Mercedes Benz is planning to preview the new 2011 CLS four-door coupe, which is a Shooting Break concept at the Beijing International Automotive Exhibition from April 25th to may 2nd. This next generation CLS with four doors and a rear cargo area sure looks like a promising concept. Though we seriously hope that the production car in the future will also look like these images.

It is understood that the Mercedes-Benz CLS Shooting Break will be directly compared to the BMW 5 Series Gran Turismo.

Mercedes-Benz has tried to explain in detail why the name is spelt at ‘shooting break’ and not ‘brake’ with reference to breaking a horse that draws a carriage. . “Break, or the homonym Brake, was the name once given to carriages used to ‘break’ in wild horses and also to restrict (or ‘brake’) their urge to move, so that they could be put to use as work horses,” Mercedes-Benz explains. “Any such vehicle that was used when going out shooting was called a Shooting Brake or Shooting Break. In the 1960s and 1970s, motorized Shooting Breaks were popular in Great Britain.”

This next gen CLS is expected to be poerwed with a turbocharged 3.5 litre V6 engine with more than 300 horsepower and another 4.6 litre V8 with 435 hp and over 400 lb torque. The seven speed automatic transmission engines supposedly show a 25 percent improvement in fuel efficiency.

For the guys who have a thing for power there’s a 5.5 litre V8, complete with direct injection and turbo offered in the AMG model. No prizes for guessing that this monster engine churns out close to 563 hp and 664 lb torque.

The exterior is very appealing, a long bonnet that flows through the rear. The front grille has full LED headlamps on the sides.

Luxurious interiors have abundance of natural wood and leather. Huge center console dominates the inside along with a panoramic glass roof.