"We have have had literally some emails from viewers" Lol, classic Clarkson.

738ft-lb's of Torque in a 2004 car is insane even 17 years later. But I'd say it would be a lot of fun on a track if speed wasn't your goal. It's a grand tourer at heart though

@darylyatestransportblogs

Жыл бұрын

Not far off what a diesel with 600hp would have

@villadeste23

2 ай бұрын

@@darylyatestransportblogsyou forgot the weight

It must have early adaptive dampers, because it has like zero body roll lol

@MercedesMan

4 жыл бұрын

Yep ABC active body control suspension

@TheGAVstudio

3 жыл бұрын

and it's a little bit faster than an impreza, slower than an evo and so much less reliable than a pulsar vzr. Overall, a great mobile living room.

@sukhdevr3489

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheGAVstudio A lot slower than an Evo, considering the Evo 8 was 1 24.8 and this is 1 29.

@insayn7995

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheGAVstudio To be fair that’s what it’s supposed to be, a living room, it’s a gran tourer. Track times have ruined modern cars for the road, everyone complains that they’re too stiff.

gotta love that 80's porn music the stig was listening to haha

it's miserable as a race car, as a road car, it's perfect, this is supposed to be grand tourer, and it is ...

F355 Berlinetta and CL65 AMG in my garage, that's all about my car dreams.

@jamesf7437

3 жыл бұрын

Two very cool cars!

The sound though of most of them tends to be amazing and it can be fun to drive them on a circuit.

Look how fast it was through the tyres!

@timfagan816

Жыл бұрын

Warp speed.

i don't care what some dorks say...this is a very good looking and elegant car

yeah you can usually tell roughly when it was by the registration plate. 04 is somewhere between march-september 2004

we want to see the road test not only a lap on the track!

That is one of the most sensible things I've ever heard coming from an American. Respect!

Europeans are. You've just done it in different ways... Us in the US, we've decided to gain power by showing off our military programs, and our economy (which used to be good...). Over the pond, as they say, you Europeans have other things... You show off engineering feats. Great bridges, highspeed trains, the chunnel, for god's sake, they are all masterpieces. Don't diss on yourself, Europe is a great continent.

Well spoken

Rarely recommended

For the US market, just 194 were produced for the 2005 and 2006 model years combined.

lol an ad for the chevy camora popped up as i was watching

1000Nm is impressive by 2022 standards let alone 2004(?) But of course it is a grand tourer or a two door version of the s class, 2+ tonnes car made for cruising not corners

ive got a cl55 AMG (500bhp) and let me assure u that nobody buys these cars to go fast around a track. most of the people commenting will never have the money to appreciate a car like this. i cud modify a nova to do 1.29 round the test track..... doesnt make it a good car!

@DanielKingshott

8 жыл бұрын

+Tom Atherton because of course, someone with the money for an AMG merc listens to Diplo and trolls youtube videos

@sjellk4776

8 жыл бұрын

+Tom Atherton I think that you do not have a CL55 AMG because you do not know how to spell and on top of that I would like to bet that you don't have the money either.

@christopheradams5607

5 жыл бұрын

@@sjellk4776 Wow, you sound so very stupid.

@TJG239

5 жыл бұрын

@Bushmaster88 have you ever heard of a thing called 'running costs'?

@TJG239

4 жыл бұрын

@Commentor1 Lexus are just Toyotas in a frock, be real. CLs and especially CL55s are leagues ahead of any Lexus alternative. Youre confusing running costs with reliability...

cl65 is an awesome luxury car

I just love the insanity of that engine.

beautiful car

1:10 wow

@Camper1234599 Oh yeah, your car (my dream car!) is extremely rare! You're about 10x more likely to see a C216 CL63 AMG than you are another C215 CL65... and I've only ever seen one CL63 on the road! The rarest AMG sold in the US is the R63... just 30! Though I suspect it has less to do with exclusivity and more to do with the fact that buyers preferred the ML63... but I digress. You sir, have a cool car, and I love this video!

Such a nice car.

nice music Stig

God they look so young. Makes me feel old

Can someone tell me the name of the song playing in the car whilst Stig thumps it round the track? Cheers :)

Crazy they only made 200 of these

stig is my hero!!!

@faizaanalap4 in germany.. there is this one thing that is called Autobahn.. i know the rest of the world don't have such a thing.. yeah but in germany .. there is it.. so 12 cylinders could be needed.. and in straight line.. and yes, the autobahn is mostly straight.. you can use the 12 cylinders power.. and if you have the money, tell me one aspect why you shouldn't buy this car..

agreed.

Dear BBC, Road testing a car is different from putting it on a circuit. Keen viewer who wanted to watch a road test of this car.

This is literlly the best comentary of a top gear lap by Jeremy

Dear BBC, why is it stuttering?

I didn't say any when it was manufactured. I just said originally. Anyways, that's just saying that you value the USA over every other country that is in either of the Americas.

is there any new top gear on the tv these days?

Did you notice nobody roll? ABC working.

I don't call them that. It's mostly to do with the high performance cars of the 1960s-1970s era or heavily based on them like the New Challenger. The New Challenger lives up to its older brother by being just like the old one, a giant bottle rocket engine strapped to a chassis that turns like a boat. Muscle Cars are quite fun to take around bends. Corvette could smoke the Challenger, but you don't get that same sense of accomplishment and turning with the throttle.

W211 chassis is the best

@nightmoodandy9146

3 жыл бұрын

The hydraulic suspension is even better 😆

2016

it says the video was uploaded in 2004? how is that possible?

