Mercedes-Benz has revealed the third generation of CLS at the Los Angeles Motor Show

The four-door coupe comes with a ‘completely new’ range of inline six engines, as well as a plethora of luxury features.

In addition, its new look takes Mercedes-Benz’s current design language into account, with a forward-slanted grille which widens towards the bottom, and sleeker lights.

Mercedes chief design officer Gorden Wagener says this third generation of the CLS was designed with a more simplified ideology in mind.

“The new CLS is a design icon as the archetype of the four-door coupé,” says Wagener.

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“In line with our hot & cool design philosophy, we have reduced its DNA to an extremely puristic level while emotionally charging it with an almost erotic beauty.”

Under the elongated hood will sit one of three inline six engines, either a 210kW/600Nm or 250kW/700Nm 3.0-litre diesel, or a 270kW/500Nm petrol engine.

This equates to a brisk 0-100km/h sprint of 4.8 seconds.

But the real draw of the CLS is comfort and luxury. Inside, exclusive CLS seats are able to use heat, vents, and massage functions to run a ‘driver wellness’ feature, which also utilises Mercedes’ fragrance system and the car’s lighting and musical atmospheres to appeal to the driver’s mood – or the mood they’d rather be in.

Mercedes is offering a launch model of the CLS called ‘Edition 1’ which will be available for one year after its market launch.

It features black pearl nappa leather seats with copper-coloured accents, copper-coloured contrasting topstitching on the centre console, seats, armrests, dashboard, and door linings.