#Lorinser

Infiniti’s FX is clearly evolving to become a real winner, first with the Sebastian Vettel Edition and now world-famous Mercedes-Benz tuner turning their attention to the Japanese crossover. It’s rather surprising to see Lorinser working on a Japanese vehicle, with their portfolio of tuning programs almost strictly covering only Mercedes vehicles.

Lorinser has finally sent out previews for their upcoming styling package for the new-generation Mercedes-Benz CLS. There’s never a doubt that Lorinser wouldn’t be offering something for the new CLS, we’re just surprised it took this long  – Lorinser originally released sketches over a year ago.

While the majority of Americans are cutting back and looking for cars that save money while delivering maximum mpgs, the affluent in China continue to ignore price tags on vehicles they really, really want.

Some find it really hard to mess with perfection. But one thing we all know, no matter how expensive a vehicle is, or how exotic or luxurious it was built to be, it’s never perfect rolling off the lot. Compromises have to be made in order to appeal to a certain demographic, and that’s where the aftermarket always steps in.

Mercedes-tuner Lorinser is hopping onto the “go green” bandwagon with an innovative new product: an aftermarket hybrid drivetrain.

That got us thinking: perhaps the designers at Lorinser do know exactly what the next-gen CLS looks like. It’s no surprise that German tuning firms and automakers often have close working relationships, with many of the tuning folks having formerly worked at the OEMs. So we decided to ask our source at Lorinser who responded by saying that “officially” the Lorinser designers haven’t seen that CLS, but that numerous spy photos inspired the design. He also added that Lorinser is just a stones throw away from the Mercedes factory in Untertuerkheim, which is near the company’s headquarters in Stuttgart.

With the CLS set to debut either later this year at the Paris Auto Show or early next year in Geneva, we’ll find out then exactly how close the ties between Lorinser and Mercedes are.

Find out more about the Lorinser CLS design after the jump:

For close to three decades, Lorinser has been fine-tuning, refining and perfecting nearly every Mercedes-Benz model that has rolled off the factory assembly line. With the recently facelifted Mercedes S-Class (from 2010-on) Lorinser naturally had to produce their own variant of the luxury sedan. Being conveniently located in Germany clearly defines Lorinser’s heavily European-influenced styling which is more subtle than flamboyant (at least by North American standards).

Mercedes tuner Lorinser has just announced that it is now tuning Lexus vehicles and the first of the Japanese Mercs to get a German makeover is the flagship LS sedan.