advice needed urgently

[Guest woofie]

hi there,

i am very new to mb, i am very torn with c180 (w204) and the clc. i was told that the clc is going at $126,888 with AMG bodykits n leather seats.

so is that a good deal?

can someone give me your precious advice?

[Guest 777kenny]

hi there,

i am very new to mb, i am very torn with c180 (w204) and the clc. i was told that the clc is going at $126,888 with AMG bodykits n leather seats.

so is that a good deal?

can someone give me your precious advice?

Hi...nice choices you have there. So do you prefer/need 2 or 4 doors?

[g8crasher]

Andrew Frankel, The Sunday Times UK

Article URL- http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/driving/new_car_reviews/article3812156.ece

April 27, 2008

Mercedes-Benz CLC

Pensioner in a young gun’s sharp suit

Mercedes-Benz is performing something of a conjuring trick with this apparently new CLC coupé. Designed to replace the outgoing Sports Coupé model, it comes with an updated look clearly derived from that of the superb new C-class saloon. Under its skin, though, it’s a reworked version of the old Sports Coupé and therefore based on the previous-generation C-class, a car designed last century. The question is, does it matter?

Mercedes thinks not. It claims its customers will be won over not only by the car’s style but also by its allegedly keen pricing, which would not have been possible had it designed the car from scratch. It also maintains it has exchanged or modified more than 1,100 components to create what is in effect a new car.

Perhaps surprisingly, given the CLC’s inauspicious origins, Mercedes has reheated the Sports Coupé soup with some degree of success. Of the body panels, only the roof and doors survive from the old car; the new nose is strikingly attractive, allowing the CLC to hold its head high among Mercedes’ more expensive coupés, such as the CLS and CL. The engines – four petrol and two diesel – are not new but have all been made more efficient to provide more power, better economy and fewer CO2 emissions. The steering system has been borrowed from the SLK roadster, and the suspension at both ends has been heavily revised for greater precision and increased ride comfort.

The modifications contrive to give the CLC an easy-going fluency that belies the age of its original design. I drove a CLC 220 CDI – which will be the bestselling model after the CLC 180 petrol version, unavailable at the car’s launch in Vienna – and it proved a pleasant and entirely undemanding way to wander around Austria. The engine is rather noisy at idle and delivers limited performance, but, at the risk of sounding ageist, the largest group of CLC buyers is likely to be those who have finally got rid of their children and mortgages, no longer need rear doors and have always wanted to drive a car with a three-pointed star on its nose.

If you ask no more of it than this, it will likely prove a loyal and rarely annoying companion. The cabin is attractively laid out and the new optional telematics system is a welcome replacement for the clunking old sat nav, which was about as easy to use as a sextant. There’s lots of room in the front, enough in the rear for the occasional grandchild and an impressively big boot for the his’n’hers golf clubs you always promised yourselves.

The problem is that for every senior citizen who buys a CLC, there will also be a young hotshot weighing up whether to choose one of these or, say, a BMW 120d as a new company car. While the Mercedes has nothing whatever to fear from the BMW in the visuals department, out on the road the 1-series will leave it a long way behind. For if you push the CLC hard, the body exudes a level of float and wallow you’d never find in a new C-class. It becomes ever harder to stick to your chosen line and the engine grows hoarse as it tries to maintain your chosen pace.

You can, of course, choose a more powerful motor – I also drove a 268bhp CLC 350 Sport with a smooth and responsive V6 under the bonnet – but in reality fewer than 1% of CLC customers will spend the £27,420. Nor will there be any ultra-sporting AMG version.

You can see why when you learn the car’s true purpose: to fill a gap in Mercedes’ price range. Making the CLC any better than it is would simply have lost the company sales of its bigger, more profitable products.

Seen another way, the CLC does just about enough to introduce new customers to the world of Mercedes. It’s not a great car but it does have the feel of an authentic Mercedes-Benz, which is more than I’d say about the A-class and B-class front-wheel-drive hatchbacks. For some, that is all the affirmation needed. For everyone else, a less attractive but otherwise superior car awaits at the nearest BMW dealership.

[Guest 9339]

My view and tots......

Go for the C180 W204. :thumbsup: If No Budget , Go for the PI C200 W204, i think you can get it for slightly above 130K now... Check it out.

If you want a 2 door .....Go for the SLK if need only sit 2, CLK if you need to sit 4.

CLC still look very funny to me, is like a saloon being chop off the boot.....

Sorry if i offended any CLC owner here but it look like a cheapo mistress rides.......

[Guest Raskie]

hard to say until see the real thing ... even for premium marque, there is alwaya a need to have mass-seller ..

[Guest Cklasse]

At 126k for CLC, it would be better to pay slightly more for a complete new model W204. Whatever it is...go with the heart.

[Guest woofie]

thanks everyone for the precious advice...

my next question is.. for the c180 w204.. should i go for the AMG package?

does anyone find that th seats are kinda uncomfortable?

[Guest 9339]

thanks everyone for the precious advice...

my next question is.. for the c180 w204.. should i go for the AMG package?

Yes, go for the AMG package, upgrade to 18" rim

you can sell and exchange the Rim,bumper,brake with others and get the $ back if you dont like it later.

does anyone find that th seats are kinda uncomfortable?

Is perfectly ok for me .

[Guest woofie]

thanks everyone for the precious advice...

my next question is.. for the c180 w204.. should i go for the AMG package?

Yes, go for the AMG package, upgrade to 18" rim

you can sell and exchange the Rim,bumper,brake with others and get the $ back if you dont like it later.

does anyone find that th seats are kinda uncomfortable?

Is perfectly ok for me .

ok.. may i also ask.. will having the AMG package increase on the OMV? sorry if i may have sound stupid. :tongue1:

[Guest sy69u]

thanks everyone for the precious advice...

my next question is.. for the c180 w204.. should i go for the AMG package?

Yes, go for the AMG package, upgrade to 18" rim

you can sell and exchange the Rim,bumper,brake with others and get the $ back if you dont like it later.

does anyone find that th seats are kinda uncomfortable?

Is perfectly ok for me .

ok.. may i also ask.. will having the AMG package increase on the OMV? sorry if i may have sound stupid. :tongue1:

not to worry... better ask questions 1st before u regret. tat is wat e forum is here for.....

i strongly beleive e OMV will still stay e same as its an additional (optional) item, like bodykits & ICE. then again, i may be wrong..... its is a MERCEDES...... hehehehehehe

[Guest chris]

Having the AMG package will increase the OMV by $2k...