Tag: Mercedes CLS63

Going to keep this short since CarMax unicorns keep showing up and disappearing on their website faster than I can get to them. What we have here is a low mileage (40,000) 2012 Mercedes CLS63 for a really decent price. Leaves spare change for mandatory MaxCare. It sold new for maybe $95,000 and maybe more. I cannot tell if it has the far more expensive Performance Package – the red calipers suggest it might. What say ye, readers?

For $38k you get a luxury four door, four passenger coupe with a 5.5 liter, 518 hp turbocharged motor, adjustable suspension, and auto cruise control (Distronic Plus). Perfect for stop light launches and highway cruising. Car and Driver claims a crazy 3.8 second 0-60mph run here. But wait! There’s more!

The car is pretty much the same as an E63, although the coupe design limits interior room a bit. But it has seat massagers, heated and air conditioned seats, blind spot monitors, lane departure, rear view camera, and Bluetooth. Not bad. Hard to go wrong with a car like this! I like gold cars – reinforces the idea of “driving rich”! Find it here in Irvine, California.

The last year for the first generation Mercedes CLS (W219) was 2010, and with that the first generation CLS63 AMG.  The design was so fresh when it came on line in 2004 and critics thought it was dated six years later.  I loved it then and love it now, but only 2,135 CLS’ were sold in the US in 2010.  Gotta believe not many of those were the $121,000 AMG models – makes it a bit rare.

The base CLS had a 380 hp V-8, and the CLS63 here is powered by a massive, naturally aspirated 6.3 liter, 507 hp V-8.  This unicorn has auto cruise control, adjustable suspension, heating and cooling seats, and really cool race car pedals!  Find this two-owner, low mileage car here in Irvine, CA.  It’s not transferable, but some dealerships (like the one near me at Dulles) have special authorities and can get it moved. 

I love big V8 horsepower and big sedans that do 0-60 in 4.1 seconds.  I love taking advantage of other people’s depreciation.  I love owning expensive to buy and more expensive to repair cars that aren’t my problem with the MaxCare warranty.  Even 10 year old first generation cars that came to America in limited supply.  The Mercedes gurus show 5,775 2008 Mercedes CLS’ were imported, and only 634 were the 507hp beasts shown here.  Yes, it’s a five-owner car making its way from Florida to Vegas to Bakersfield, home of Dwight Yoakam and Buck Owens.  Here’s a good review of a similar CLS63 in Car And Driver.  This once $100,000+ car reminds me much of Guenther, and makes me nostalgic.  Find it here – if the link if dead it’s sold, on hold or being transferred.  Surprised it’s been around a week  – $27,998 plus a warranty seems like an opportunity for the right buyer.