written by on 16/03/2011
i was looking for a 12 grandish jag and bought a 20 grand merc,was it a good salesman or the fact that my cls was just a better car,the merc is so much better built i think,and it was the first merc i looked at,i hope the extra money spent will prove my thoughts correct in time,looking foward to a long run to prove the cars worth...........................................
written by obez42 on 06/01/2008
I've owned my CLS 320CDI for over 2 years and have covered over 37,000 miles in it and it still looks as good and drives as well as it did the day I bought it.
It's a very practical full size family car that will sit 4 adults in supreme comfort and has a simply cavernous boot! It provides the best balance between performance (very quick), style (head turner)and economy (a steady motorway cruise of 80mph in France over 250 mile journey returned a fuel consumption of 42mpg!).
The standard tyres are too skinny and the car looks better with the 18 inch wheels and best with the 19 inch AMG wheels though they are a tad costly! I added to mine the AMG body kit (plus dealer only ordered subtle boot-lip spoiler) and the 19 inch AMG wheels and to my eyes, this absolutely set off the overall design beauty of the car from whichever angle you look at it, giving it subtle aggression with a slight hint of menace when viewed from the front. I'm not necessarily recommending this full AMG package to all though as the cost of this is fairly significant and to fit the AMG 19 inch wheels, you have to order the air suspension as an optional extra.
In terms of reliability, it was reliable in the first 23 months / 30,000 miles but has been in and out of the workshop for all manners of minor problems / software glitches; Radio, Sat Nav, Keyless Go, etc. I wonder whether the fact that I loaded the car with nearly £20k worth of options has played its part?
Mercedes Dealers are thankfully a lot improved in the last 2 or so years. This has certainly changed since Mercedes UK bought out most of the Franchises and the quality of the service now is about as good as you'll get from say BMW.
So in summary, if I had my time again, would I buy the car knowing what I know about it now...........AN ABSOLUTE UNQUALIFIED YES!!
What a Motor!
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