When you purchase a new Mercedes CLS 350 CDI it makes sense that you would want to keep your shiny new Benz clean inside and out. What makes absolutely no sense is taking a hose to your brand new leather interior, like this Italian Mercedes owner.

The JIMP-worthy Mercedes CLS Shooting Brake concept's going into production for sale in 2012. If someone at Daimler's screwing with us, we'll have Dieter Zetsche's head on a platter. Hear that Dr. Z? Decapitation.

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The 2012 Mercedes-Benz CLS's predecessor was a recent high-water mark of form over function with beautiful details and proportions that helped start the coupe/sedan craze. The 2012 sports a fancier interior and a facelift with dowdier features. Progress?

Leaked brochure scans show the 2012 Mercedes CLS combines the CLS Shooting Brake Concept's creased look with the model's influential four-door coupe style and a new 429-hp twin-turbo 4.6-liter V8. A 570-hp AMG model's coming, too. [MBP via eMercedesBenz]

The Mercedes CLS Shooting Brake Concept (we don't care if Mercedes of China fucking mis-translates "brake" as "break," we don't regurgitate inaccurate marketing) previews styling of the next CLS and provides a sneak peak at at the upcoming CLS wagon.

We feel about the portly 5-Series GT the same way Indiana Jones feels about snakes. But the just-revealed Mercedes CLS Shooting Brake Concept? Better than finding a new iPhone in a bar. Glorious photos of the sexy wagon inside.

This is the Mercedes F800 Style, a concept previewing the 2012 Mercedes CLS. It's got a choice of either plug-in hybrid or fuel-cell powertrains, minivan doors and can steer itself around corners without driver input. Sorry, we're out of expletives.

According to AutoWeek, Mercedes has given the go-ahead to a wagon based on their sexy Mercedes Benz CLS. It'll undoubtedly be influenced by the shooting-brake ConceptFascination from Paris two years ago, something we'll have absolutely no problem with.