Mercedes cls 320 or 350

[Daveuk123]

Has anyone ordered either of these models ?
If so guys what is the opinions ?

Is the 320cdi cls better overall than the 350 petrol ?

Cheers for any opinions.

Dave

[sjc]

We have had a 320CDi CLS for about 2 months. It's my wifes car and although I am a complete petrolhead, we drove the diesel first. Didn't even bother driving the petrol after that! I couldn't see any reason to.The diesel is whisper quiet, incredibly smooth, more economical ( wife is getting about 35mpg and thats mainly school/short trips)will have better resale, and amazingly even has a lovely note to it.There appear to be certain things that you are going to need for an easier resale (i.e. Command,wheel upgrade,parktronic,memory seats),and don't expect your Merc. dealer to be anything other than useless ( although no doubt present company excepted!)Had my first real drive today, a return trip of 160 miles to Legoland and the car was lovely. Good Luck!

[Daveuk123]

sjc said:

We have had a 320CDi CLS for about 2 months. It's my wifes car and although I am a complete petrolhead, we drove the diesel first. Didn't even bother driving the petrol after that! I couldn't see any reason to.The diesel is whisper quiet, incredibly smooth, more economical ( wife is getting about 35mpg and thats mainly school/short trips)will have better resale, and amazingly even has a lovely note to it.There appear to be certain things that you are going to need for an easier resale (i.e. Command,wheel upgrade,parktronic,memory seats),and don't expect your Merc. dealer to be anything other than useless ( although no doubt present company excepted!)Had my first real drive today, a return trip of 160 miles to Legoland and the car was lovely. Good Luck!

Thanks Andy.

[tony wright]

What about a one year old fully loaded CLS500 with about five and a half thousand miles on the clock for less than the equivalent new 350 or 320?

[markmullen]

DaveUK, I sell cars for Mercedes Benz of York, if you need any details or prices on a CLS give me a shout at mark.mullen [at] mercedes dot co dot uk (sorry, trying to avoid spamming my company email)

[paracetamol]

markmullen said:

DaveUK, I sell cars for Mercedes Benz of York, if you need any details or prices on a CLS give me a shout at mark.mullen [at] mercedes dot co dot uk (sorry, trying to avoid spamming my company email)

I wouldnt bother....

[sjc]

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[paracetamol]

I would not bother because you will suffer the curse of unreturned calls/emails and amnesia that all main dealer staff appear to offer...I cannot go into details due to name and shame policy on this site...but plying for trade on this website is naughty

Edited by paracetamol on Tuesday 10th October 10:48

[R1 GTR]

Oh please! AMG55 all the way!