door coupe mould made popular by the Mercedes CLS the Passat CC is longer, wider and lower than the humble Passat sedan on which it is based.

The Passat CC will be available with a choice of petrol and diesel engines, depending on [...]

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Following on from the last weeks unveiling of the new Hyundai Genesis sedan comes the following video slideshow presentation. You saw most of it last week but there are a few more images, notably with the competition from Mercedes in the back ground. Click through for the video.

[Source: Carscoop]

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Porsche Panamera, Volkswagen Passat coupe, Honda FCX, BMW CS…. With low slung sporty four-door coupes seemingly being the next big thing in prestige auto manufacture, German aftermarket tuning shop A.R.T has taken the wraps off their new tuned Mercedes CLS, the GTR 374.

Inspired by the DTM European touring car series, the already dead sexy CLS [...]

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In what seems likes a war brewing between car manufacturers in Germany, Carupdate has come across an artists impression of the Audi R8 open-air convertible due to be released in 2009.

Our guess is that this picture is not far off what the production version will look like. Reports indicate that this very attractive machine will [...]

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