Hey guys,

I've finally picked up my CLE450 Cabriolet in the UK on Friday. It's been a bit of a long wait. I ordered the car in November 2025, but that was the CLE300. Decided in February that the 300 wasn't enough so upgraded to a CLE450 but that meant that I lost my allocation and had to wait potentially another 6 months. Anyway the car arrived in the dealership on the 26th of May which I think was a good result considering and I picked up the car a couple of days later.

Super happy with how she drives. Very smooth and comfortable. The back seats are quite firm and to be honest my previous Vauxhall Cascada (Buick used to sell this car in the US) a 2.0 CDTi - yes I know it's quite an upgrade had more comfortable back seats, but almost everything else is much better. The tonka brown seats looks much darker than in the photos and really makes the car feel premium with the open-pore wood trim with aluminium strips and metallic graphite grey paint. Fuel economy is pretty decent, I'm around 33 mpg and it's climbing, but to be honest, I've pushed the accelerator down a few times, you know just to see!

Some oddities with Mercedes UK, there online e-brochure specification has energiser comfort and air balance for CLE450 / 53 but it appears those features don't come with the UK version, also the digital light projection system might be a bit limited as well, although you get the cool welcome animations. I've also not got the car to assist with lane changes using the driving assistance package even though the option is enabled, could also be a UK limitation?

Those oddities aside, I'm loving the car, done 350 miles in a couple of days and it doesn't feel like I've driven much at all. Making full use of the assists just to keep things nice and relaxed!