2006 Mercedes-Benz CLS 500 V8 306 Hp POV Test Drive | Drive Wave

[@RzariRzari]

Great car, can't wait to buy it :)

[@jonboy9912]

I have owned a 2007 3.2CDI for 12 years and it is the best looking car I have ever driven. It goes like stink and gives me 48mpg if I drive like a vicar! The Gen2 cars look awkward and the performance differential is marginal and you really should not be driving a car like this at its top performance on public roads. It is an indictment of the Gen 2 cars that the Gen 3 cars seem to have been designed on the Gen 1 - back to the future! If I ever sell my car that is the one I will go for, but not yet - not yet!!

[@cristumuruc5756]

Just bought mine with 72000miles in blue with AMG package, with full options as 23 Years Old I am shocked how good the design looks of it, plan to keep it as long as gen3 is not cheap enough to buy

[@Xyz88420]

Any problems with rust?

[@jonboy9912]

@@Xyz88420 None

[@Xyz88420]

@@jonboy9912 wow that‘s good to hear. Back then I had a cls 350 cgi 2007 and it developed rust on the wheel arches after 2 years of ownership. But all in all it was a great car. Best car i have driven so far. Yesterday i saw a CLS 500 2003 with just 5000 miles on the clock at my local mercedes dealership.

[@jonboy9912]

@@Xyz88420 Buy it - you will have a ball and it will never be worth a lot less than what you buy it for!

[@simonh870]

My father owned a 2007 377bhp 500 model for a while. it was great in a straight line but not so hot in the corners due to it's mass and air suspension. Unfortunately it wasn't a reliable car, it left us stranded 60 miles from home on one occasion and it also had issues with the air suspension, window regulators and it also had rust on the body and on brake pipes. it was 5 years old at the time...

[@NudaMan]

That was a first year 5.5 car, first year cars always are the test mice

[@Whereswheezy]

I love my black 2006 cls500 ❤

[@Basemodel415]

How long you had it how’s the reliability? I’m looking at 1 on fb market $6,500 with 86,000 miles

[@Whereswheezy]

@@Basemodel415 1 years I’m at 94k miles I got it at 76k miles. Make sure the harmonic balancer isn’t wimping or you’re in for in big surprise , I DIY all repairs since I have the Xentry Computer for Mercedes. Very good car, my year only has 306 hp and is still quick

[@rap_freestyles]

I have a 2006 cls 500, the engine is pretty reliable, everything else not so much. The air suspension, transmission, and peripherals are all known to fail.

[@Whereswheezy]

@@rap_freestyles sound like bad maintenance 😂

[@Whereswheezy]

@@rap_freestylesmost people don’t understand the maintenance on a German luxury car compared to a Honda, I’ll Drop a link to the full service guyide, just replacing filters and fluid won’t work, your gonna need to works 😂

[@ukaszmolka1977]

Ive had cls 500 for 2 years, one year ago sold it 😢 and now im watching this full 😅😅 I’ve decided that for 30th birthday im gonna buy the same Cls but 550, 22 months left 😂 this time with modified exhaust, original sounds too gentle, what a car tough

[@yz2374]

550 is trash 500 is better

[@noobrefinisher5443]

what would you say the reliability is like as I'm looking at buying my first one, just cant get over how stunning they are

[@yz2374]

@@noobrefinisher5443 500 is bulletproof mechanically 550 is very unreliable

[@NudaMan]

@@yz2374 with 80 more horses to play with? I don’t think so lmao

[@NudaMan]

@@noobrefinisher5443 from what I’ve seen is basic maintenance on time like any other car, but the Achilles heel of this car is the Active Body Control Suspension which goes out over time which could get in the thousands of dollars if needing to replace all 4 air struts (Yikes!) my goal is to swap to coil overs (I will have a warning on the dash saying the suspension isn’t working etc), better ride on “real suspension” plus I can take corners a lot faster depending on my driving but all in all you can’t go wrong with a CLS 500 or any other C Class cars with the 5.0 motor

[@aisteba]

CLS 500 ❤

[@williambreeze2659]

lOVE THIS CAR!

