22 June 2009 - 12:00
Grab a Grand
It's usually easy to know who's responsible when a German car gets bigger wheels and a whole load more power.
The aftermarket tuners. But not this time. This is the CLS Grand Edition - a limited edition of Merc's lovely big four-door - and it's the work of the guys at Mercedes themselves.
Based on the CLS 320 CDI, the power of the V6 diesel has been boosted from 224bhp to 272bhp, with an extra 37lb ft of torque for good measure.
That means it'll hit 60mph in 6.5 seconds, a full half-second quicker than the stock CLS, though consumption and CO2 emissions remain unchanged at 37.2mpg and 215g/km respectively.
Those 18-inch wheels have been borrowed from AMG, and there's a load of badging strewn over the car to remind passers-by that this just isn't Any Old CLS.
The CLS Grand Edition will be limited to a strangely precise run of 560 cars, at a price of £48,445.
Next on the Merc engineers' to-do list: blinging out a G-Wagen with 600bhp V8 and a big body kit. Oh, hang on...
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it is so much better that anything the tuning companies have done recently. they havent wrecked. i prefer this one to the standard version i think
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This isn't really a mod job, is it? I do like it - if it comes in black (I hate silver cars) - but it's not even an AMG-grade power uppage.
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This is Mercedes' way of saying "We can build a fast luxury car, too" Who are they talking to? I dont know cause they already know how. Maybe Lexus rattled their chain and this is their response. Even though anything lexus throws at Mercedes wont ever be enough
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The cls has always been the only 'modern' merc i like. This is better than those tuning companies, but if its all the same to you mercedes, I'd rather have the Cls55 AMG with a big V8 please.
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Wotski commented on this article
22 June 2009
There are so many good things to say about the CLS particularly in respect of that beautiful design, that I'm forced to ask what on earth is going on with the rest of the range? In particular the latest C-class & E-class saloons, which are absolute dogs by comparison.
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