It's basically an overpriced 2 door C Class. Having a 6 cylinder doesn't make it any more E than it is C. The C Class should have a 6 cylinder anyway like they always did up until the W205 models. Back in the day there was a lovely C240 with a leisurely V6. It wasn't fast but it was oh so refined and sounded great. So a 6 cylinder should actually be a given even in a C Class. So it remains that there is absolutely no E about this CLE and Mercedes profits on this car must be astronomical. The plastics is unacceptable at this price. This brand is losing customers fast and have lost my decades long loyalty. It's just annoying now. There's not a single desirable Mercedes anymore because I'm so aware how badly and cheaply they're made these days. In the past you paid for the best quality. The solidity. Not anymore.

I was thinking of getting one of these. But that interior is awful. I’ll stick to the E class.

Basically it’s a clever ruse from Mercedes to build a C Class Coupe, pretend it’s covering the E Class as well, then charge more money…. It’s a C Class Coupe, adding the letter ‘E’ to the model designation doesn’t change that. Adding an E Class interior, certainly would.

I have a C Class Coupé and this is a C Class Coupé. I suspect E Class owners would see this as a downgrade.

@MR-si3hx

3 ай бұрын

I had E200 coupe 2017, but since there’s no E coupe anymore, had to get this one, been driving it for couple of weeks it’s nice but definitely a downgrade!

The C class interior is not even close to befitting of a Mercedes, never mind any car over $30,000. The fact that this does not have upgraded materials over the C class is even more of a crime. I appreciate that this is longer than the C class, but marketing it as a replacement for the E coupe is misleading. Nothing that looks like metal or wood is real. There’s too much hard plastic and it suffers from the same issues as all other new benzes - capacitive touch and piano black. Yes, it gets 6cyl and new seats. Thats not good enough. It should have a bespoke interior commensurate with the price and position. I would settle for the 214 E class interior. It should not have B pillars, but looks nice and probably drives well. But as a current e-coupe customer, I would never get this. Its very frustrating.

@drewgreenhalgh9162

3 ай бұрын

I was also extremely disappointed with the b pillars and c class interior. Guess I’ll keep my c207.

@GrumblingForesight

3 ай бұрын

It’s sad that theyve returned to the CLK approach again instead of making proper E class coupes.

@eetukaven4427

3 ай бұрын

Spot on mate, i have also e coupe and when benz revealed this i was dissapointed. Still one the best feelings is rolling down all the windows and feel breeze around. Btw, all electric benzs are so ugly and without any character i dont like em either! E coupe it is, until something better comes up

@tool8337

3 ай бұрын

@@eetukaven4427 electric cars don’t have to be ugly but for some reason they are all hideous and have dumb interiors. Ill be looking at an 8 series gran coupe or s class.

It's literally a C Coupe with a better name, I don't even see 10% E Coupe in this product.

@Under_Construction100

3 ай бұрын

Fully agree. A bloated C Class

@Njyoutube901

3 ай бұрын

Yeah I have to agree. Basically a face lifted w205 c coupe … it’s pretty but I don’t prefer it. I prefer both the c & e coupes .. personally.

@Under_Construction100

3 ай бұрын

@@Njyoutube901 C Coupe was beautiful on its own & E Coupe was beautiful on its own. I also don't prefer this one.

Loved that …. Cabriolet at fifty three pounds …… I’ll have a dozen of those, sir…!

Does it come with air suspension??

To pay 60k pounds for a four cylinder reminds us all of how much Mercedes amg is charging for the C63…

Thank you for yet another brilliant review. One of the most beautifully designed cars, I think.

Touchscreen + haptics + gloss & hard plastic .. seems MB over-committed on EV sales without a plan b for ICE models.

@thejfg7741

3 ай бұрын

Trouble is - their EV cars aren’t great. I don’t totally disagree but I think this is part of the end of German engineering being the best.

