Mercedes-Benz CLS

The charm of a four door coupe with the efficiency of a diesel, the CLS-Class is now offered in the right combination for India. So should you buy one?

A fleeting glance at the CLS-Class will never let you guess its age. The car in these pictures is the 2015 Mercedes-Benz CLS-Class, a four door Coupe in the fifth year of its second generation and even five years down the line, it looks as hot as ever, maybe a bit more after the facelift. But just as few guys like a sexy high maintenance girl, fewer in India like a car that guzzles petrol. So while Mercedes-Benz has upped the bling on the CLS, has also given it an oil burner to save you from wallet burns. Should you buy one now? We find out Design For 2015, the CLS-Class gets a few updates that work for me but has polarized opinion among my colleagues. They say it’s not as pure and original as before, a scaled up CLA-Class and all that Jazz. But quite frankly, the CLS-Class is the original four-door Coupe, and without its existence, the CLA wouldn’t see the light of day. Sure it’s designers have tried to make the CLS more acceptable to the masses than it ever was meant to be but you can’t blame a Company for wanting to make more money, can you? The update gives the CLS-Class a new grille, single slat with the diamond...read more »

Last year Mercedes-Benz launched the 2014 CLS-Class in India but it only came with a 3.5-litre V6 petrol unit. Now Mercedes-Benz is about to introduce a diesel mill in the CLS-Class. Get new Mercedes-Benz CLS 250 CDI detailed review for prices, looks, design, engine specifications and other features on zigwheels.

It's fast, gregarious and immaculately luxurious. What more could the upper crust ask for from the face-lift Mercedes-Benz CLS 350? A diesel option perhaps...

The Mercedes-Benz CLS-Class four door coupe gets a facelift and will now come in the more frugal 250 CDI variant to gain more numbers

Mercedes-Benz is embarking on an aggressive product offensive to stay ahead in the luxury car segment in 2015 and part of the plan is to launch high volume products like the localized C-Class for example. But at the same time, the German carmaker is also addressing its costlier segments with logical variants and the CLS-Class is one of them. Priced at Rs 76.5 lakh, ex-showroom Delhi, the CLS-Class for the first time gets a frugal oil burner to appeal to a wider audience. The CLS 250 CDI variant gets a 2.1-litre four cylinder diesel mill producing 207PS of power and 500Nm of torque. Internationally, Mercedes offered the new nine speed gearbox in some markets but the Indian CLS-Class will get the 7-speed automatic. It does however come with paddle shifters and Airmatic suspension that ensures better ride. The CLS-Class also gets a facelift to bring it in line with the current crop of freshly designed Mercedes models. That includes the diamond studded grille, new lighting technology and a smashing set of multispoke alloys. The grille is now a single slat with large Mercedes logo housed in the centre, the bumpers are new with gaping air dams. The CLS gets a new... read more »

Mercedes-Benz India launch a slightly updated version of their CLS-Class coupe at an introductory price of Rs 89.9 lakh (ex-showroom, Delhi)

Mercedes-Benz has unveiled the facelifted 2015 CLS-Class which features new MultiBeam LED headlights