RE: Ex-PH Fleet CLS63 Shooting Brake | PH Private Area

[BenGB]

It is indeed an epic engine. Very little lag and hardly trying at 5.5 twin turbo'd litres to produce 550bhp. A simple stage 1 remap is 650-700bhp which is still only 120bhp litre, so it stays tractable at low revs and gets really angry at high revs.

[Latifisnc]

love a fast estate. This has got to be up there with the best of them.

[f6box]

Do these all have bloody tints from the factory? Such a pity. It's a very minor thing in a way, but they're just so ghastly, I don't think I could!

[Robertb]

f6box said:

Do these all have bloody tints from the factory? Such a pity. It's a very minor thing in a way, but they're just so ghastly, I don't think I could!

It was an option.

[f6box]

Robertb said:

It was an option.

Yes, but was it universally or near universally taken up?

[SmithCorona]

No. Two of mine were factory clear, two tinted.

[RDMcG]

Very sadly they were never sold in North America. Would have had one in a flash.

[Robertb]

SmithCorona said:

No. Two of mine were factory clear, two tinted.

Mine (350d SB) also has no tints.

[AnneTeak]

Is the new owner on here?

[RDMcG]

One of my favourite Benzes.

[nobrakes]

Love those.

That and the saloon are quite a strikingly brave shape for a mainstream manufacturer to have gone for.

I never understood why the boot needed to have a lip instead of offering a flat load in bay like an Eclass estate. Maybe a structural issue.

I bet it’s had the nuts ragged off it for quite a few of those miles.

Service ‘not due until May’ - so pretty much due now and the owner wants shot (wisely) before he has to shell out for it.