New Mercedes S-Class Coupe Returns for Latest Round of Testing

2011 Mercedes S-Class Coupe Prototype

The camouflage strip tease continues

By Michael Gauthier
June 23, 2009 12:00 pm
Filed Under: German, Mercedes-Benz, Spy Photos

Our spy photographers have once again managed to catch Mercedes' new S-Class Coupe undergoing testing in Germany.

Unlike our previous spy photos, these new pictures provide us with our clearest glimpse of the upcoming CL replacement. Up front, the car features a redesigned bumper, an updated grille, new headlights with LED accents, and S-Class inspired horizontal slates in the air intakes. Despite all the camouflage out back, it appears the only change is a minor reshaping of the rear bumper.

Mechanically not much is expected to change, as the current CL's engine lineup will carry over virtually untouched. One notable expectation is the possibility of an S-Class Coupe 400 Hybrid which would feature a 279 hp 3.5-liter V6 engine paired with a 20 hp electric motor.

Like the recently updated 2010 S-Class, the S-Class Coupe will probably feature a major technological overhaul thanks to the addition of a SPLITVIEW monitor, a revised Night View Assist system with pedestrian detection, and an upgraded COMAND system.

 

Comments (page 1 of 2)

sb
June 23, 2009 5:08 pm
that looks nice.........for a Nissan Altima

N20_Purge
June 23, 2009 6:19 pm
The car looks good, but I don't like new naming ideas for Mercedes coupes. First E-class coupe, now S class coupe? Ugh....

rcw
June 23, 2009 6:42 pm
The funny thing about it is that the names that we have seen over the last few years (CL, CLK, etc.) are in fact the "new" names. The company is just going back to a naming convention that is more similar to what was used in the past.

afterace2
June 23, 2009 7:01 pm
not sure about the new front, but i need to see it fully uncovered

Murcielago2006
June 23, 2009 7:12 pm
Whats with Mercedes and turning their luxury sedans into coups?!? First the E-Class now this? Whats next a Maybach coupe?

joshg_5
June 23, 2009 9:38 pm
Well, In all fairness, the new E-Class coupe is in reality a C-Class Coupe...

wjaprep
June 23, 2009 11:26 pm
the E class coupe and S class coupe both have been around forever, they just got rid of the names in 1997.

fr3dy
June 23, 2009 7:19 pm
WCF where is your head? this ain't a S coupé, this is the facelift of the CL Coupé...


Edited by user on June 23, 2009 at 7:20 pm
scratchy996
June 23, 2009 8:32 pm
you tell'em, bro! these noobs even call the CLK an E class coupe ! that's madness !!


Edited by user on June 23, 2009 at 8:33 pm
odysseus
June 24, 2009 5:30 am
Where is your head? Mercedes will rename the CL into S-Class Coupé, because they are going back to the old naming convention!

RangeRover
June 23, 2009 8:01 pm
looks more like a CL

bILLIONAIRE
June 23, 2009 11:43 pm
Look at the backseat space man! that is not a cl!

Gajolen
June 23, 2009 8:35 pm
Fre3dy and Rangerover.. You haven't thought about that Mercedes might be going back to the old names, like some of the other users wrote earlier?? or WCF just reffering to it as the S-class coupe because it is the s-class as a coupe and always have been that? Take care;)

Gajolen
June 23, 2009 8:38 pm
And it is a very nice car, I just liked the old one with the round headlights better.

tbrodie
June 23, 2009 9:47 pm
Yeah, I think this is just the CL facelift. (Mercedes seems to get a lot of attention for these by WCF.) Thank goodness they aren't going in the direction of the SL's most recent front end facelift.

A hybrid engine would be a nice update.

wjaprep
June 23, 2009 11:29 pm
you guys, theyre renaming the CL class S class coupe, where was all of u whn Mercedes anouced this?

Im glad Mercedes is bringing bck the S/E class coupe names. I alweighs found "CLK" and "CL" to be stupid names.

wjaprep
June 23, 2009 11:33 pm
also, Im glad theyre boxing it up a litte, i alweighs found this car to be to round. OH, and they need to do something with those tail lights.

bILLIONAIRE
June 23, 2009 11:41 pm
The thing is that all of you who thinks this is a cl should digg a little deeper. That car on the photos is a lot bigger than the cl cupe.....

nederina
June 24, 2009 1:19 am
since the e-class coupe is based on the c-class platform, the s-class coupe is based on the new e-class platform?

odysseus
June 24, 2009 5:31 am
Actually it's based on the W221 platform!

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