CLK 63 or SL55
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CLK 63 or SL55
I have a chance of trading in my W208 CLK 55 and either getting a brand new CLK 63, or a 04 or 05 sl55 with 2500 miles on it. What would you all prefer? Also, with the new 63, does anyone know what kind of mods companies will release? Like will a chip up the bhp and tourque to that of the cls 63 engine?
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SL55 is the way to go but depends on what you are looking for CLK and SL are ofcourse completely different cars. Probably CLK would be a better daily driver where as SL would be a weekend fun.
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C219 CLS 500(sold), R171 SLK 350(sold), W210 E320 (sold), W204 C280, W221 S500
We had the SL55 before and it drives great...exhaust sounds very nice and then when you need to cruise around you can have the top down and it's very smooth and quiet when you need it to be...i would go for the sl...don't really like the clk styling ne ways...especially when the new model is coming out soon
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SL 55 - I would bet the new 6.3 will take a little time to get up to speed with mods. The CLK63 will be getting new body work in 1 year any way.
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SL55, definitely better resale value than a CLK63......
but 2500 miles , not even breakin ! why the owner wanted to sell it?
You better check if it has any sign of accidents or service record. 
And really, CLK63 is excited, but this is only the beginning of the 6.2 litre rollout. There will be SL63, CLS63, and even C63 for W204. I read they might even have a CLS concept version of the future W204 C-class. And, the 6.2 litre engine will sooner or later be incorporated to them.
but 2500 miles , not even breakin ! why the owner wanted to sell it?
You better check if it has any sign of accidents or service record. And really, CLK63 is excited, but this is only the beginning of the 6.2 litre rollout. There will be SL63, CLS63, and even C63 for W204. I read they might even have a CLS concept version of the future W204 C-class. And, the 6.2 litre engine will sooner or later be incorporated to them.
Last edited by cntlaw; Mar 18, 2006 at 08:57 PM.
