The new generation CLK will be released in 2009. It will come to compete with the newly launched Audi A5 Coupe and the BMW 3-Series.

The 2009 CLK will be powered by a V6 engine that will deliver 272 hp; a V8 engine for the CLK500 that will deliver 388 hp and also a 6.3 liter that willd eliver 503 hp.

A hybrid version will also be unveiled at the end of 2010.

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