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Bigger pic here:

http://www.auto-motor-und-sport.de/n...1415_13987.hbs

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Mercedes-Benz is planning to debut an all-new shooting brake concept — dubbed the CLK Shooting Brake — at this October's Paris Motor Show, a new report finds. The three-door sport hatch will be based on the same platform as the upcoming Mercedes-Benz E class and should share most of the sedan's styling — giving us an early preview of the 2009 E-Class.

The CLK Shooting Brake study is rather interesting as it forms a closer relationship between the CLK-Class and the E-Class. According to Auto Motor und Sport, the CLK Shooting Brake and the next-generation E-Class will share the same quad-headlight treatment — now squared off instead of the current car's rounded look — and a similar bold front grille.

The current CLK shares its underpinnings with the C-Class.

Moreover, the CLK Shooting Brake indicates that the CLK and E-Class could begin sharing the same powertrains, including the upcoming Bluetech hybrid system planned for the E-Class in 2010.

Adding more fuel to the fire that Mercedes is considering a closer relationship between the two Classes is the fact that the German automaker recently acquired the rights to the CLE nameplate, which could be affixed to a production version of the CLK Shooting Brake.

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I just laughed a little when I saw that picture^