by Flip Engelbrecht
(Gauteng)
Good day,
Below is the article I read about the Mercedes Benz CLK 63. It seems awesome and I would definitely like to test drive this vehicle!
To keep the suspension working optimally, there are two whacking great braces spanning the front and rear shocks. The rear one robs a bit of luggage space, but I suspect that won't be an issue for most owners - particularly if they've specked their 63 BS with the delete rear seat option, where you get the option to ditch the rear bench and make space for all that luggage you can't fit in the boot.
Other than the missing seats, there are plenty of other signs of AMG trying hard to shed some of the CLK's weight and give the cabin a race car for the road feel.
There's a DTM-style square-bottomed wheel, miniature forged-aluminum gear stick, and carbon fibre everywhere. US-speck cars get two-piece bucket seats and standard door panels, but Euro-speck models get carbon-fibre door panels and one-piece carbon seat shells, too.
Carbon fibre can also be found growing all over the exterior. Both front and rear bumpers are made of the stuff, as are the front brake ducts, the multi-finned rear diffuser and the boot-lid spoiler. However, against expectations both the roof and the bonnet are steel.
But that doesn't stop the car giving you a black eye every time you look at it. From the mono-browed wheel arches hugging the squat wheels and the vast drilled brakes peering through the spokes, to the brace of shotgun pipes at the back and the wide, gap-toothed air dam at the front, the 63 BS is a road thug