It was the introduction of the first Mercedes-Benz CLS-class 13 years ago that vaulted the term ?four-door coupe? into our collective vocabulary, for better or worse. That car?s arcing roof and shoulder line gave it the appearance of an elegant, four-wheeled airfoil, albeit one slightly melted at each end. Then the second-generation car arrived for 2012 with a similar roofline but a brutalist, squared-off rear that couldn?t match the original car?s delicate aesthetic flow. Now the third-generation CLS-class has arrived. It has the now-signature arced roof, regains a prettier tail, and . . . has a brutalist front end that looks angry about something. READ MORE ??
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