The Mercedes CLS Rising Car sculpture seen in these pics from Detroit, will be shown as a real concept car at the 2010 Geneva motor show in March. The new CLS sedan design will be previewed, with the car itself debuting at the end of this year.

It will be the first Mercedes to show design boss Gordon Wagener’s new design philosophy, which will also include a new identity for the Mercedes front end, based on the grille of the 300 SL. In the future there will be less variation across the range in the front end, which will become more corporate.

As already suspected, the new CLS will include a shooting brake style, rather than a station wagon model, as some rumours have suggested. Wagener is aiming for the “most beautiful cars in the world” and has said that a shooting brake would be the most stunning car in its sector, we should think in direct competition with Audi’s sportback style.

Source | Autocar

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