miaomiao

I have seen you guys put the pic of CLS from the dealer. but I haven seen any red leather in real life. ANy one ordered that color??

miaomiao

pic will be great if you guys have any?? I am still not sure what color of leather to go with the black exterior.

john87699

Haven't seen the sunset red in person, but my feeling is that it could get old quick - I personally would say cashmere beige or ash - either would look hot on black.

miaomiao

so the red leather material is different than other color? or its just hard to maintain and keep it clean. I thought the lighter color will be hard to maintain.

Lov2xlr8

i think this is the red ur talking about.
personally i dont like it, but thats my taste.
i the last pic, does anyone know the color of that wood?

vraa

I've said this a million times before, and I'll say it agian.

Black on black. It's great resale wise, you never get tired of it, and it looks fantastic.

Lov2xlr8

i think so too, but i dont use car washes and i dont have time to always clean my car. so iam thinking granite gray, b/c its still dark but not too dark or too light.

northbenz

I saw the black interior at the dealer and have to say it makes the CLS look too much like any other Mercedes. This is a unique vehicle and cries out for the sunset red or cashmere beige as an interior color to match its style. Heck, the launch edition designo interior is stunning, but then you are stuck with the grey exterior. The huge expanse of wood on the dash is simply complimented best by the sunset red or cashmere beige. Now with the darker gloss wood a case can be made for the black or grey interior on the CLS. Look at it this way though, the CLS is Mercedes's answer to the Jaguar. Remember the last time you sat in a Jag with a black interior and how cramped that color made it feel.

In any event, if you go for black or grey interior consider seriously foregoing the matte wood which is not a match made in heaven.

ACL

I agree, cashmere or beige leather would look better in the CLS. I've always preferred darker leather interiors, but the cashemere leather should make the CLS' interior look more expansive, more wellcoming. I bet it should play better with the wood trim too.

I'm getting my car by April/May and have a few days to decide exterior and interior color. Too bad I have no chance to see a real-life CLS here. Mine will be the first in the country.

Regards,

ACL

adam76

id have to disagree, the black with matte would looks great. the beige is too bland, the red will get old, and both appear to be lower class then the darker black interior. To each his own i guesss...

bm75204

I'm with Adam here...I really like the Charcoal interior with the darker matte wood and put my order in accordingly. Color choices are obviously a matter of personal preference, so it's easy to disregard comments about what looks better than another. I personally wouldn't want a car with the Sunset Red interior, but I have friends with red interiors in a Boxster and a 330CiC and neither would change their decision if they could. It's what looks better to YOU, and when you're spending $75K on a car and work hard to afford it like most of us here, you shouldn't make any compromises based on what others think or say.

Natalie

MBUSA has really disapointed me by not having any samples availible to dealers of all the interior, exterior and wood choices. They expect people to order a $70k car based on photos on the internet??? In my opinion if you put a down payment on this car they should overnight FEDEX you a complete sample selection along with a brochure, which is still not availible here in Hawaii yet.

Lov2xlr8

ur 100% right. if a was #1 on my dealers list wouldnt be able to pick any options based on pictures. i even saw the CLS500 and iam still going to wait for the 55 to make my choice.