Mercedes CLK “Grand Edition” breaks cover

Can't be as ugly as your car.

— Agent63 (View Profile)

Posted on 5/6/2008 7:05:58 PM | | Votes: 5   

I don't believe the CLK is a bigger car than the 3-series but I do get your point on the rest of the stuff you mentioned. I still think the car is too round for me as far as style goes and is definitely overpriced. For a while I thought it was an E-Class Coupe and the pricing would've made sense but considering it's built off the C-Class platform and has 2 doors less, I can' seem to figure out how they came up with a 10K price increase.

— SHOWTIME (View Profile)

Posted on 5/6/2008 4:15:29 PM | | Votes: 1   

Hey Showtime...The current CLK isn't as good looking as the last one. I admit that. I had two of the first cars. Theose were closer in size to the 3. But the current car was designed well before the current, larger 3 series so they may be very similar in size. The CLK is over priced when compared to a 3. When I bought mine I was looking at the 645/650 and the Jaguar XK. Both of which are similar is size and price. People on here love to mention that the CLK is built on the C Class platform, but I believe its extended a little bit and at the least the cars spacce is used much differently and the CLK has better interior materials. So basically its C Class in platform alone. I think MB positions the car a big higher than the 3 series. Remember they do have a c class coupe hatch back thing that they no longer sell in america. I have a feeling that a true c class coupe will be coming soon as a 1 series competitor.
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— TauronB2G (View Profile)

Posted on 5/6/2008 5:02:11 PM | | Votes: 2   

The CLK is not over priced. People who buy Mercedes don't buy on a budget. If you want cheaper pricing go get a Lexus. I know the fan boys will de-boost me but it's ok. But even then Lexus doesn't have a CLK competitor. They have the SC430 which is.....well.. enough said.

I certainly wouldn't think the CLK 63 Black Series is overpriced.

— Agent63 (View Profile)

Posted on 5/6/2008 7:10:06 PM | | Votes: 3   

The SC430 gets a bad rap on this site. I have one. It's not as good as an SL, but the car has a very nice interior, the convenience of a folding hardtop, the joy of open-top motoring, nice power, and women absolutely love it! I get lots of stares and plenty of action when i ride around in my SC with the top down on a nice day.

The styling does look odd from some angles, but over all it comes off looking like an expensive and luxurious toy. People who don't know a lot about car prices look at it and assume that it's outrageously expensive (like an SL!) but it's not.

The steering and the brakes aren't that great, and the engine is so silent that it's boring (i also have a chevy impala SS v8, and i like to rev the engine just to hear it howl!)

To make a long story short... poke fun at the SC430 if you like, but it's a great car. The SL may be the better drive, but driving the Lexus with the top down on a hot day will get you all of the same action that a guy in an SL would get. I know from experience, it's a real panty-dropper.

— pushrod27 (View Profile)

Posted on 5/6/2008 8:53:17 PM | | Votes: 1   

"The SC430 gets a bad rap on this site."

Not just this site, dude...

It is probably the most embarrassing redesign in Lexus's (admittedly short) history.

I respect your decision in buying one, but unless they handed it over to me for $45K, I wouldn't have done the same thing. My S4 was $65K. That's about the same price as an SC. It drives better, looks better, is more spacious, sounds better and the interior is on par with the fancy contrasting piping on the seats and "S4" badging in all the right places.

— S4cabriofoxone (View Profile)

Posted on 5/6/2008 11:26:54 PM | | Votes: 3   

So it has bad steering, bad brakes, looks ugly from some angles, isn't as good as its competition, you cannot hear the V8 engine and gets panned by reviewers all over the world "but it's a great car" because you can drive around in it with the top down?

Lol, sorry, I respect people's choice of car, but you didn't do a great job selling its merits to us!

— Matthew1 (View Profile)

Posted on 5/7/2008 2:55:41 AM | | Votes: 3   

You're exactly right. The first one was perfect. And it was masculine enough that no one would call it a chick car, except Pabst-swilling rednecks who think anything that's not 30 inches in the air is "girly."

Now, the first-gen CLK430s and CLK55 AMGs are classic and can be had at good prices. Just remember to budget at least $5K to make them right.

— gooch (View Profile)

Posted on 5/6/2008 2:20:13 PM | | Votes: 3   

*the other gen

— Denali (View Profile)

Posted on 5/6/2008 9:45:34 PM | | Votes: 1