C&D Takes Nine Mercedes-Benz AMG Models Through the Tunnels of Detroit

To the delight of Car&Driver's editors, the magazine recently had nine new Mercedes-Benz AMG cars at its disposal – actually, just before this video, there were 11 models at the magazine's Ann Arbor headquarters, but the publication said that two press cars had to be returned to the automaker.

So what do you do with nine powerful sports cars that include the SLS AMG 'Gullwing' coupe, S63 AMG, C63 AMG and AMG Black Series coupes, CLS63 AMG, E63 AMG Wagon, SL63 AMG roadster, CL63 AMG Coupe and SLK55 AMG?

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Mercedes-Benz Inadvertently (?) Reveals CLS 63 AMG Shooting Brake in Video!

There's no way of knowing if Mercedes-Benz planned to show the CLS 63 AMG Shooting Brake together with the rest of the stylish estate's range, but regardless of its intentions, a careful look at one of the promo videos revealed that what we were looking at wasn’t one of the regular models but the flagship AMG.

There's nothing official yet on the car from the Stuttgart-based automaker, but we do know for a fact that the CLS 63 AMG Shooting Brake will share its mechanical hardware with the saloon model.

This means power will come from a 5.5-liter bi-turbocharged V8 producing 530hp (537PS) at 5,500 rpm and 590 lb-ft (800Nm) from 2,000 to 4,500 rpm in standard trim with an optional Performance Package boosting these numbers to 556bhp (564PS) and 664 lb-ft (900Nm) respectively.

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New Mercedes-Benz CLS Shooting Brake: All You Need to Know Plus 86 Photos and Video Footage

It took Mercedes-Benz a little over two years to turn the Shooting Break Concept from the 2010 Beijing Auto Show into the production CLS Shooting Brake (that's no typo, the German automaker changed the name in the process) you first saw in a set of leaked pictures earlier today and in much more detail now.

So what exactly is the CLS Shooting Brake? Well, if you ask the brand with the star, it will tell you that it's "quite clearly a coupé, but with five doors and a roof which continues through to the rear."

If you're having a problem comprehending Mercedes' description of the Shooting Brake, you're probably not alone.

To put it simply, it's an estate version of the CLS with a heavily arched roof that digs into the load area reducing space but at the same time, makes the car look far more elegant and sporty than let's say, the E-Class Wagon.

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