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Mercedes CLE review: Is it really worth £75,000?

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It's a replacement for both the C-Class Coupe & E-Class Coupe, however is it the best of both worlds? Mat's ready to have a look and find out.

In terms of the style, it looks quite smart from the outside! The grille comes loaded with mini stars, all surrounding a big badge that sits front and centre. It's flanked on either side by genuine vents, and all-in-all the vehicles looks pretty stylish from the front. Along the side the clever appearances continue, with creases running along the entire side paired with black environments around the windows. At the back, it looks nice, but there's one crucial concern – phony exhausts! When will find out?!

Step inside and the is a mainly good place to be. There's a substantial infotainment screen in the centre of the dash, and the digital dial screen comes with several various display screens. The cabin overall looks quite good, but look a bit closer and there are a number of locations covered in cheap plastics!

There are a couple of engines available, consisting of a 2-litre turbo diesel! This produces 197hp, while the 2 2-litre turbo petrols produce 204hp and 258hp respectively. There's a plug-in hybrid offered too, which produces 313hp. There's likewise a 3-litre straight-six – this produces 381hp in the 450 we're evaluating here, while in the range-topping AMG it makes 449hp.

The CLE range starts at ₤ 46,000, however it climbs up a fair bit if you're looking up the range. The 450 we have here expenses around ₤ 73,000, and it's not even the range-topping AMG!

So is it worth it? Stick with Mat to discover!

Chapters
00:00 Introduction
00:23 Engines
00:51 0-60mph
01:27 Style
02:30 Driving
04:07 Interior
04:50 Town Driving
07:42 Infotainment
08:55 Price
09:31 Back Seats
10:44 Motorway Driving
13:04 Boot
14:03 Storage
15:16 Bothersome Functions
17:10 Cool Features
18:53 Verdict

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86 responses to “Mercedes CLE review: Is it really worth £75,000?”

  1. @carwow Avatar
    @carwow

    Change your car with Carwow: https://bit.ly/-Change-Your-Car-2111

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    1. @snm1786 Avatar
      @snm1786

      ok

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    2. @LC7668 Avatar
      @LC7668

      ❤

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    3. @ImperialJonez Avatar
      @ImperialJonez

      Where is your Rimac Stick-Of-Truth?

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    4. @ShaneHead Avatar
      @ShaneHead

      it’s actually doesn’t look like THIS MUCH. Next year the price will drop by THIS MUCH and be available on carwow at THIS MUCH with THIS MUCH discount!!!😂😂😂@carwow

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    5. @manilove2pwn Avatar
      @manilove2pwn

      03:25 Matt stay on your side of the road why do youtuber drive so dangerously on other side of the road

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  2. @ValentinMorio Avatar
    @ValentinMorio

    Looool, It’s not a CLE, it’s the C-class from the inside and outside, for E-Class Prices.

    Redicoulus that MB can sell this Quality in the interior for this price point.

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    1. @jaysosaaa7975 Avatar
      @jaysosaaa7975

      Wait till you find out it’s a combination of both

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    2. @ridgefrost Avatar
      @ridgefrost

      The only redeeming quality to this car will be if they actually release a v8 for the c63 like has been rumoured

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    3. @Solstare Avatar
      @Solstare

      @@jaysosaaa7975it’s way more C than E.

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    4. @Vm94-p7u Avatar
      @Vm94-p7u

      The badge… The badge is the only thing that keeps Merc on top…

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    5. @PEACEOUTXX1 Avatar
      @PEACEOUTXX1

      Also they think this performance is worth 75k+ 😂

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  3. @dazred1 Avatar
    @dazred1

    75k is outrageous 😭

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    1. @lucassitanggang5154 Avatar
      @lucassitanggang5154

      Expensive car is better than expensive watch

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    2. @Wazediou Avatar
      @Wazediou

      What is blud waffling about ​@lucassitanggang5154

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    3. @vitocorleone1960 Avatar
      @vitocorleone1960

      ​@@lucassitanggang5154 wtf did u just say 🤨

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    4. @calebdejoun939 Avatar
      @calebdejoun939

      No it’s not, that pretty decent

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    5. @claviclenotch1876 Avatar
      @claviclenotch1876

      As is 65k for a Tacoma pick up.
      As is 50k for a mini Cooper.
      As is 85k for a Toyota Sequoia.
      As is 60k for a non M 2 series.
      As is 101k for a F- 150 Raptor.
      As is 53k for a Honda Passport.
      As is 253k for a USED Porsche GT4RS at my local Mercedes dealership.

