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 transmission. Both transmissions have manual-shift provisions.

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    Cruise control lever
    1 To activate or increase speed 2 To activate or reduce speed 3 To deactivate cruise control 4 To activate at the current speed/last stored speed When you activate cruise control, the stored ...

    Important safety notes
    WARNING Air bags are designed to reduce the incidence of injuries and fatalities in certain situations: • frontal impacts (driver's and frontpassenger front air bags and driver's knee bag) • ...

    Adaptive Highbeam Assist
    You can use this function to set the headlamps to change between low beam and high beam automatically. The system recognizes vehicles with their lights on, either approaching from the opposite ...