BENZITCH

I found a 2001 CL600 with 58k on it. It has been sitting and seems to have no suspension drop. I have a few questios, since I have not approached the people who have it.

1) Does the CL600 AMG version have the ABC suspension?

2) How do I determine if it is truely an AMG version? I have not opened the hood as of yet, and was wondering if there was away to tell by looking. It does have the side skirts AMG style. It also has the V-12 insignia on the sides.

3) If it is not a CL500 clone, is it something to bother with or is it a year with problems?

Any other info would be appreciated.

I do think it might be a 600 since there is a BMW 850I there also.
BUT...

CLK Masters

simple answer to yur question. ALL REAL AMG VECHICLES are 2 DIGIT. ex...
c 43
c 32
c55
c 63

CL 55
CL 63
CL 65

SLK 32
SLK 55

600's do have the ABC suspension. do you self a favor, if you really want a CL600, get the 2003+ model year cars, in 2003 they added twin turbos to the v-12's boosting their output like 150HP and 200+ torque.

BENZITCH

Thanks Allen

When I go and look at a car I like to know as much as possible before the approach.
In regards to this car,I was and still am not convinced that this is even a 600.
It might just be a CL500. It does have a wood wheel which I know could have been an add on as well as the AMG ground effects, AMG badge and v-12 badges.

So is it the just the year that is problematic regardless if it is a CL500 or
CL600?

IngenereAMG

I don't think it has anything to do with being problematic. The later years added turbos to the 600 V12, which made things very exciting, and very tunable.

600 cars are not AMG cars. This car may have had the AMG Sport Package, which is a trim option.

Austinite

Easiest way to tell if its a 600
Is it V12? just look at the engine
Is the inside roof suede?
Leather is everywhere, I mean any other place where there is no glass, wood or carpet it is leather.

fatmike

Pop the hood, you will be able to tell.

The AMG badge is only for the AMG package as said before.

BENZITCH

Thanks Guys
I am going to try to get there in the next day or 2. They have an 850I there so maybe I'll start by looking at that and than swager on over to the MB.

fatmike

Just buy the 850 for me

m4xm1l10n

Well how about this one Fatmike

Chauss

That's a CL500 with quad pipes and CL600 badging added...not even sure why AMG is on there???
look at the btm of the rear apron...has the cutout for dual exhaust.

Austinite

Its missed badged
here is a link to the actual mb website for whatever year you choose
http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.mbusa.com

Just Wikipedia it and you can see the history, There was at one time a CL63 AMG that was never forsale to the public and were available only in Asia and Europe. Now there is a CL65 but never a CL600 AMG. They may have put after market AMG exhaust and bought a badge off eBay. That doesnt make it real though. Pop the hood and take a photo of the engine compartment. That is a big give away. The AMG V12 looks totally different.

Go to the VIN decoder below and it will recognize VINs of vehicles manufactured after 1980 and give you every detail about the car. Its a russian website but it is in english.

http://old.mbclub.ru/mb/vin/?lng=eng

This makes it easy to spot fakers

m4xm1l10n

HAHA This one was an actual 02 CL600 , but the owner insisted on telling me it was all stock from the factory with the quads and all lol , ops he also stated that it was supercharged hahahaha . there is a thread on this hahaha. check out the link .

https://mbworld.org/forums/events-ga...-9-30am-2.html

fatmike

ROFL PAUL

That CL600 I saw in person. The dealer tends to put AMG badges on anything that has an AMG kit on it. (aka sport package) So we don't know if it is a 600 or not. He wouldn't pop the hood that day .

m4xm1l10n

Yep , he didn't want to show off his Supercharger