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2019 Mercedes-AMG CLS53 packs beauty, brains and brawn

Nice to look at and even better to drive, you could certainly do worse than Mercedes' AMG CLS53.

Steven Ewing
Steven Ewing spent his childhood reading car magazines, making his career as an automotive journalist an absolute dream job. After getting his foot in the door at Automobile while he was still a teenager, Ewing found homes on the mastheads at Winding Road magazine, Autoblog and Motor1.com before joining the CNET team in 2018. He has also served on the World Car Awards jury. Ewing grew up ingrained in the car culture of Detroit -- the Motor City -- before eventually moving to Los Angeles. In his free time, Ewing loves to cook, binge trash TV and play the drums.
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The Mercedes-AMG CLS53 comes with a 3.0-liter turbocharged inline-six that produces 429 horsepower and 384 pound-feet of torque.

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This car has an EQ Boost system, with a 48-volt battery and starter-alternator, which offers as much as 21 hp and 184 pound-feet of torque to aid with initial acceleration.

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The CLS53 comes with 4Matic all-wheel drive standard.

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Mercedes also sells a non-AMG version -- CLS450 -- with rear- or all-wheel drive.

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The CLS63 will sprint to 60 miles per hour in 4.4 seconds.

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The 3.0-liter I6 engine mates to a nine-speed automatic transmission.

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The AMG CLS53 gets a standard air suspension.

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Inside, there are two 12.3-inch display screens and 64 different ambient lighting colors.

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The CLS was -- arguably -- the original "four-door coupe," and it looks absolutely stunning in its third generation.

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Keep scrolling for more photos of the Mercedes-AMG CLS53 on the road in Spain.

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