C219 CLS55 and CLS63, 2004-2010

CLS 55 vs. E60 M5 test video

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Old Nov 14, 2004 | 12:41 PM
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CLS 55 vs. E60 M5 test video

Its german but I thought you might be intrested:
http://koti.mbnet.fi/rmx/m5/m5vscls55_amstv.wmv

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Old Nov 14, 2004 | 04:10 PM
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Says the CLS won the comparison. Both had 0-100 times of 4.7, both had 60-0 distance of 39 meters. CLS at stiffest setting was more comfortable than the M5's more comfortable setting. M5 got to 200kh .7 sec faster.
Gas mileage was 16.8 L/100 KM for the M5 and 15.3 for the CLS
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Old Nov 14, 2004 | 04:19 PM
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Nice video!

Interesting was that at the end of the video the CLS was declared the winner in this comparison due to the fact that it is a balanced package of power and comfort...

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Old Nov 14, 2004 | 07:36 PM
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the CLS drivers seat looks very comfortable and very different than the e55's much wider
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Old Nov 14, 2004 | 07:38 PM
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Ill take either. But i dont think BMW dealers sell a newly released car like this for sticker. Most MB Dealers do.

BTW, how do you say "automatic" and "handling" in German? ;-)

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Old Nov 15, 2004 | 03:33 PM
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Thanks for that, Mardeth. Great to see the car in action, but I wasn't very excited to see that it's priced 10,000 Euros higher than the M5. I think all of the dealer and magazine predictions of $85K-ish are going to be at least $10K short.
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