H i all,
I received an email from my dealer saying the CLS500 would be....screw it, cut and pasted:


Hi Todd,

We just received a press release from corporate that states the CLS500 rollout is slated for January17th with the CLS55 to follow "a few weeks later" Your car is due to hit port around the 8th and I'm sure will sit until they release them nationally. I will keep you up to date as we get closer.


So it sounds like mid-february for them to release the cars. Take it for what it's worth.

T

 

it sounds like all the CLS's are going to be by the dealers by the 17th(rollout) but the car will be at the port with all the others by te 8th of jan.

 

I think you mean all the others being the AMG55's in February, not January. I think it is very possible that the CLS350-500's are in port already just waiting to be released.

T

 

just got off the phone with my dealer, the cls500 base price 65k+ and in the dealership the 17th of this month, i am holding my order for the cls55 until i see the car for myself. my main reason for the hold is the fact that there seems to be different opinions as to how big the rear seat space is. i want it to be bigger then the E class. so my dealer said that if i put the options and color choice in on the 17th my dilivery date would be end of march beg. of april. which i am fine with due to the cold wintery weather up here in New York. at least i know the car wont be seeing snow so soon

 

I've seen a few CLS's rolling on the street and it looks damn sexy!

I suggest whoever buys one drops the car by a few inches, the ones I've seen so far look raised up too high by a few inches!

 

Why would you expect the rear seat room to be bigger?
Even if you simply look at the "purpose" for this car--the reason it was designed--all indications are that the rear compartment will be smaller.

 

here are the specs
yes the CLS is a bit smaller.

THE CLS
Exterior Dimensions

Wheelbase 112.4 in/2,854 mm

Overall length 194.0 in/4,915 mm

Overall height 54.7 in/1,389 mm

Overall width 73.7 in/ 1,873 mm

Front track 62.9 in/ 1,599 mm

Rear track 62.3 in/ 1,583 mm

Coefficient of drag 0.31

Curb weight 4,050 /1,737 kg

Interior Dimensions

Front headroom 36.9 in/936 mm

Rear headroom 36.1 in/917 mm

Front legroom 42.1 in/1,070 mm

Rear legroom 35.0 in/ 888 mm

Front shoulder Room 56.2 in/1,429 mm

Rear shoulder Room 56.0 in/1,422 mm

Cabin capacity 104.3 cu ft/2953.0 liters

Cargo capacity 15.8 cu ft/447.0 liters


THE E-CLASS
Dimensions


Exterior Dimensions

Overall length 189.7 in/4,815 mm

Overall height 57.2 in/1,454 mm

Overall width 71.3 in/1,810 mm

Front track 61.4 in/1,559 mm

Rear track 61.1 in/1,552 mm

Coefficient of drag 0.27

Curb weight 4,087 lb/1,855 kg

Wheelbase 112.4 in/2,854 mm

Interior Dimensions

Front headroom 37.4 in/951 mm

Rear headroom 37.7 in/957 mm

Front legroom 41.9 in/1,065 mm

Rear legroom 35.6 in/903 mm

Front shoulder room 56.4 in/1,432 mm

Rear shoulder room 56.1 in/1,424 mm

Cabin capacity 97.2 cu ft/2752.0 liters

Cargo capacity 15.9 cu ft/450.0 liters

 

By measurements, it is a bit smaller, but such a tiny bit that it could be attributed to thicker leather.

If you sit in the back, and ignore the high beltline and low roof and what sort of objective feeling it may impart, the seatroom is pretty much identical to a W211.

-s-

 

yes its identical, but the cabin has 7.3 cu. ft. more room in the CLS then the E.

but if you are looking for the CLS to have more room, it doesnt

 

The cabin room includes areas where you don't sit, such as between the front seats. It also includes the area above the dash. Not very useful. We were just talking about the back seats. Agreed that the back seats don't have more room, but you pointed out that it was less, and it really isn't. It's the same.

-s-

 

i know what u mean and i agree with you. i was just trying to say that its definitely not bigger, so the size of the rear seats wouldnt be a factor hear.

i was thinking a CL and compared to the CL the CLS is bigger and more of a refreshed look then the CL. and the CL is gone soon anyway.

 

I don't know about the specs, but do you think the CL is bigger in back than the CLS? It feels like it, sitting inside...

-s-

 

u sat in the CLS? the specs say that it has about 4.5" more leg room then the CL, but i dont know about what it feels like b/c ive never been in the CLS. MB says its a coupe from the outside and a sedan on the inside, so iam guessing that its bigger and feels bigger then the CL.

 

Yeah, all the dealerships in Europe have had them a while... back in March, I saw the new SLK a few days before it was officially announced, and the new M-class. But I wasn't able to sit in those.

I guess coloration can have a lot to do with it. I think my E-class feels small inside because it is all dark: charcoal leather, black wood, etc. But then again, an all-black S-class doesn't have that feeling.

-s-