Successful pioneers are always quick to discover that imitation follows hard on the heels of flattery. These days the idea of giving something with more than two doors a lowered roofline and then claiming it is a coupe is no more radical or original than fitting it with a wiper stalk. It’s a trend that has inspired some truly horrendous-looking cars, several of which have worn Mercedes badges.
While its innovative styling gives plenty of opportunity for black polo neck nerding, our Pill has been carefully selected for another very obvious point of appeal. It dates from the happy time when Merc was still putting big engines into cars without demanding buyers also went for an AMG version. So while most British CLS buyers opted for the V6 diesel,is packing the much more compelling option of the 5.0-litre ‘M113’ V8.
But there is a negative side to the shared heritage as well. Like the E-Class, the CLS is a product of Mercedes’s long era of shonkiness, the period throughout the late nineties and noughties when the brand gave up on solidity and reliability and to prioritize snazzy new technology, the ambition to fit this often running far in advance of the corporate ability to make it work.
While the CLS was given keener chassis settings than those of the E-Class it was still much more of a cruiser than a bruiser, especially on air suspension. The driver’s seat position is indeed low and coupe-like, and from memory the C219 steered pretty nicely. Less impressive is visibility - hindered by the front pillars and pretty much wiped out rearwards by the letterbox rear screen.
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