{"id":94625,"date":"2009-12-22T17:58:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-22T22:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/12\/22\/rumormill-mercedes-benz-cls-shooting-brake-in-the-works\/"},"modified":"2009-12-22T17:58:00","modified_gmt":"2009-12-22T22:58:00","slug":"rumormill-mercedes-benz-cls-shooting-brake-in-the-works","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/94625","title":{"rendered":"Rumormill: Mercedes-Benz CLS shooting brake in the works?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Filed under: Wagon<\/a>, Paris Motor Show<\/a>, Mercedes-Benz<\/a>, Rumormill<\/a>, Design\/Style<\/a><\/p>\n

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Mercedes Benz ConceptFASCINATION – click for high-res gallery<\/small><\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n

German automakers have apparently all developed kyphosis<\/a>, as witnessed by the BMW 5 Series Gran Turismo, the impending Audi A7 Sportback, and the Porsche Panamera. It seems the time is right for humpty-backed automobiles from Deutschland. Mercedes used the ConceptFASCINATION<\/a> to spearhead the launch of its redesigned E-Class, and while it got everyone all excited during auto show season in 2008, few thought it would amount to anything productiony. That’s all changed now. Sure, there are wagons; it’s hard to name a more proper Estate Car than the E-Class wagon; but that’s not the brass ring everyone seems to be stretching for here. <\/p>\n

Expected at the next Paris Motor Show<\/a> in October 2010, Autointernationaal reports that a new CLS will debut with the expected rakish form – as well as a shooting brake version. While we’re all ogling pictures of the fetching three-door concept shown above, the production version is expected to carry four doors and a liftgate. While the show vehicle is fetching with its paucity of points of entry, four doors are apparently important for interesting the Asian market. Don’t think of this rumored model as a replacement for anything else utilitarian in the Mercedes lineup; the CLS Brake is unlikely to usurp the R-Class and its unsalability. Rather, it will offer another stylish option in a package that is more car than bus. The world could do with more brakes – shoot on, we say. <\/p>\n

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Gallery: Mercedes-Benz ConceptFASCINATION<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Gallery: Paris 2008: Mercedes-Benz ConceptFASCINATION<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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[Source: Autointernationaal.nl<\/a> (Google Translated)]<\/p>\n

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Filed under: Wagon, Paris Motor Show, Mercedes-Benz, Rumormill, Design\/Style Mercedes Benz ConceptFASCINATION – click for high-res gallery German automakers have apparently all developed kyphosis, as witnessed by the BMW 5 Series Gran Turismo, the impending Audi A7 Sportback, and the Porsche Panamera. It seems the time is right for humpty-backed automobiles from Deutschland. Mercedes used […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-94625","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94625","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94625"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94625\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}