After receiving the invitation to drive the new 2011
Mercedes Benz CL V-8 variants, we immediately began talking about the big coupes in terms of
MERCEDES BENZ A comparison test. But we ran into
MERCEDES BENZ A significant issue: There's nothing to compare
MERCEDES BENZ A CL against. In practice, the
MERCEDES BENZ CL is little more than
MERCEDES BENZ A two-door S-Class, making it the equivalent of
MERCEDES BENZ A Bmw 7 Series Coupe, or
MERCEDES BENZ A two-door
Audi A8. Trouble is, those last two cars don't exist.
What about at the other end of the spectrum? You could argue that the
Maserati Granturismo is little more than
MERCEDES BENZ A Duoporte, though the two-door Maser is much lighter than the big Merc and much more focused on sport than heartbeat-slowing luxury. There's also the 612 Scaglietti, the four-seat Ferarri, though these days they're rarer than unicorns, especially when it comes to press fleets. The most logical choice, then, is the upcoming second-generation
Bentley Continental GT. Emphasis on upcoming.
For the moment, it seems the
MERCEDES BENZ CL is without competitive peer. The question then becomes: Does the
MERCEDES BENZ CL matter? When
MERCEDES BENZ A car occupies such
MERCEDES BENZ A unique niche in the market place, pointing out the highs and lows becomes moot, because interested customers will buy them anyhow. After all, where's the competition? By the by,
Mercedes Benz Claims that the demographic buying its biggest
MERCEDES BENZ COUPE is about as special as the car: men between the ages of 50 to 60 who earn between $600,000 and
MERCEDES BENZ A million bucks
MERCEDES BENZ A year.
I'm going to argue that the
MERCEDES BENZ CL is an important story to tell for
MERCEDES BENZ A couple of reasons. One is that big Mercedes coupes represent Reaganomics at work. The high-dollar, cutting-edge technology that the aforementioned rich dudes pay through the nose for eventually trickles down to the rest of the three-pointed star lineup. In some cases, all cars everywhere benefit. Take electronic stability control. First introduced in the 1995 S600, it's now
MERCEDES BENZ A federally mandated safety item. Another reason for
MERCEDES BENZ CL relevancy is that the new V-8 engines found in the CL550 4MATIC and CL63 AMG will make their way down to lesser (or at least less expensive) Benzes. In fact, the S63 already features the new motor. Then, of course, there's my favorite reason: The B-pillarless
MERCEDES BENZ CL is just
MERCEDES BENZ A magnificent automobile.
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