MB CLS Vs Jaguar XJ

[AndyT77]

Budget upto £9k ish, I understand I'd get a younger, less leggier Jag, but would like to hear owners comments on both.

By the way, my daily commute is going to be approx 8 miles (each way) through town, so I know these two cars sound a bit crazy, but I think i'll be doing an occasional jaunt to Poland through Europe.

[k-ink]

I have a CLS 500 as a daily ride. I went for one as I like the smooth shape, nice and quiet, ability to switch from hard to soft suspension to soak up our third world roads, not a bad way to travel with a bit of effortless waft. My only thought, it is perhaps a bit too large sometimes. So my next car will be smaller. I mainly bought one as a reaction to our shocking roads, traffic, generally wanting to chill out for a change.

[AndyT77]

Thanks, any other opinions out there?

[Rovinghawk]

Read up on the subject of Mercs & rust. Whilst better than their '97-04 bad period, they still have a surprising number of build quality (cheapness) issues.

[KillerHERTZ]

You shouldnt have any issues at all with the W219 CLS regarding quality or rust. Compared to the W211 E-Class which shares its chassis they have bomb-proof/church door quality & feel.
Very little interior parts are shared with the E-Class.


I have a 05 CLS55 AMG which I bought back in March, excellent car which still looks fresh:

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

Edited by KillerHERTZ on Wednesday 18th June 11:06

[R6VED]

I aslo have a CLS 500 with the exhaust resonator removed and it sounds like a mother fker :-)

It also has the full AMG bodykit/wheels in special order Designo Mystic Blue and looks the tits.

Mine has a later grille and was lowered by Mercedes so sits beautifull on the lowest setting.

I can thoroughly recommend it and I also do a commute of 8ish miles each way. A tank full lasts 10-15 days with some weekend mileage too.

I have had it 18 months and love it. It gets a lot of admiring (i think) looks, mostly when I have a WOT and the sound of thunder is being emitted :-)

Mine is a 55 so cheaper tax, but also only 306BHP rather than 388bhp of the slightly later ones. 306 isn't to be sniffed at though when accompanies by about 330lbft.

Edited by R6VED on Wednesday 18th June 15:29

[Matt UK]

Last year I was in a similar position.
Looked at the CLS, but went for the XJ for no other reason than it was higher up my must-own-at some-point car list than a pretty E Class.

[Disco You]

Cycle to work and buy a Caterham

[k-ink]

To add to the other real owners views - no rust at all. This is a modern merc!