This is a photo of the upcoming Mercedes CLS, courtesy of Road & Track magazine. I thought it was a cool-looking car, so I showed it to my wife. She immediately said, "Hmmm. It looks like your Maxima."



Mercedes might not be too hapy with her styling assessment, but it's certainly a compliment to the Maxima!

(And she's right ... it does favor the Max!)

Mike

 

wow thats fukin nice!!

 

Mmm that is the new hotness.

 

My co-workers have been giving me sheet about my new Mercedes . . . uhm, Maxima. Now this

heh heh heh, I paid thousands less and really enjoy my

 

looks more like a jag in my opinion...but definitely a nice car.

 

The only downside (for me, at least) is that the largest engine to be offered will be a 255hp V-6. Geez, our lowly Maximas will probably outrun it.

I can't get over that killer body, though. WOOT!

Mike

 

Actually, I see plenty of styling elements from the Maybach...which makes sense.
They are also saying that the new GS resembles the Max.
But God forbid anyone draw any similarities between the lowly Saturn Ion and the might Max .

 

Same post on Fresh Alloy!

 

Yeah, I never know who reads both of them.

Mike

 

According to AutoWeek (and I quote)

"CLS will be available in the United States and early 2005 with the company's new 24-valve 272 horsepower 3.5L V6 in the CLS350 and the familiar 3-valve-per-cylinder 24 valve 306 hp 5.0L V8 in the CLS500. About 18 months after the CLS goes on sale, 2 new 32 valve V8 engines will join the lineup: a 350 hp 4.6L and a 400 hp 5.5L. When they arrive, the existing 5.0L will be phased out of production. But before the new V8 engines arrive, Mercedes plans to launch a CLS55 AMG model. Due to premier at thr Paris Motor Show in September, it gets the Supercharged 500 hp 5.5L V8 engine used in a variety of AMG models.

Need more? In preparation for the new AMG developed 6.3L V8 engine in 2006 Mercedes has also registered the CLS63 name, which AutoWeek sources say will replace the CLS55."

This was in the March 1, 2004 issue

 

INTERESTING! Heres' what Road & Track said:

"Engines will include a 160-bhp 1.8-liter super-charged inline-4, a 260-bhp 3.2-liter inline-6 turbodiesel with 413 lb.-ft. of torque, and a 4-valve 255-bhp 3.5-liter V-6."

Obviously, someone's wrong here, and I hope it's R & T. In fact, if I had to guess, I'd say R & T's numbers are the European ones!

Mike

 

Wow, I sure hope so. I cannot believe that Mercedes (esp. seeing what kind of cars they've been coming out with as of lately!) would stick a car such as that with a 1.8-liter inline 4? Supercharged or not, that is a disgrace to the car. I would rather see the wide array of engines mentioned in the AutoWeek make it. Can you picture what an AMG version of that would look like!

 

someone once told me that they saw the new Galant and thought it reminded them of the 04 maxima..

 

The AMG version would be the shizznit!!! That ride is looks sweet...