[@forrestgamp3906]

Прикольно, когда сидишь в таком же банане и смотриш😊

[@tikrineloja]

smooth looking cls

[@trevorisaacs7121]

#GoGettersNetwork Thanks a Million... Iam a S600 Benz Man but youve just open my eyers... lol

[@juanangeldelucasgarcia3730]

Los cls son maravillosos funcionan muy bien son coches muy seguros y eternos yo me comoraria otro

[@VAZ67382]

I saw this car and it’s nice this Mercedes CS

[@phil955i]

Sounds like mine but quieter 😉

[@felixdamenace]

okay i need help would you prefer an brabus or an AMG of an CLA 500??

[@maybenot...687]

It s not CLA it s a CLS (the biggest cla engine is 45 four cylinders with twin scroll turbo s 412hp 4matic) this is CLS 500(306hp rear-wheel-drive) V8

[@damonscotthewmoe3486]

Hey i got the cls 350 that goes like 100 kph only

[@علیدهنوخلجی-ط9و]

❤❤❤❤

[@AnasKili-u7e]

Jantes 17pouces o 18pouces?!?

[@mikimoto99]

Just a word to those that are saying the C219 phase 1 is better than the phase 2. I dont believe you know your Mercs. Have you even driven and compared them? They are miles apart. I had a phase 1 2006 and traded it for a 2010 and the difference in power, handling and looks were amazing. I now have a 2014 C218 CLS 550 which is another level again but for looks I would still pick my old 2010 phase 2👍🏻

[@phil955i]

Looks are subjective; I looked at the gen 2 & didn't like the interior & exterior, so plumped for a low mileage gen 1. But yeah I agree the driving dynamics will be better with a gen 2.

[@ScarFace93119]

1st generation is much better and more beautiful

[@YY-zw2ec]

C219 is more reliable with its N/A V8 M113 engines compared to turbocharged new engines with their high operating temperature

[@brq44]

I prefer the 2nd gen

[@mertkaraduman2552]

🏳️‍🌈?

[@brq44]

@@mertkaraduman2552 ?

[@mertkaraduman2552]

@@brq44 🤨

[@t7andrei336]

the headlights are more beautiful on the second generation. The only thing i don’t like at the first one is those ugly headlights

[@Krisxx8_]

I do too but this is more realistic for me to get

[@jimmyb269]

7g or 5 speed?

[@YY-zw2ec]

Only 7 g tronic, in supercharged version 5g tronic A900

[@WillSandra-p2p]

840 Michelle Isle

[@moeinnorouzi6713]

Yoyo

[@gefullteskasebrotmitsoe8289]

Rechte Spur kennste wahrscheinlich nicht ?

[@A_n_u_l_u]

sounds like not all the cylinders are running

[@DRIVEWAVE1]

Maybe :) This is a colleague's car, so I can't say anything about the car

[@litarmleka3511]

Awesome car!

[@aisteba]

CLS500 🤍

[@mikimoto99]

The 550 is a big improvement on the 5litre👍🏻

[@hexagonosaurus5848]

Nope 😂 piece of shit. The 5.0 m113 is at least reliable

[@phil955i]

Apart from reliability

[@mikimoto99]

@@phil955i wake up! They solved the reliability problems that the 500 had. Why do you think they did it🙄

[@phil955i]

@@mikimoto99 you appear to be quite ignorant on the subject of Mercedes Benz engines. The M113 5.0 used in the 500 is legendary for being just about the most bulletproof V8 they made. The following M273 5.5 they used in the 550 had numerous well documented problems, chiefly the timing chain. The only thing the M273 improved on was power output.

[@mikimoto99]

@@phil955i You need to go to specsavers and also ditch the hubris pal! I am referring to the phase2 2009-2010 550 which by that time had solved the timing chain issue.

[@zverekas3813]

NETURI KA VEIKTI

[@HughesDaphne]

78652 Collier Street

[@thurmanmerman9099]

i just bought one for £1550

[@DRIVEWAVE1]

Very good price :)

[@SergeyTadevosyan-gf2jt]

You have compressor problem

[@NudaMan]

This is not a CLS55