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  4. @StefSergeant Avatar
    @StefSergeant

    Its not a Mercedes Coupe if it has a B-pillar. End of story.
    The Cabriolet doesnt have a B-pillar. Why not the Coupe too, to make it a real MB Coupe? I dont get it. Would have given it a real thought as a replacement for my aging C207. But not with the pillar, not for the plastics, not for the touchie touchie everywhere.

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    1. @yissibiiyte Avatar
      @yissibiiyte

      New Mercs are downgrades from their own previous gens in every way. Cost-cutting is their new motto, you should never trade an old one for a new one.

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    2. @StefSergeant Avatar
      @StefSergeant

      @yissibiiyte  234.000 km and counting, 1st hand, facelift model from end of 2011 – not easily going to trade it in for such a crap, at least not as long as it’s running with its lovely V6 Diesel engine

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    3. @SylviaNzube Avatar
      @SylviaNzube

      Well it has two doors so it’s a coupe sir and old MB interiors also have plastics in their interiors so wdym??

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    4. @StefSergeant Avatar
      @StefSergeant

      ​@@SylviaNzubeCheck the history of Mercedes coupes of the past decades. It’s been the unique selling point of Mercedes Coupes to NOT have a b-pillar. It’s still a car. Its still a coupe. But not what Mercedes Coupes used to be – a Coupe WITHOUT a B-pillar. So much more aesthetics, with all windows down (at least for me) the better (and better looking) alternative to a cabriolet.
      But that’s me, YMMV.

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    5. @martinsvensson6884 Avatar
      @martinsvensson6884

      @@SylviaNzube Yes they have been using plastics for long. Everyone has. But not this cheap feeling thin creaky type.

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  5. @dragosi8980 Avatar
    @dragosi8980

    Mat is like…I don’t want to learn the power and torque figures, you can add them later in post😂

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    1. @Vargadumi Avatar
      @Vargadumi

      As a content consumer i find it even better!👍🏻

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    2. @rayhan4502 Avatar
      @rayhan4502

      Good

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    3. @purwantiallan5089 Avatar
      @purwantiallan5089

      The 2024 CLE has about 6700rpm range.

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  6. @TheMpamMpam Avatar
    @TheMpamMpam

    The problem is that Mercedes forgot its heritage of over-engineering, premium materials and reliability but not its prices…

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    1. @NATE.M Avatar
      @NATE.M

      Accountants build the cars nowadays, not engineers.

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    2. @v12-s65 Avatar
      @v12-s65

      I sat in it. Was very decent

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    3. @MrOriol24 Avatar
      @MrOriol24

      It’s all since the late 90s, when shareholders had less power (and decisionmaking) within the brand, focusing less and less over the years (until nowadays), until we reached a point where you see a 75k car that is just not worth it. Quality control use to be the pinnacle of automotive industry in the 90s, and sadly those days are gone, changing interior high quality noble materials (wood and aluminium in physical buttons to just name a couple) for plastic and tablet shaped screens, and fake exhausts. Same goes once you get under the car, older mercedes used to be overengineered and built to last. And is not only Mercedes. BMW and Audi are doing the exact same thing, also overusing the horrible piano black (aka cheap plastic) in their interiors as well.

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    4. @PEACEOUTXX1 Avatar
      @PEACEOUTXX1

      Yea it’s embarassing what AMG is now. Every DECENT car they have is easily over 200k+ and needs a hybrid system to help the engije .. other then that they are all slow and poorly engineered.

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    5. @MrOriol24 Avatar
      @MrOriol24

      @@PEACEOUTXX1 that’s the other thing, the overuse of AMG, and we reached a point where the hypercar is called the AMG One 🤦🏼‍♂️.

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  7. @memelogy737 Avatar
    @memelogy737

    No CAR I repeat, No CAR is worth its retail, sometimes not even half. You can see that when depreciation hits these like a mountain in the first 2-3 yrs. just my opinion tho

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    1. @zartic4life Avatar
      @zartic4life

      Affordable cars do what expensive cars do they move you from A to B what’s not worth it isn’t the car itself its the car’s luxury components.

