What you missed on 6.15.11

First Drive: 2012 Mercedes-Benz CLS550

We're of no station to make you endure endless, uneducated platitudes cribbed from the car-as-art schtick. We just know the new CLS looks damned good from any angle, particularly the waning sunlight of California's Napa Valley.

Official: BMW opens the floodgates on 2012 M5

Power? The 4.4-liter twin-scroll twin-turbo V8 makes 560 horsepower and 502 lb-ft of torque. Speed? 0-60 in 4.4 seconds and a top speed of 190.

Autoblog Beta: Now open to all

Our Beta preview site, showing off our next top-to-bottom redesign, is now open to anyone with eyeballs at http://beta.autoblog.com.

Also of interest:

• Spy Shots: Are you the Mini Cooper JCW Challenge edition?
• Video: 2012 Buick Regal GS hits track with 270 hp, 15 more than planned
• Video: Top Gear teases new season in montage clip
• Are you the new Toyota Yaris?
• Upset Detroit woman tears down own home with pickup truck

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