Comments on: 2009 Mercedes-Benz CLK Coupe spied

By: laurence

laurence — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 13:06:59 +0000

merc just too sexy for it’s metal

By: Simon

Simon — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:37:23 +0000

I LIKE :)

By: Mark Greenburg

Mark Greenburg — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 01:41:12 +0000

I too miss the good old days of just 4 classes: C, E, S and SL.

By: pious

pious — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:53:12 +0000

I dont get Benz these days. When I was young, we had the 450 SL, SEL and SLC, all were beautiful and exclusive. Even the 280’s looked good. Now they seem to have 50 different classes, each uglier than the last. Really only the big coupes do it for me – this thing looks like it was built in Korea, and the sedans? – well at least they make BMW sedans look OK in comparison, and audi’s are starting to look exciting against them.

By: Bavarian Missile ( . ) ( . )

Bavarian Missile ( . ) ( . ) — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 23:32:22 +0000

Whats up MB you think old people dont drive fast cars ?

By: Wheelnut

Wheelnut — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 23:30:12 +0000

If you just saw the first photograph and didn’t read the article [which tells you its a Merc-Benz]; you could almost be mistaken for thinking it was a new Holden Coupe

It has similar grille to the VE with the centralised badge and the headlights look as if they’re off of a WM Statesman as well as those rolled flared guards.

I don’t get the idea of having the tacky little 1/4 window at the back makes it look more like a [CLS] sedan

By: Mark Greenburg

Mark Greenburg — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:20:23 +0000

Myke, I think this move makes more sense. Badging the car as an E-Class coupe will allow Mercedes to charge a considerable premium for the vehicle over the E-Class sedan, resulting in more profit. The CLK, on the other hand, was always priced a bit lower than the E. Secondly, it will allow Mercedes to include the coupe in it’s E-Class sales figures. I think their range currently has far too many models – so any simplication is a good thing.

By: MB

MB — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:09:08 +0000

Aimed at old folk…yep those SL 65 Blacks and for that matter all AMG blacks are so Octogenarian

By: Bavarian Missile ( . ) ( . )

Bavarian Missile ( . ) ( . ) — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 11:32:34 +0000

ou ou ou me………..then again they are aimed at the old folk………..he he he ……..

By: Charlie

Charlie — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 11:21:38 +0000

Does anyone else think Mercedes design are getting worse every generation? It looks like a confused S class and C class mixed together.

By: Myke

Myke — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 05:41:03 +0000

The C-Class coupe would have made more sense, considering it’s based on the C-Class and would most likely rival the 3-Series coupe.

By: Lee

Lee — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 04:47:30 +0000

As Mark said. The CLK is no more. It will get the E Class Coupe name.

By: George

George — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 04:46:33 +0000

Mark, it is mentioned in the article but has not yet been officially confirmed.

By: Mark Greenburg

Mark Greenburg — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 04:23:32 +0000

There’s no next-generation CLK coupe. It will be merged (back) with the E-Class range to become the E-Class coupe.