CLS350 Shooting Brake Petrol IMPORT

[Naldrett]

Hi - Looking at an imported CLS350 Shooting Brake with the petrol CGI engine. Love the look of these things and have been tempted by the CLS63 but can’t really justify the extra outlay and running cost. The 3.5 V6 is 300bhp+ and makes a decent noise with reasonable fuel economy - a pretty perfect compromise in my book.

Does anyone know if these were even sold in the UK? The E350 CGi seems rare enough, especially in estate form.

Anything I should be concerned about with a Japan-sourced car? I’m assuming all normal UK conversion has been done (satnav/radio, Speedo, reversing lights etc). Assuming also that it would be ULEZ compliant?

Does the CLS suffer from the same subframe corrosion as the regular E-class estate? Should I be worried about that being covered under Mercedes warranty if an issue?

Any thoughts appreciated!

[interstellar]

Am guessing it’s the car at IGC?

I searched autotrader and that’s the only one with that engine.

Can’t help about what it’s like. I had a grand edition 10 years ago and it was pretty good. It looks nice in the advert.

[Naldrett]

Yeah that’s it - looks nice doesn’t it. Not huge spec compared to some but has all that I would need. Seems decent value too.

[interstellar]

It’s also got the darker wood on the inside rather than the bright wood that looks dated in my opinion.

If it feels right then go for it.

Seems a lot of car for the money.

[Regbuser]

Has airmatic, which is nice. However, check for condition of bags, as replacement can be expensive.

[sjc]

Op did you follow up on this car? I'd given them a call, but it appears they sort the radio but not the sat-nav, don't do any underseal cos "underneath it all plastic covers" and although teh guy was pleasant enough it out me off somewhat.By the tome you add a car play type thing for circa £500, same cost or more for undersealing and possibly? higher insurance, it suddenly didn't seem quite as attractive as a proposition.

[Naldrett]

No I didn't - looks promising but figured might be a few too many headaches being a spec that wasn't officially sold in the UK.

[MustangGT]

Naldrett said:

No I didn't - looks promising but figured might be a few too many headaches being a spec that wasn't officially sold in the UK.

Insurance can be a faff on an import as well.

[Scrump]

I wouldn’t assume it was ULEZ compliant. A car made for the Japan market may not have the same emissions equipment as an EU market car. There may also be differences in what emissions are measured for the Japanese registration, so it may not have the required EU emissions data.

[Naldrett]

Scrump said:

I wouldn’t assume it was ULEZ compliant. A car made for the Japan market may not have the same emissions equipment as an EU market car. There may also be differences in what emissions are measured for the Japanese registration, so it may not have the required EU emissions data.

Actually the reg plate shows up as compliant with ULEZ so that looks to be ok.

[Scrump]

Naldrett said:

Actually the reg plate shows up as compliant with ULEZ so that looks to be ok.

[DKL]

The only petrol cls estates in the UK are the 63, although there is one chap on mbclub.co.uk who has a red cls500 estate. No one seems quite sure where it came from but it seems it is a uk car.

[sjc]

Well someone’s bought it,disappeared from their website and AT.