I'm still unclear, has MB announced that it is going to market a 320 Ccoupe in the US?

I understand it is available now (or will be shortly) in Canada. What I'm interested in knowing is if and when it will be available in the US.

I'm also interested in what are its specs; primarily performancewise. Is it the same 3.2 thats in the C320sedan? Manny or only auto? Options?

I've seen some of the rumors, but any hard data on this would be appreciated.
Local dealers are claiming ignorance of any such beast.

just stick to the current 1.8. :p

Your local dealers are indeed ignorant. Not to mention cumputer illiterate. The C320 can be ordered on the NetStar computer. I don't think pricing has been set yet.

It is hard to sell a car if you don't know what it costs.

But it isn't hard to learn you product, especially when it is available to be ordered via the NetStar computer network. From my car shopping experiences, many salesmen lose sales because they are too damned lazy to become familiar with their products and therefore can't and won't answer customers questions. I had one sales monkey who, after being roused from his newspaper reading, told me there was absolutely no way to know what cars were coming to the dealer.

The first M-B sales flunky I encountered behaved the same way. It was rather funny watching him trying operate the various switches and controls on a car which he obviously had never even sat in, much less bothered to familiarize himself with it.

He works at Lexus now...should fit in perfectly with the other ***** at the local Lexi Lair.

Thanks for the input guys, but let's not make this a thread telling dumb sales guys stories. I'd like to know what "hard" data we have on this car and its availability in the US.

Supposedly in January they will have pricing. And I would assume it would be the same as the 4-door or slightly better due to its size diference. Some others have stated it will be $3000-$4000 more than the C230 and most likely would have the standard features the sedan has. So 26hp more and a 0-60 around 6.9 or better. Is that all worth $3-4000 more? You need to decide. Personally I will most likely still order the C230 for the supercharger and the fact an intercooler can be had for <$1000 and should yield gains of 10-15 hp on the 1.8L and drop the hp loss due to heatsoaking. So maybe make the coupe have 204 hp and not lose the 10hp it supposedly does now after a few hard runs. So for $2-3000 more you now only get an 11hp diference and a few extras... I have not made my decision yet as the price is not out, but I do like the supercharged engine. Who knows...

Here's the thing though, from what I've learnt from my sources, it won't be a C-coupe with the 3.2L V6. Instead it will be a completely different car which is intended to be an alternative for the E-class buyer who wants two doors, but also more space than the CLK. The price tag will be E-class-like to match. Confusing? Yup

I believe that you may be confusing the C320 SportsCoupe with the four door $50,000 CLE "coupe".

See that's the thing. At first I thought that it was the C320 Sport coupe as well, but at this point, other information has come forth that has made me think that it's actually the CLE that is in the computer, and not the C320 Sport coupe that everyone thinks it is. Well, we'll see in a bit I guess.

I really doubt that the CLE is the car in the computer. It is not scheduled to be introduced for another two years in the autumn of 2004.

I Pretty sure that the C320K is real and that it is comin' to America ! It's already available in Germany!

It is a C320 without the k since it is not supercharged.

I think it would be more fun with the "K"...

It certainly would, but then it would be a C32.

There's more to the C32 than just the Supercharger.

Given the extra cost of the AMG model, I'd be pretty happy with just the supercharger on a C320 'K' model

Kleemann will happy to fix you up with that kompressor.

To Outland: I'm sure Kleemann would recommend you have more than just the supercharger, much like the AMG does. You need to be able to stop better and handle corners faster when you have all that power to get you going.

That was what I thought as well. Well, I'll try to squeeze some info out of the development team

The brakes on the C-Coupe are plenty good, if you ask me.

I'm not looking to go roadracing, I just want that Boeing 767 full throttle take off when I get on the expressway

Are you sure that the C320 C-coupe is available in Germany? It doesn't seem to be listed anywhere.

I can tell you that there is a C32AMG coupe in Germany though, with the same 3.2L Supercharged engine as the C32AMG Sedan. They have a C32 wagon as well, of course.

They aren't bad, but I wonder how they would feel when you add 150 hp and then need to stop. The extra acceleration would be great though.

Want to configure one? Go the the MB international web page. Click on "configurator" on the right side of the page. A new page will load. Click on "C-Klasse". Drawing of a sedan, a wagon, and a coupe will appear. Click on the drawing of the coupe.

You will now have a list of coupe models: C180k SC, C200CGI SC, C200k SC, C230k SC, C320 SC, C220CDI SC, and C30SC AMG. Select one and configure to your preference.

Why would they be any different with 150HP, or 300 more HP?

Brakes reduce SPEED, not HP. Unless youre some dolt with one foot on the brake and one on the gas, the two operate independant of one another...and even if you are that type of person, the bad news is that most brakes are not powerfull enough to stop even the stock 2.3L and 1.8L motors under full throttle.

Compared to nearly every car Ive ever rode in, the C's brakes are stellar performers.