2013 Mercedes-Benz CLS-class Wagon / Shooting Brake Spy Future Cars

Mercedes-Benz has long acknowledged That Such a version of the CLS Will be built, and the shots here show two versions of the car: The gray car is equipped with the AMG appearance package (standard on the CLS550 sold here), while the white features regular car fascias and the odd, aero-focused 17-inch wheels from the European-market CLS250 CDI.

(Besides the odd spelling, that car also took liberties with the layout; wagons shooting brakes are traditionallybased on coupes, and features two side doors.) Next to the Audi A7 and its faster hatchback, the CLS veers decidedly Towards the station-wagon side, with a shorter and more upright rear window and hatch.

Besides the 402-hp CLS550 (Called CLS500 there), the European market also gets the choice of the 302-hp CLS350 and the diesel-powered CLS350 CDI (262 hp) and CLS250 CDI (201 hp). Production of the CLS wagon-We expect it Will be Called the Shooting Brake in spite of its extra doors-will start next year in Sindelfingen, Germany, alongside the regular CLS, the E-and S-Class, the CL, the SLS AMG , and the occasional Maybach.



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With four doors and a rear cargo area, the CLS Shooting Brake is more of an estate / wagon than a true shooting brake, the which is typically a two-door, extended-rear, coupe-based car.



Of course, expect a high-performance CLS63 AMG Shooting Brake model complete with the Affalterbachtuner's twin-turbocharged 5.5-liter V-8 channeling 518 horsepower and 516 pound-feet of torque through therear wheels.



Look out for the new Mercedes-Benz CLS Shooting Brake in showrooms next summer, most Likely as a 2013 model.