Mercedes-Benz CLS Grand Edition arrives July

Only 560 Mercedes-Benz CLS Grand Edition will be coming to the UK, with deliveries starting in July.

The world's first four-door Coupe, the Mercedes-Benz CLS-Class, will be outdone by the even more powerful Grand Edition.

The new CLS will come in a choice of five colours, including for the first time, Palladium silver, with the designo Palladium silver matt paint available, which is highly scratch and dirt resistant.

Some 14,500 CLS have been sold since its launch four years ago, with the Grand Edition now including 18 inch AMG five-spoke alloy wheels with a Titanium grey finish, Bi-Xenon Light Package, including cornering light function and active light system, as well as a power upgrade of 48 hp, taking overall power to CLS 350 CDI V6 to 272 hp.

This twinned with a 50 Nm increase in torque has resulted in 0-62 mph being achieved in 6.5 seconds, an improvement of half a second, without any compromise to the combined fuel consumption of 37.2 mpg or CO2 emissions of 215 g/km.

The Grand Edition is available from £48,445 on the road, representing a price premium of £2,495 over the standard CLS.