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Important safety notes
Cruise control maintains a constant road speed for you. It brakes automatically in order to avoid exceeding the set speed. On long and steep downhill gradients, especially if the vehicle is la ...

Under the Hood
The CLS500 gets a 302-hp, 5.0-liter V-8 that works with a seven-speed-automatic transmission. The CLS55 AMG has a 469-hp, supercharged 5.5-liter V-8 that's connected to a five-speed-automatic tran ...

Calling up the compass
The compass shows which direction the vehicle is currently traveling in: N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W or NW. To obtain a correct display in rear-view mirror 1, the compass must be calibrated and ...