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    2. @richardlabeja Avatar
      @richardlabeja

      True, at least 20% of a brand new car’s price is Tax.

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    3. @purwantiallan5089 Avatar
      @purwantiallan5089

      ​@@richardlabejatrue. Even some Ford cars from England are also straight from tax.

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    4. @Aliexei Avatar
      @Aliexei

      Well, if the thing is used, its cheaper then new. Common sense.

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  8. @neilwhittaker8021 Avatar
    @neilwhittaker8021

    It’s not worth 75k, even if it’s a V6.

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    1. @MS-tw3tj Avatar
      @MS-tw3tj

      has a better engine than the v6

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    2. @FrenchBulldogsCantSpeakFrench Avatar
      @FrenchBulldogsCantSpeakFrench

      Inline 6

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    3. @mediocreman2 Avatar
      @mediocreman2

      Inline 6, which in the old days was on the base models, now they’re charging more for it like it’s a high performance V8.

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    4. @radu2971 Avatar
      @radu2971

      In europe is 90.000 euros to 100000 i don t know why carwow tells this prices , they don t exist after the taxes

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    5. @ralfrudi3963 Avatar
      @ralfrudi3963

      @@radu2971 The prices are displayed in pounds aka. the currency of the uk.

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  9. @AdamBaker-b4j Avatar
    @AdamBaker-b4j

    75k is absurd, be worth half that next year and some…

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    1. @purwantiallan5089 Avatar
      @purwantiallan5089

      The 2024 CLE should drop their price to about $55.000.

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    2. @jdavidblais Avatar
      @jdavidblais

      Whats wrong ? Generic brand cost as much…so it is in reality pretty decent

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    3. @AdamBaker-b4j Avatar
      @AdamBaker-b4j

      @@jdavidblais age old argument that generic brands shouldnt be charging that amount in the first place, hence the word ‘generic’. Everythings over priced these days though as we all know

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    4. @Happytruth Avatar
      @Happytruth

      If you can’t afford the price then look at cheaper cars I don’t get why people pick at price because you either have the loot or you don’t.

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    5. @AdamBaker-b4j Avatar
      @AdamBaker-b4j

      @@Happytruth People pick at a price when something is clearly overpriced, hence the huge depreciation after a year

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  10. @harrisonhealey1679 Avatar
    @harrisonhealey1679

    If I had £75,000 to spend, I’d purchase 150,000 rubber ducks to create an impressive collection and potentially hold the title for the largest rubber duck display in the world.

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    1. @septanos Avatar
      @septanos

      can i get a hell yeah

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    2. @kiryukazuma7960 Avatar
      @kiryukazuma7960

      ​@@septanosHAWN YEAH

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    3. @purwantiallan5089 Avatar
      @purwantiallan5089

      Or even at least £150.000 to spend.😅

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    4. @TonyStark-wr7ob Avatar
      @TonyStark-wr7ob

      Hold the title for crazy duck person

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    5. @rleerm Avatar
      @rleerm

      You probably didn’t check the latest prices on quality rubber ducks😅

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  11. @tyquddus5664 Avatar
    @tyquddus5664

    Looks great other than the fake exhausts

    Not a fan of the interior screen layout. Not stylish at all. Cheap materials in places

    £75K is ridiculous

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    1. @purwantiallan5089 Avatar
      @purwantiallan5089

      Gintani Exhaust probably should fit perfectly on CLE.

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    2. @johna8999 Avatar
      @johna8999

      Fake exhausts are ridiculous on a 6 cylinder car.

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  12. @jakes5530 Avatar
    @jakes5530

    Just get a used one in 2 years for 30k

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    1. @Mbeat157 Avatar
      @Mbeat157

      😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

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    2. @mattbuffo9967 Avatar
      @mattbuffo9967

      yep let the depreciation hit this car hard

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    3. @trendinguk Avatar
      @trendinguk

      😂😂😂😂😂

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  13. @Beej-y Avatar
    @Beej-y

    Every car is so expensive nowadays but ignoring the price, very nice car. Test drove a CLE300h last week, very lovely car, was listed at £53k not quite the the £75k. Would consider once they depreciate a bit more though or through a MB offer!