3:15 Does anyone know if this has been addressed at all?: I had a 2013 E coupe back in, well, 2013. My son, then 4yo, was getting out of the back seat, and in trying to get out, he pulled on the front seat that was tilted forward. The seat then started to mechanically move back (like this seat does here). His head got wedged between the seatback and the door jamb squeezing him causing him to scream. The seat did not stop at all! If I had not heard him and ran over to get the seatback moved forward again as quick as I did (I wasn't that far away), I don't know what would have happened. There were no sensors in the seat mechanism to know if something - or someone!! - was there blocking it and therefore telling it to stop moving back. Are there now sensors in the seats that detect an obstruction? I have not been in a Mercedes coupe since to know.

@DiamondarBoss

3 ай бұрын

Yes, the motors can detect the resistance caused by an obstruction and stop the seat moving and move it in the opposite direction to allow someone stuck to free themselves

@jeffs6090

3 ай бұрын

@@DiamondarBoss - good to hear that has changed!

@DiamondarBoss

3 ай бұрын

@@jeffs6090no problem!

This reminds me of the first gen CLK, correct me if I’m wrong

20” wheels? That must be a lovely ride. I’m amazed that carmakers charge more for a harsher, worse ride. “Hey, wanna feel every bump in the road and have a terrible ride? Pay us another $2000 and you’ll have it.” 🤣 The contra argument is that bigger wheels look better. As if you park your car in the living room and simply look at it. 😂🙄

I have one of the last E Cabriolets . I've sat in a CLE and was totally underwhelmed by the interior!!

Less need of all-wheel drive over here in our Arizona deserts. Still a beautiful model.

Mercedes interiors are just dire. They are either way over the top bling or dull with iffy plastics. They are not the luxury car brand they once were. There coupes use to be the pinnacle of luxury in the late 80s and 90s with rock solid luxury interiors. Brands like Mazda and Kia are producing better quality.

I think it's too big. I wish Mercedes had made the CLE dimensions fit in between the C and E-Class. And they should have kept the E-Class's interior. Or just kept the C-Class's interior, which is better than this CLE's. Oh well. There's still the Audi S5 Coupe.

Very nice video, this car is the new CLK, closer to the 2003-2009 model era, good to have it back and those seats are fucking special, probably the best they made for some time now...

@monk3yboy69

3 ай бұрын

The CLK 209 ( 2003 to 2009) is a pillarless coupe. It also had its own unique interior , a level above the C Class of the time , more in line with the E Class. This CLE is a hark back to the launch of the CLK 208 ( it too had a B pillar) . Let’s hope the next CLE has no B pillar and that it has a unique interior. This car is a let down for the price .

@DiamondarBoss

3 ай бұрын

@@monk3yboy69 Moved from a CLK 209 to the E coupe 238 model this year, after daily driving the CLK since 2005. And the e coupe resembles the CLK much closer than this CLE does in terms of quality & packaging - if I had gotten a CLE instead I feel like it would be somewhat of a downgrade in that way

I’ve a feeling that Mercedes have tried to entice both C class and E class buyers and may end up pleasing neither.

I got one of the last AMG S63 Cabrios a few years ago. This CLE and MB's other recent moves are making me think it will be my last Merc. I will keep that car forever because it is truly special, the old-school, over-engineered, high quality material Benz of old. And when I am ready to add another car to the stable it will most likely be a Porsche. Their interior design remains very interesting/exciting and quality. Merc have mostly lost their way in interior design, looking like a bunch of googly-eyed (screens) techno-jumble. The Mercs of my youth and early career had very clean, elegant interiors. From reading a lot of these comments, I would say that is what most of us still want today (even folks one and two generations younger than me). And how long will it take manufacturer to realize that we all hate piano black (unless it is on a Yamaha baby grand piano). Please give us knobs back - how on earth are the government agencies approving tech that forces significant focus away from the road to push buttons/sliders on ipad-like screens!

