Mercedes-Benz CLK Class News
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The car that just sold was the third of a total six examples.
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Road-legal Mercedes-Benz CLK LM race car up for sale
The 1998 CLK LM was one of Mercedes' most successful race cars, and now one is up for sale.
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2008 Mercedes-Benz CLK 63 AMG Black Series roars into Jay Leno's Garage
Here's a look at the first AMG that really put the Black Series name on the map.
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Jeremy Clarkson Finally Parts Ways With His CLK63 AMG Black Series
In a surprise move, Jeremy Clarkson shared the sale of his 2008 Mercedes Benz CLK63 AMG Black Series with Twitter followers on Monday. Clarkson tweeted, "Sad day, I just sold my AMG black." Thousands of people responded including Richard Hammond who stated, "to be fair, it'll be a sadder day for...
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Want An Ultra-Rare Racecar? eBay Has Just The Benz For You
The Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR is the product of the mad minds at AMG. Built to compete in the 1997 FIA GT Championship, the CLK GTR was crafted as a racecar first but it was also a road car since it required homologation models to actually compete. Thus Mercedes-Benz was forced to churn out 25...
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Last Mercedes Benz CLK Cabrio rolls off the line
While production of the CLK Coupe ceased back in January, the CLK Cabrio has been rolling off the Karmann factory floor in Osnabrück, Germany, right up until today. Karmann is an independent vehicle manufacturer specializing in convertible models and has built a number of cars for major automakers...
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Mercedes Benz surprised many by offering its new E-Class Coupe for less money than the E-Class Sedan, with which it shares its styling, interior and positioning. After all, which carmaker makes a more exclusive coupe model and then sells it for less money than the sedan variant? If you missed our original pricing story, the E-Class Sedan starts at $49,475 for the base E350, while the similar E350 Coupe is slightly cheaper at $48,925. It appears that Mercedes had some method to its pricing madness, however, and not purely because it wanted to hit its rivals by undercutting them in price. It...
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First Mercedes Benz E-Class Coupe delivered to customer in Germany
The new Mercedes Benz E-Class Coupe may be a month away from its U.S. release but the first of the stylish two-doors was delivered to a customer in Germany today. The ceremony, conducted at Mercedes' E-Class plant in Bremen, saw Siegfried Möller taking the keys of his new car, an E500 Coupe...
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Mercedes Benz announces pricing for 2010 E-Class Coupe and Sedan
In what may prove to be a major blow for the BMW 3-Series Coupe and Audi A5, the upcoming Mercedes Benz E-Class Coupe will actually cost less than the E-Class Sedan on which it is based. Despite the new Coupe’s predecessor - the CLK - costing thousands of dollars more than the E-Class Sedan...
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Mercedes Benz targets 0.20Cd drag coefficient in next five years
Sometimes, making cars more efficient is best done through the application of more fundamental principles such as improved aerodynamics, rather than complex and expensive powertrain upgrades. Mercedes Benz is embracing that philosophy, with a plan to bring the respective drag coefficients of its...
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RS5 and M3 rejoice - Mercedes Benz has "no immediate plans" for AMG E-Class Coupe
We've already seen the Mercedes Benz E63 AMG Sedan make its debut at the recent New York Auto Show, as well as the new E-Class Coupe at last month’s Geneva event, but it appears that unfortunately these two desirable models will not be converging into an E63 AMG Coupe - for now anyway. The...
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Geneva Motor Show debut for Mercedes Benz E-Class Coupe
One of the hottest cars set to grace the stands at next month’s Geneva Motor Show has been revealed today in the form of the all-new 2010 Mercedes Benz E-Class Coupe. The svelte two-door is the hotly anticipated replacement for the aging CLK Coupe, which has been falling behind against newer...
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Specialist Mercedes Benz tuners Inden Design has just released a new tuning package for the CLK cabrio that is inspired by the limited-edition CLK DTM AMG model that Mercedes released a couple of years ago. The Inden Design package is essentially a replica of the CLK DTM package, and like the original it is once again available for both the coupe and cabrio versions of the CLK. The kit includes a front spoiler that looks almost identical to the one from the original DTM road-going racer, and also includes a rear diffuser and wider rear wheel arches. There is also a carbon-fiber rear wing...
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Mercedes Benz confirms mid-2009 launch for E-Class Coupe
The Mercedes -Benz E-class Coupe has been officially unveiled. Click here for more images and information. The current Mercedes Benz CLK is something of an enigma - built around the C-Class platform, styled like the E-Class, and priced in between the two, the car sits in its own unique segment and...
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Mercedes changing more model names including CLK and CLC
Confusing alphabet-soup names like CLK, CLC, CLS SLK, GLK, CL, SL and SLR have made it hard for customers to keep track of Mercedes-Benz's vehicle lineup, and to fix that the company is looking at returning to more traditional names based around the A, B, C, E and S-Class names. Among the first to...
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Mercedes CLK 63 AMG ‘Black Widow’ by Vorsteiner
Straight out of the box the Mercedes-Benz CLK 63 AMG Black Series is already one of the most extreme production cars on the planet, leaving others in its wake thanks to its 507hp (378kW) and 465lb-ft (630Nm) V8 engine. Despite its stock supercar performance, American tuner Vorsteiner has now...
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Mercedes-Benz CLK63 AMG Black Series
We’ve always been big fans of the limited edition Mercedes CLK DTM, a car based on the DTM racing bodykit and priced at over €230,000. Now, AMG is presenting the CLK63 AMG Black Series, which brings back most of the aggressive widebody kit and also some better performance figures to...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran