There is no bad looking Mercedes Coupe

 

 

Mercedes Benz has never made a poor looking coupe. Choose a year – any year, you won’t find a poorly styled, nor poorly designed, coupe. 1953 – 300S coupe – beautiful. 1962 220 SEB – stunning – 2003 CL 500 – masterful.

Consider the renewed 2007 CL550 Coupe.  Absolute artwork. There is no post = as with all Mercedes coupes – between the A and C pillar. No B pillar is the key.

Our example has travelled only 27,000 miles. She is silver with a black interior – and being a CL 550 – the top of the line coupe, is FULLY loaded. Here is a sampling of the amenities;

Massaging seats, heated and cooled

Night time driving assist

Rear camera

self leveling and dynamic (moving) lights  - they lead you around a corner

Self leveling suspension

Sirius Radio

Rear back glass shade

and, of course, massive style, plus…

Dynamic seats – they hug and love you

The silver color has a tinge of blue in it and looks far better in person than in pictures. Initially, I was inclined to object  -  recalling that I had previously owned a higher mileage CL 550 in black with a tan interior. So I was biased. Until she arrived, gleaming in the morning sun – I was smitten.

She is as new- with the low mileage previously mentioned. Everything works – perfectly.

We added new tires to the front – which were probably rotated from the rear. They are top of the line Michelins and cost $360 EACH. Ouch. But – no further additions were required.

It’s still hard for me to believe that a car of this caliber (clearly a six figure car today) can be acquired for only $45,000. That’s the cost of a new Mustang for crying out loud. Which would you rather drive?

Paul J Burt