If Mercedes set out to make a crowd-puller with the CLS, it has succeeded. Shy and retiring old gents couldn't help themselves. Wherever it was parked, sooner or later one would be walking around it with three-pointed stars in his eyes.
In an encouraging sign for the venerable brand, the CLS also speaks to many for whom superannuation remains a long way off. And when they say "it looks like a Jag", they mean it as a compliment.
Mercedes intends to step up the heat this fall as dealers are telling the Spies that the CLS550 is very, very close.
Could a 4-Matic version be in the offing as well?