skytrane

I am new to MB ownership and this site. I recently bought a used 2006 CLS500 and am in love with it. I have been lurking for several days now and I am confused about 2 things. First, many threads give a W then a number (ie. W211, or W201) or an M then number. What are these and how do I find out what I have? Second, many people respond to threads with "bump". What does that mean?

Thanks for your info and patience with a "newbie".

Franklin

BimrBenznoBntly

bump means the post is just to bring a thread back to the top of the cls coupe discussion list of threads...so people see it.

jpohl402

The W and numbers are Body style codes.....
Similar to B6 which is a VW Passat 2006+ I believe,
BMW - E46 M3's = early 2000's and E90 is 2007+....

W211 is an 03-09 E-class, W212 the 10+ Eclass.
W220 was a 99-06 S-class, replaced by the W221....
Hope that helps

locogringo

and to expand on this good explanation, yours, the CLS, is therefore a W219.

skytrane

Thank you all.