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    1. @bea1z Avatar
      @bea1z

      Cars are way overpriced, its like they want us to PCP everything or huge deposits but id rather have that huge deposit accessible rather than invested into a depreciating asset. MB offer currently is actually pretty good. Tho its crazy you get a lower total cost deal buying a brand new A45s AMG rather than a 6m/1year second hand one.

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    2. @Beej-y Avatar
      @Beej-y

      @ yeah you’re speaking facts there icl

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    3. @andrecardoso6941 Avatar
      @andrecardoso6941

      how can you ignore the price? The car is full of plastic with 2 iPads attached. This doesn’t even look like an E class.

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    4. @Beej-y Avatar
      @Beej-y

      @@andrecardoso6941 In the sense of every car is over priced/inflated at the moment. I’m not sure what you would pay for it but as I said the one I looked at was £20k cheaper as it was a different engine.

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    5. @lorins8687 Avatar
      @lorins8687

      ​@@Beej-ybruh what do you do for a living? If you don’t mind me asking

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  14. @datm340i6 Avatar
    @datm340i6

    Mercedes has been out pricing its self lately. So much better cars for the money and depreciation is a hell of a thing

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    1. @purwantiallan5089 Avatar
      @purwantiallan5089

      McLaren also ever got depreciating car values in mid 2010s as well.

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  15. @hamdanali2036 Avatar
    @hamdanali2036

    idk why people just don’t boycott buying or leasing new cars? nobody needs a brand new car. nobody. but the fact people keep getting them, on lease for the most part so they only keep the car 2-4 years, means car makers are taking it as an excuse to put out SHITTY high prices with interior build quality worse than a 90s Nissan. what a fucking joke seriously.

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    1. @purwantiallan5089 Avatar
      @purwantiallan5089

      And also focusing more on ressurecting iconic engine sounds.

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    2. @mediocreman2 Avatar
      @mediocreman2

      Because there are rich people out there and they do whatever they want to do.

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    3. @hamdanali2036 Avatar
      @hamdanali2036

      @@mediocreman2 rich people don’t buy Civic, Golfs, or CLEs… but look at their prices.

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  16. @DaveFogel Avatar
    @DaveFogel

    We bought the CLE Convertible and its really nice. I agree, I hate the door handles. They feel cheap AF.

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    1. @andrecardoso6941 Avatar
      @andrecardoso6941

      everything feels cheap in this car not only the door handles. This looks more like a Tesla than a Mercedes. Mercedes really have lost their touch.

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    2. @DaveFogel Avatar
      @DaveFogel

      @andrecardoso6941  you clearly don’t have one

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    3. @martinsvensson6884 Avatar
      @martinsvensson6884

      @@DaveFogel Its enough sitting in them at the dealer. Cheap creaky thin feeling plastics everywhere.

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    4. @timonxDlol Avatar
      @timonxDlol

      @@andrecardoso6941I must disagree and think you never sat in one. Feels much more solid than I expected. Absolutely nice car

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  17. @ReViv4L Avatar
    @ReViv4L

    Mat, the back seats of a 2 door coupe are not meant for huge guys. They’re made for at most, two blond petites.

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  18. @trendinguk Avatar
    @trendinguk

    I agree with the comments. 75k???? Mercedes i used to like you, now not so much. Especially seeing 23 plates broken down on the side of the road 🤦🏽‍♂️

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  19. @Acanofbeer Avatar
    @Acanofbeer

    New BMW M240 costs £56k fully loaded. Quicker, build and materials quality better and £20k cheaper. No thanks MB 🤭

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    1. @timonxDlol Avatar
      @timonxDlol

      Nah mate. I love the M240, but the build is nowhere near better and it totally lacks the comfort and luxury of the CLE, because you compare a compact car to a upper middle class one. Drive both and you understand it. The CLE is in another league obviously. If you just want power and speed the 2 series makes more sense

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  20. @cixFranc3sc4-s5e Avatar
    @cixFranc3sc4-s5e

    I’m not sure what it is, but I believe Mercedes has lost the plot when it comes to interior design and materials, particularly around the dash.

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