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CarGuru > Mercedes > Re: CLK 320 5 April 2005 01:49:04

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Re: CLK 320

E Brown 3 April 2005 03:12:45
 On Fri, 1 Apr 2005 16:43:04 +0100, "Dori A Schmetterling"
<ng@nospam.co.uk> wrote:
FWIW I have a 2001 CLK 320 Cab, a somewhat different car. I like it, been >happy with it so far.>
My question is, why would anyone spend lots of extra money on a two-door >car?>
That's always been the way; it seems to make the car seem more
elegant or exclusive, especially when it's a Mercedes, and 2 doors
really cleans up the lines of a car as far as design. None of which
explains the outrageous price differential between, say, the CLK320
and the C320.
Emanuel
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Dori A Schmetterling 4 April 2005 16:17:59 permanent link ]
 The past masters at making the rear doors 'disappear' are Alfa Romeo (FIAT).
You need to look closely to see the rear door handles.

The 147:
http://www.alfarome­o.com/cgi-bin/pbrand­.dll/ALFAROMEO_COM/m­odels/models.jsp?BV_­SessionID=@@@@129898­4983.1112616762@@@@&­BV_EngineID=ccccadde­ffjhlkgcefecejgdfiid­gnf.0&categoryOID=-1­073784434

Some of the bigger cars are similar.

DAS

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"E Brown" <epbrown01@att.net>­ wrote in message
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That's always been the way; it seems to make the car seem more> elegant or exclusive, especially when it's a Mercedes, and 2 doors
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Keith Baird 4 April 2005 23:39:11 permanent link ]
 E Brown <epbrown01@att.net>­ wrote:> None of which explains the outrageous price differential between,> say, the CLK320 and the C320.

The CLK is the coupe alternative to the E-class sedan, and *that*
explains the price differential. The C-class has its own coupe. You
may as well complain about the difference in price between the E320 and
the C320 because they both have four doors and the same engine.

--/<eith
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Rodney T. Grill 5 April 2005 00:58:06 permanent link ]
 Keith Baird wrote:> E Brown <epbrown01@att.net>­ wrote:>> None of which explains the outrageous price differential between,>> say, the CLK320 and the C320.>
The CLK is the coupe alternative to the E-class sedan, and *that*> explains the price differential. The C-class has its own coupe. You> may as well complain about the difference in price between the E320> and the C320 because they both have four doors and the same engine.>
--/<eith

While it is completely different than the C-Class coupe, the CLK is actually
based on the C-Class platform, not the E-class. As for the price, it's all
about marketing. I have heard rumors that MBZ actually loses money on the
sale of a base model C-Class (i.e. C230 with no options). Apparently, the
C-Class was designed to be something of a "loss-leader" to get people in the
dealership (and to compete with the BMW 3-series).

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- RODNEY

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Dori A Schmetterling 5 April 2005 01:06:23 permanent link ]
 The CLK actually is supposed to stand on its own, AFAIK. It is not a
coupe/cab version of anything specific.

DAS
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"Keith Baird" <keith.baird@mail.u­texas.edu> wrote in message
news:keith.baird-75­0229.14391104042005@­geraldo.cc.utexas.ed­u...>E Brown <epbrown01@att.net>­ wrote:>> None of which explains the outrageous price differential between,>> say, the CLK320 and the C320.>
The CLK is the coupe alternative to the E-class sedan, and *that*> explains the price differential. The C-class has its own coupe. You> may as well complain about the difference in price between the E320 and> the C320 because they both have four doors and the same engine.>
--/<eith


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Al69 5 April 2005 01:49:04 permanent link ]
 
"Rodney T. Grill" <rodney@grill.org> ha scritto nel messaggio
news:1112648293.1bb­49ebae81a15d331df823­7ba165db6@teranews..­.> Keith Baird wrote:> > E Brown <epbrown01@att.net>­ wrote:> >> None of which explains the outrageous price differential between,> >> say, the CLK320 and the C320.> >
The CLK is the coupe alternative to the E-class sedan, and *that*> > explains the price differential. The C-class has its own coupe. You> > may as well complain about the difference in price between the E320> > and the C320 because they both have four doors and the same engine.> >
--/<eith>
While it is completely different than the C-Class coupe, the CLK is
actually> based on the C-Class platform, not the E-class. As for the price, it's
about marketing. I have heard rumors that MBZ actually loses money on the> sale of a base model C-Class (i.e. C230 with no options). Apparently, the> C-Class was designed to be something of a "loss-leader" to get people in
dealership (and to compete with the BMW 3-series).>
-- >
- RODNEY

The CLK isn't the C-coupè, but it isn't an E-coupè. It is a different model,
probably in between.
The internal design is different from both, the handling is different and
the engines are the at 90% the same for all 3 (C, CLK and E).
I think the Clk more elegant adn with a general image of higher level than
the C.

Alex

www.artofvenice.com­



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