What Would You Get? New Shape C Class Or CLS

[s5aif]

Hi,

I currently have the current shape c class and would be looking to upgrade sometime this year. Just wanted your opinions on if you had a choice which would you get, a new shape c class or the cls.

 

[BlackC55]

Two very different cars. I would decide what your needs are first? Me I would choose the CLS.

 

[RGubbioli]

The CLS, no question about it.

I assume you mean used CLS vs new C? Then then only issue becomes out of warranty costs on the CLS...

 

[jberks]

Personally I'd have an E. Same as a CLS but without the claustraphobic rear!
C and CLS are totally different in all inc price. Whichever you fall in love with really. The C is excellent allegedly. A proper MB by all acounts.
The 5th gear bloke raved on about it so much that I started to wonder whether MB had his family at gunpoint!

 

[Alfie]

Hi,

I currently have the current shape c class and would be looking to upgrade sometime this year. Just wanted your opinions on if you had a choice which would you get, a new shape c class or the cls.

New C. Its a whole new car where as the CLS is a rebodied E.

The new C looks newer and will be a whole lot easier to sell on in the future. Plus it doesnt have that awful rear end that looks like Janet street porter chewing a wasp!

 

[RGubbioli]

Plus it doesnt have that awful rear end

Thats my favourite part, just goes to show beauty is in the eye of the beholder

 

[A210AMG]

Hello,

For my money I would have the CLS think they look sooo sleak and smooth (they need the bigger wheels though)

If your looking at a new speced up C class against a good spec second hand CLS then I would have thought depreciation similar. The C class being a new car will always lose a fair bit. The CLS if second hand the initial drop has been had?

Cheers

 

[jibcl500]

CLS WITHOUT A DOUBT!!!!!!!!!!

I would sell my vital organs and the wifes for a CLS V8 and Black, the CLS is the MB drop kick, nobody is buying them, look on autotrader ex demos cheap.

Chap in the village has the AMG version, lucky BA$$ard.

jib

 

[citroennut]

definately the CLS - claustrophobic in the back - who cares you'll be driving one, if not THE best looking cars on the road. of course what about the estate version (other post).
simon

 

[jberks]

the CLS is the MB drop kick, nobody is buying them, look on autotrader ex demos cheap.
jib

Doesn't that tell you something?
The the new C is as good as they say then depreciation will be low (I may even swap the E270 for a C320cdi when the time comes!)
The CLS is a love or hate - some love them and in AMG format they do have something admittedly, but like many (too many given the depreciation), I just don't like the look of them in standard form and whilst the interior looks great, its way too claustraphobic compared to the light and roomy E and S..

 

[jibcl500]

Im going to wait, I recon in 10 years I could pic a CLS up for the price of my CL £5-£8k
I do think though the CLs will be a future Mercedes Classic, I dont think Mercedes will persue the CLS either, like the Renault thing that was a no go Renault ended production early because it didnt sell.

I love the look of the CLS and I will one have one, I also think its the best looking car on the road today.

jib

 

[gary350]

If you drive both the E and the CLS you will find they are 2 different cars, well I think so anyway, the CLS has an S class feel, and the E has a mmmm E class feel.

gary

 

[type49]

I would never buy a brand new model shape. It will have teething problems & have minor unseen modifications during the following 12 months. I know it's nice to have the latest shape but at what price? Not trying to be sarcastic but choose what YOU really like & not what the Jones's will be impressed with.

 

[jberks]

If you drive both the E and the CLS you will find they are 2 different cars, well I think so anyway, the CLS has an S class feel, and the E has a mmmm E class feel.

gary

I'll admit I haven't driven a cls so you could be right, but the feel normally comes from the chassis (E class), the engine (E class) and the suspension. I guess an airmatic cls could ride more closely to an S (which has airmatic as standard afaik) but I don't believe airmatic is std on the cls so I'd expect a standard one to ride like an E320.
Could be wrong though - i must get around to driving one.

 

[type49]

I'll admit I haven't driven a cls so you could be right, but the feel normally comes from the chassis (E class), the engine (E class) and the suspension. I guess an airmatic cls could ride more closely to an S (which has airmatic as standard afaik) but I don't believe airmatic is std on the cls so I'd expect a standard one to ride like an E320.
Could be wrong though - i must get around to driving one.

A CLS is basically an E class underneath but did seem to drive better than the E. However, with the facelifted E, I can't tell the difference - one of the many "unseen" mods I guess.

 

[jibcl500]

Airmatic standard on 500 or 5.5 V8 350 Csi its optional £1265 + vat.
just confirgured mine on the Mb web site, just need to find £58,000, so wifes tights and a post office spring to mind!!!!


jib

 

[Trophy1200]

so wifes tights and a post office spring to mind

bleedin' 'ell your wife must wear expensive tights :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

[jibcl500]

you havent met my wife!!!!!!!!!


jib

 

[Marco Polo]

Hi,

I currently have the current shape c class and would be looking to upgrade sometime this year. Just wanted your opinions on if you had a choice which would you get, a new shape c class or the cls.

It seems a strange comparison to me. I have driven neither but would imagine that both will have different strengths and weaknesses.

I would see the CLS as being a better long distance cruiser, ideal for long, mostly motorway/autoroute/autobahn driving whereas the C would be better suited to more town driving (Elegance) or a fun car for flinging round country lanes (carefully of course) in the Sport option.

Personally, I would go for a CLS because it would fit my needs and style of driving better.

 

[hawk20]

Hi,

I currently have the current shape c class and would be looking to upgrade sometime this year. Just wanted your opinions on if you had a choice which would you get, a new shape c class or the cls.

Time to tell us, do you mean a new one of either, or a new C but a secondhand CLS. New, they are in very different price brackets. Are you paying or a company? How much have you got to spend? Diesel or petrol? Does economy matter? More facts are needed before anyone can give you a useful answer.

I hope you won't choose the CLS because that just encourages Mercedes to make cars that look like Peugeots. Slope the windscreen more; slope the rear screen more; looks 'faster', more boy racer. To hell with the fact that the room inside is destroyed, claustrophobia is inevitable and sunlight pours in to fry you. Mercedes should be about, aristocratic, grand cars with restrained elegance. Timeless classics not 'flash harry' cars.

I find the CLS one of the ugliest cars ever produced and totally impractical and cramped. But it drives well. Some like the looks but too many don't for it ever to be a Merc classic.

Not knowing your budget it is impossible, but high on my list would be a 2005 220 series S320cdi or an E320cdi.