CLE [Official] Mercedes-Benz CLE Coupé (C236)

[AbsoluteUnit]

The development cycle is so long, they may just be locked into the engine choice. It is indeed foolish to have a 53 with the I6 and the 63 with the I4.

Given that there are mules with V8s, it's just better to can the i4 hybrids.

That or they need to rebrand it to something else like CLE 2.0 P3

 

[Gor134]

No way they're canning the i4 CLE63 e-Performance, fairly certain they will sell both alongside each other.

 

[Merc1]

The development cycle is so long, they may just be locked into the engine choice. It is indeed foolish to have a 53 with the I6 and the 63 with the I4.

Nope. No way. Putting the V8 in this car is easy as pie for them. It’s basically a new generation C63 Coupe. No way they’re going to introduce another 4-cylinder after the colossal failure of the C63.

M

 

[Merc1]

No way they're canning the i4 CLE63 e-Performance, fairly certain they will sell both alongside each other.

Won’t happen. Why on earth would they do that? No one would buy the 4-cylinder next to the V8. Unless they’re market specific.

M

 

[AbsoluteUnit]

Won’t happen. Why on earth would they do that? No one would buy the 4-cylinder next to the V8. Unless they’re market specific.

M

The i4 version would need to be significantly cheaper, for a start. And maybe they would only exist in somewhere like China.
But even then I doubt anyone would want one.

 

[Gor134]

Won’t happen. Why on earth would they do that? No one would buy the 4-cylinder next to the V8. Unless they’re market specific.

M

Isn't the CLE63 S e-Performance already passed all of it's certifications to be on sale?

I recall someone posting earlier something about the CLE63 S e-Performance being confirmed. The V8 wouldn't have "e-Performance" nomenclature.

And it could be beneficial in some countries where they're taxed on displacement and whatnot.

 

[Merc1]

Isn't the CLE63 S e-Performance already passed all of it's certifications to be on sale?

I recall someone posting earlier something about the CLE63 S e-Performance being confirmed. The V8 wouldn't have "e-Performance" nomenclature.

And it could be beneficial in some countries where they're taxed on displacement and whatnot.

Yeah and it was cancelled per most if not all sources. Yeah different markets would be the only reason they would push forward with such a doomed car. No one wants the 4-cylinder "63".

M

 

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[Jonathan19]

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[Rolf]

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Not sure, but in some scenes there is some faint V8 burble otherwise the exhaust was quiet and only heard tire noise.

 

[AbsoluteUnit]

Not sure, but in some scenes there is some faint V8 burble otherwise the exhaust was quiet and only heard tire noise.

Maybe its Euro7 mitigation or something.
It doesn't sound full blooded AMG V8, but it also doesn't sound like the inline-4.

 

[fortuner]

Please God make it a V8 even a muted V8 please this car and the design deserves s proper V8

 

[Merc1]

Hard to tell in that video. Kinda sounds like a vacuum cleaner one min and then a very faint V8 rumble the next. I don’t think we will have to wait much longer.

M

 

[Centurion]

Maybe its Euro7 mitigation or something.
It doesn't sound full blooded AMG V8, but it also doesn't sound like the inline-4.

Because of Euro 7, every new car model with a 6 or 8 cylinder will be nerfed. Larger cats, rev limiter, quieter exhaust, flattened torque curve, you name it.

 

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[Mick Briesgau]

I’ve seen several of them irl now, last week an E53. All of them rather high specced. To me the car looks very good in a normal every day setting.

 

[Mr. Mercedes]

I’ve seen several of them irl now, last week an E53. All of them rather high specced. To me the car looks very good in a normal every day setting.

It's a beautiful car let down by the fact it should have received the E's interior, not the C's.

Think about all those high specced CLE's with their pathetic door and dash plastics.

 

[Rolf]

It's a beautiful car let down by the fact it should have received the E's interior, not the C's.

Think about all those high specced CLE's with their pathetic door and dash plastics.

I'm curious to see what the FL C-class interior is going to look like as I feel that the new CLA will surpass it for interior quality and tech. I hope they revise it totally and improve the nasty cheap plastics in the lower part of the dash and doors and then this will filter to the CLE in a couple of years time. It would be even better if the CLE would get the E-class interior it certainly needs it considering the high price tag it commands.

 

[Mick Briesgau]

It's a beautiful car let down by the fact it should have received the E's interior, not the C's.

Think about all those high specced CLE's with their pathetic door and dash plastics.

Yes, it’s a shame it didn’t.