Vehicle Description
GR Auto Gallery is pleased to present this Mercedes Benz CLS450 for
your consideration. This Benz comes with a clean carfax and has
always been well taken care of. This vehicle has only ever been
serviced at the dealer and comes with a Mercedes Benz dent and
wheel protection. The wheels have been powered coated black to make
a clean look with the silver paint job. Please call or email us
today for more information.
The refiring of its new 3.0-liter inline-six, which goes virtually
unnoticed in stop-start operation, is likely the Mercedes-Benz
CLS450's most endearing quality. Yet the seamlessness of this most
casual of operations is but a prelude to the engine's full
performance. It is a sweetheart of a thing: part fluid, intuitive
response; part effortless motivator of steel and aluminum. Some
cars have reactors under their hoods. Some simply have engines.
This one has a just-right selection of bits that move in facile
unity to get you where you want to go. We're not idle flatterers of
every new engine, but this one-this return to six in a row for
Mercedes-is something genuinely special.
The electrified mill delivers follow-your-foot response from just
off idle to deep into its midrange. The torque mesa rises at an
early 1600 rpm and doesn't descend until 4000. But even at its
6250-rpm redline, the new powerplant sings the creamy harmonies of
inline-six balance. Peaking at 362 horsepower, it's not a power
monger-those who need more can opt for the 429-hp AMG CLS53-but
coupled to its nine-speed automatic transmission and 4MATIC
all-wheel drive, the six provides sufficient gas-electric shove to
allow the CLS450 to reach 60 mph in 4.7 seconds and bust through
the quarter-mile in 13.2 seconds at 107 mph. That's 0.3 and 0.4
second quicker, respectively, than the 2018 E400 4MATIC coupe we
recently tested, which was fitted with Benz's 329-hp twin-turbo
3.0-liter V-6.
The CLS, you'll likely remember, is the originator of the
four-door-coupe movement and is intended to be a more chic
version-but not a more aggro one-of the bread-and-butter E-class
sedan on which it is based. Yet ever since the first-gen CLS
appeared in the U.S., in 2005, the fashion-for-function trade-off
it demands has never been an easy one. This time, on its third
go-round, the CLS450 shares its 115.7-inch wheelbase-up 2.5 inches
from the 2018 model's-with the E-class sedan. And like always, its
abridged roofline sacrifices front and rear headroom and rear
legroom. Long-torsoed six-foot staffers struggled with outward
visibility from the driver's seat while five-foot-sixers rubbed
thinning hair on the rear headliner. However, three seatbelts now
come standard across the back of this CLS, a first for the
four-door coupe.
To see over 80 photos of this car, including under carriage please
visit our website www.grautogallery.com
Gr Auto Gallery, LLC and our sister company, Wheelz Sales and
Leasing Inc. makes every effort to represent each vehicle
accurately and with integrity. We also welcome third party
inspections when necessary. Although we try to do our very best to
be accurate in our description writing we are human and do make
mistakes. Unless otherwise noted, All vehicles are sold AS IS, No
Warranty Expressed or Implied. All sales final.
