Mercedes-Benz to offer REAL C-Class coupe

I like the idea.

+1

I liked the idea too. The thought of Mercedes-Benz bringing old school back is a good thought, because that was another one of their pinnacle moments as a company. Not to take anything away from their products in the present of course.

it's a dumb idea. mb going back to their old ways will bring them no sales. lexus is the way to go these days. unchanged model names and rr/bentley/maybach competitors.

Ubernut, aren't Lexus year to date sales down and Merc's still up?

They had a E Class Coupe in the 90's before the CLK

Freakin' gorgeous.

E 320 convertible was better - and it is now increasing in value.

The original W208 CLK was a great looking and masculine coupe, especially with the AMG bodykit.

I don't know why Mercedes made the current (W209) version so feminine and unaggressive. A man driving a current generation CLK is as close to castration as you could get.

the clk63 is very masculine if u ask kme.

You are SO right. The first CLK is still an incredible design, and in fact, I was going to buy a CLK430 before I got my Bimmer.
The W209 is a chick car. While out driving, I saw a guy in an CLK55 AMG (W209). My female passenger saw me checking out the wheels and said, "He doesn't look right in that car." Yikes.

HSCenterconsole, my post was a response to yours.

The CLK63 Merc is one helluva beast! I saw it when I was driving through San Francisco, silver on black, one of the sexiest Merc's the company has to offer in my opinion.

No matter how feminine the W209 body may look, I still get a kick out of driving my wife's CLK500.

I had two of the orignal CLK Convertibles, a 98 and a 02. Loved them both. I really liked the styling and the interiors. Last year I bought a CLK550 convertible and while I don't like the interior as much I do love the car. Its bigger and the V8 has serious kick. People love to remind me that its based on a C class platform as if its a bad thing. Its still stretched and a bigger car. The C class platform is still pretty good. Platform sharing goes on everywhere. Look at VW and Audi. As far as 3 series comparisons the CLK is closer in class to the 6 series than the 3 series. Very few people who look at 3's also look at CLK's. The price point, the class point and the image compare much better to the 6. When I bought mine I looked at the 6 and the XK both of which where within a stones throw of what I paid for my car.
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Okay, so does this mean the CLK was always sized similarly to the E? I always thought it was an E-Class coupe, yet I saw so many people try to compare it to the 3-series coupe and A4/A5...

Can anybody fill me in?

The CLK was (is) based off the C-Class chassis.

The W203 C class platform was stretched for the current CLK. However, it's still shorter than the current E class platform.

The clk is a cash cow for merc. any person who wants a merc coupe that cant afford a cl gets a clk just cause its a benz. It is based on the c class not the e and it costs merc the same amount to make as the c but they charge you 10-12k more for it. Alot of companies do this and its pretty smart.

i see my post was late to others sorry

I'm sorry Merc fans (including myself)..The C class is and always will be a girly car. Men look funny in it. I expect a man getting out of this car to be wearing a skirt. The AMG has very impressive numbers though. That noone can deny, but I wouldn't be caught dead in a "C". They just look cheap from the interior to the exterior. I do think its smart to have a true coupe. I think it would sale. As long as they don't make it a hatchback like they did last time. Yuck..it was a bad VW Corrado imitation.

bye bye CLC. you left much to be desired.