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Mercedes CLS Shooting Brake leaks ahead of Goodwood Festival of Speed debut

First photo of the production Mercedes CLS Shooting Brake ahead of its debut at this weekend’s Goodwood Festival of Speed. Update: As expected, the Mercedes CLS Shooting Brake has now been officially revealed, together with a raft of photos. The extraordinarily good looking Mercedes CLS Shooting Brake – the CLS Estate – has been running around motore shows as a concept for what seems like years.

Best Western Hotels rolling out EV charging points in the UK

We’re electric car sceptics – or at least sceptical about their ability to replace the ICE car as our principal form of personal transport – although EVs do have their place as runarounds in urban areas, where their limited range isn’t really a factor. But taking your EV off for a weekend jaunt does pose logistical problems when the average range is probably no more than 80 miles, and something worth making the effort for a weekend away is almost always going to be further away than that. But a bit of smart marketing by Best Western Hotels – a group of 270 or so independently run hotels round the UK – means EV drivers will soon be able to plot their weekend away on the basis of Best Western Hotels en route, with Best Western planning on fitting EV charging points in their car parks, with half their hotels having free charging points by September.

2014 Mercedes-Benz S-Class Coupe: pictures and full details

Ever wished your luxury car was a little less, saloon-y? Well, good news! Mercedes-Benz has released photos of its S-Class Coupe, which will be revealed in full at the Geneva Motor Show next month, before going on sale later this year.