Mercedes-AMG boss Tobias Moers recently confirmed
the CLS 53 will be unveiled at the North American International Auto Show and
the executive has revealed new details about the upcoming model.
Speaking to Automotive News, Moers said the car will
go on sale in the United States by the end of next year and it will have a
turbocharged 3.0-liter six-cylinder engine that has an output in the
"400s." That's a little vague but the publication believes it will be
rated at around 430 hp.
Unfortunately, that's where the good news ends as
Moers confirmed there will no longer be a CLS 63. Instead, the model has been
ditched to make room for the AMG GT 4 which will go on sale in America in 2019.
While it's sad to see the CLS 63 getting put out to
pasture, Moers hinted the company could offer AMG variants of the E-Class Coupe
and Convertible. They would be 53 variants and could arrive as early as 2019. The
report goes on to suggest the redesigned GLE will likely receive the 53
treatment sometime after the standard model is launched in early 2019.