Took a look 76k new for the top spec, for the 450 version. PCP was a joke at how much it was. I think the M240i at 20k less for top spec is a far better car for the money.

Sadiq Khan has really messed up the road network in England

E53 for me

Still no armrest in the back? Anyways, to me this is just a bloated C Class

So E-Class by name and price. C-Class everywhere else.

An E class is a lot bigger than a C class, that's a problem.

60k !!!!! what planet are they on. Where are the luxurious touches in the interior and updated mechanical. More sleight of hand from Mercedes me thinks.

The exterior styling is bland and the interior is dire. Miss.

50k c class

Seats look very flat. Always a weak point for Merc

Was this a paid ad or something?

Thanks, but NO im going for a BMW this time

The interior is not a the one. Not sure what Mercedes are doing nowadays The a class w177. E class coupe w213 & c class coupe w205 interiors are all better than this. Why a portrait screen 😵‍💫 … & why is it below the air vents … & where are there no physical buttons for the air conditioning controls. Not feeling it 👎🏾.

Too small, hate the B pillars, rear seats are useless, E Class much better.

Absolutely despise of Mercedes-Benz currently. Back in the 70’s, 80’s, and into the 90’s they made solid reliable good looking cars. Now they’re unreliable, overpriced, and cheaply built, not to mention extremely ugly. The old people that buy these cars don’t want more screens! I’ll be sticking to Porsche and BMW who know how to make proper cars, even those brands don’t make quite as good looking cars as they did 10+ years ago

@Njyoutube901

3 ай бұрын

I agree. Not sure how old you are but I’m 33 so I remember from the late 90s onwards. From 2001 till 2017 ishh Mercs built great cars. I feel from 2021 (when they built the new 2 liter lol c63) they’ve gone downhill. Also, this interior is not it. Why is the screen portrait & below the air vents. The w213 e class interior is miles better 🤷🏾‍♂️. Even the w205 c class interior is nicer than this. Even the a class too. Such a shame how the mighty fall.

GR86 pishes all over this.

@DeanoEV135

3 ай бұрын

And a 296 GTB pishes all over that, seeing as we're making pointless comparisons. No one wanting an N/A Toyota coupe is cross shopping with a turbo'd luxury Merc coupe twice the price, let's be real.

@nivs123

3 ай бұрын

@@DeanoEV135 Aye, but as a value proposition just don't see this as a "real Benz" so you can drop down to 30 bags for the Toymota or up (way up!) to a quarter mill for your 296

Sorry Mercedes you should and could of done a better job.

I hate all Black Leather interiors ! Be creative 🎉

@monk3yboy69

3 ай бұрын

I agree. But being creative can be a mistake. I had a BMW 320i Luxury 2014 many years ago and I went for the ivory leather …. A bitch to keep clean is all I’ll say 😀

you say home ev is 7p kwh to charge but octopus energy increases the day rate plus standing charge and so people who only have electric home heating and cooking wil get huge electricity bills, energy companies still robbing people who have home ev charging and is "Never" cheap, i thought rich people were intelligent not to get robbed and know their maths, you can afford a tesla because you have a big private pension, shares and get paid by your subcribers, but we ordinary low paid people can never afford a decent ev like tesla because our parents, ancestors never stole wealth we tax payers pay for infrastructure and these companies rip us off with high prices

@monk3yboy69

3 ай бұрын

I’m with Octopus Energy. I’m on Economy 7 ( 14ppkwh night rate, 39ppkwh day rate. ). I charge my car overnight from 12am to 7am. My running cost per mile is 5pence. I have a 4 bed house , my water is heated by immersion tank . I rest dishwasher and my washing machine to run in the early hours of the morning , taking full advantage of the cheaper rates . I am charging my car every night. My electricity bill monthly is around £270. That is not a rip off at all. My diesel bill used to be £450 a month ( doing 3000 miles per month) EV is definitely the way to go .