I never made any comment against the UK itself. I don't exactly care what nation is better than which- In a sense, we're just people, in different parts of the world, calling our homes different things. The UK is a fine area of the world. I've never been there, but I've wanted to visit.

This is not the road test. It's the power lap!

The CLK 55 probably was faster despite having less power.

This car is the best... !

well that was depressing - looking at the second to last corner it looked quick would have liked t to have been higher up!!

LMAO!!! So true!

2019

Technically, they are. They have a big engine, and muscle cars don't need big boxy looks. Corvettes are sexy, and just because they have better steering, doesn't make them not a muscle car. No one ever said the handling of a muscle car HAS to be bad. The Corvette is technically a muscle car.

Suspect this car wasn't designed for track use but to bludgeon everything else into submission on the autobahn...

@Gojira_uz

4 жыл бұрын

With more torque than a LaFerrari, hell yeah it is!

@sjs2011 I don't have to prove it to you, but I DO have a C215 Cl65.

SOOO!! MUCH!! TORQUE!!! my cousin owns a used car dealership and bought an 07 s65 back in the day.. I saw what that giant beast does.. i cant even imagine what the sl's and cl's do.. theyre lighter and have more horsepower and torque

1955 was the classic era and Top Gear likes to call it America. You can't win this one.

Doug Demuro brought me here

Title says road test, eyes say TG track.

Where is the road test?

Yes, I understand that. Although everyone has their differences, that doesn't mean our enemies are worthless. It's all a matter of the person... Sure, many people may think of their enemies as trash, but others can see that they are fine people also.

“If not, it was run on normal soup….”

Also the Corvette is a sleek sports car and the ZR-1 threatens for the top spot with its amazing handling and even more amazing power. They are amazing but they are not muscle cars in many definitions. The Muscle car is more than an American car with a big engine.

They look so young here

This car is pretty rare, isn't it? How many are there built?

It looks to me like it needs wider wheels and better tires. It's a Mercedes, so it's going to be heavy. There's nothing you can do about that, but I think it needs a 315 series tire in the back at least.

aomg u got the first reply

How many people drive a luxury executive car like this? Mercedez awesome.

The 55AMG version is faster than the 65 ...

@thomasamundsen3519

3 жыл бұрын

I'd still have that creamy smooth v12 tho even if is more expensive to maintain

Actually has a road car its a dream boat

It's an autobahn cruiser not a track car though

omg, from half word came this "Subscribe" thing...

Well I must say that as fun as debating is, I accept losing with dignity, although I will say I am more of a charger fan than a corvette fan. You win. As far as Top Gear calling it America... Well, that's just being bias, and is a whole argument in itself. You'd make a good lawyer.

Sit through these abs* FTFY.

I know how unreliable they are… But I have never wanted one more…

@CW-ee5ih

6 ай бұрын

I’ve had several magnificent CLs and anyone who thinks they are unreliable should stick with a Jensen Interceptor, and STFU.

1:08

I'm American and I like that car :(

@silvia4live Precisely my point actually silvia!

i saw this car in real and its amazing its a ver ylong car and it has a wounderfoul design i love this car

i fort he said his had some emos

Track test*, not road test.

Last I checked the autobahn does not have sharp turns.

wait, then it gets even GREATER: The pricetag. ;P

@MrMohammed420

4 жыл бұрын

even greater than the price tag is the repair bill lool

@chrisluvjh why do u hates merc ?

Lol nice car. I still have my 98' CL600 which runs... has air conditioning... ok car got it from a friend who moved out of the country so it was cheap :) xD

@raycroal

3 жыл бұрын

what colour? maybe i own it now there only are 15 of them

@ragingbull94mtx are you serious? I didn't think my car was that rare. come to think of it, don't see too many C215 CL65s on the streets.

i would love to see the power of a latest benz and that of vw

You've got to remember the original Corvette- I believe, that it was manufactured as a muscle car. Some of the lower end versions don't have the nice handling of the ZR-1, either, and may seem more like a muscle car, rather than a sports car. And just for politically correctness, you shouldn't call them "American" cars. They should be cars from the USA. The USA is not America, it is a very small fraction of it.

And if you want a muscle car that will kick ass on the track... buy a corvette.

this is slightly faster than a 300 HP subaru

@SavedbyHim

2 жыл бұрын

The Subaru is rally inspired which makes the Mercedes even more impressive because it's a grand tourer by design

Meet it on an Autobahn, you will follow. It's for going comfortable and straight, not for curves. If there are some, you go comfortable with it.

thought he said " We have had literally some EMO's"

jeremy:"stig said"... yeah right

please, re-encode the video. thanks.

The CL class is the sister vehicle of the S class

The Mercedes is fast but the car has so much torque that the under and oversteer waste precious seconds on the track.

@Tobias83ausmdorf ok, a datsun sunny sucks

It is just an insult for c215 cl65 amg. Who’s gonna enter track with that beast? Autobahn Super Cruiser.

I have had a couple of the S Class and they handle like poo. I'm looking to get a C Class tho. And no I don't buy it for the handling! They are so comfortable and user friendly when needing servicing/light repairs, luxurious and great speed :)

If GM Lasts that long of course.

haha yes!

@ragingbull94mtx Very cool! I've seen two R63s in the flesh and I rather like it Thanks much, I adore my CL

The R8 coated in anti reflective triple black...my night rider. I obey the freeway speed limit like an earthquake is predictable. Run slow in the right then drop it like it hot and rocket past those turd mobiles as if they were standing. I have flaming exhuasts that shoot out a butane flame.