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Old 08-28-07, 08:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Hypnotik
I totally agree with you! This car looks great. I'm actually considering getting a CLS63 instead of an S550 or an LS460L. Anyone have any idea what the gas mileage is on the CLS63?
You're thinking of a CLS63 and your concern is about gas mileage? Surely you jest.
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Old 08-28-07, 08:08 PM
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I like the CLS exterior most of the time, except when I think of bananas...anyhow it's really sleek on the outside, but inside it feels cramped to me. It's also the antithesis of Benz history where the engineering came first over the looks, but that era has long since passed.
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Old 08-28-07, 08:14 PM
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This was at the SoCalEuro GTG. The owner is a member over at MyMbonline.com:




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Old 08-28-07, 08:15 PM
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That white CLS is nuts!!!
 
Old 08-28-07, 08:20 PM
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I did a 180 on this car. When I first saw pictures, I thought it was the ugliest sedan since the Infiniti J30. But upon seeing it in real life, I couldn't have been more wrong. I'd take it over any sedan today (if reliability wasn't an issue).
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Old 08-28-07, 08:26 PM
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Yes hell yes! A coworker bought one a couple of years ago, it was the CLS500 in black. Still a stunner to this day! Wow!
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Old 08-28-07, 08:42 PM
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The CLS has to look badass like that. It's god's daily driver. He'll want nothing less.
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Old 08-28-07, 08:53 PM
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To be honest the CLS doesn't quite do it for me.
It's a sexy idea for a car, and I dig that, but I feel like it falls short in practicality.
The crazy slope of the rear roofline makes the rear seat awkward and almost claustrophobic feeling. The rear of the car looks like a mess and doesn't flow well to the front of the car. The interior just looks like a mess to me. Reliability is mediocre, residual values are reflective.

Overall it's like the car has the functionality of a Coupe but it doesn't have the sexiness of one and is very overweight.
Oh well, I'm in the minority, I know
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Gorgeous car, especially in black or white. One of the better looking cars on the road today IMHO.

I still think whoever at Mercedes coined the phrase "4 door coupe" needs to be kicked in the 'nads though.
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Old 08-28-07, 09:22 PM
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Originally Posted by bitkahuna
You're thinking of a CLS63 and your concern is about gas mileage? Surely you jest.
Okay so it doesnt matter so much but it has to be more than 10 MPG
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Old 08-28-07, 09:29 PM
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Love it since I saw it in person for the first time, especially with AMG kit, I would pick it over the 6 series coupe for looks alone.
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Old 08-28-07, 09:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Hypnotik
Okay so it doesnt matter so much but it has to be more than 10 MPG
offtopic, but what're you getting in your M45? My mother makes 14.1 and she drives like an old lady.
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Old 08-28-07, 10:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Chris22
To be honest the CLS doesn't quite do it for me.
It's a sexy idea for a car, and I dig that, but I feel like it falls short in practicality.
The crazy slope of the rear roofline makes the rear seat awkward and almost claustrophobic feeling. The rear of the car looks like a mess and doesn't flow well to the front of the car. The interior just looks like a mess to me. Reliability is mediocre, residual values are reflective.

Overall it's like the car has the functionality of a Coupe but it doesn't have the sexiness of one and is very overweight.
Oh well, I'm in the minority, I know
I was closely comparing a CL and the CLS. A cls happened to be next to the cl and it hit me that they're close in length, both a 2+2, rear sloping roofline, dimension's almost the same.

The biggest difference physically is the way how you enter and exit from the rear. The cls with the extra 2 door makes it much easier than the cl.
Off course they're different in class, but practicality (in a coupe???) and design wise, the cls is better.

I used to bash it as a recycled overpriced E class, but no more

If you want to talk overweight, check out the SL
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Old 08-28-07, 10:26 PM
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The SL is a hardtop convertible so it's heavy, I would still rather have the SL & the CL (price independent) from the Benz lineup over the CLS though.
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Old 08-28-07, 10:36 PM
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Oh yeahhh CLS!!!

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