2012 Mercedes-Benz CLS-Class Review
If style is important to luxury shoppers, the 2012 Mercedes-Benz CLS-Class has the upper hand over other sedans on the market.
The radically shaped four-door — it's sometimes called a coupe because of its sporty roofline, and because there are just two seats in back — has been redesigned for 2012, and it looks terrific in its new skin.
The original CLS was no slouch, either; it set the auto world aflutter with its style, but it was hard to see out of, and it had a cramped interior and didn't offer enough performance to satisfy shoppers. Not surprisingly, its success waned quickly.
The 2012 has better visibility, tremendous performance chops — especially the AMG model — and when you compare its interior room with the traditional Mercedes-Benz E-Class sedan's, it barely gives an inch.
There's a price to pay for these improvements, though: $10,000 when you compare it with an E550 sedan.
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Setting the rear-compartment side air
vents
These rear-compartment side air vents are
only available if your vehicle has 3-zone
automatic climate control.
1 B-pillar air vent
2 Thumbwheel for B-pillar air vent
- To open/close: turn thu ...
Ashtray in the rear-compartment center console
To open: pull cover 2 out by its top edge.
To remove the insert: press release button 3 and lift the insert up and
out.
To install the insert: install insert 1 from above into the holder a ...
CL-Class in the Market
The S-Class sedan outsells the CL-Class roughly 10 to 1, but that doesn't
make the big coupe a failure. Even though two-doors aren't as popular here as
they are in some foreign markets, Mercedes s ...