Why the CL63 W216 is the best car under $50K

[@AverageCarGuy]

Couple of corrections: There were three official generations of the CL with several more minor updates in between. But the main gens were: C140 (1992 - 1999) C215 (2000-2006)

[@Braglemaster123]

Beautiful’

[@Braglemaster123]

I notice the quarter panel rises up an inch to the quarter glass as to the Sclass. EClass too.

[@guidence75]

Love hearing the stories of other owners with the same path to owning these dream cars!!! Your spec is DOPE AF, the refresh and turbos are the best overall build... Only reason I'm not swapping is the bowl of this 6.2l NA last of the dying breed... Keep up the content!!!

[@Selo_Plana]

The most beautiful color on the most beautiful car in the world!CL class forever NO.1!

[@terrencesonuga668]

nice!! always considered the CL they are timeless, currently have the cls 63 will see what show up next in my stable, im eying the clk 63

[@christophercalloway5531]

Beautiful car, I love the color combination. I recently bought a 2008 CL600 with less than 40,000 miles in mint condition. I love all the torque and horsepower in a refined package. It does not steer and corner like my Porsche Panamera but it’s so much more comfortable and refined, yet will blow it away on a clear highway.

[@siqklinx2021]

Those 600's belong in museums and will fetch top dollars in the future. Hell, they already are now. Saw a 10 years old one for £76K the other day... insane!

[@DanielBenzs65AMG]

Try an s65 or cl65!

[@paulsumm1241]

Just bought a 2012 CL63 with 11,000 miles on it unmarked beautiful condition

[@AverageCarGuy]

Wow. That’s ridiculous. Not always good to have such low miles. But if it was cared for well you should be golden.

[@buyiphilip]

whatttt

[@joesmith9216]

@@AverageCarGuy I agree, bizarre low miles are suspect, I have a 2011 SL550 that was a one owner before me and the guy was a genius, he just did a perfect 4k per year, I do 2k, sometimes a little more. It's also true that low mileage can work if the car was so well cared for, with Mercedes or BMW though they should get driven, they are middle ground cars, drive 'em! ferrari owners are the most pathetic, they do like 3kmiles a decade.

[@moejoe10000]

Always wanted one since new 08 design,, WAY out of my price range, knew they depreciate like Crazy and 12 years later bought the car I’m sure I designed on MB website! It’s not a sports car (I have a couple S60 R’s that fill that void for me) I would say it’s a muscle car ,, a Very Luxurious Muscle Car. ABC suspension that not only adjusts dampening but will Raise/Lower the car. Wanted a rear wheel drive performance car again and well,, MOPAR Ford nor Gm could match this car for the $$$ nowadays especially with the Comfort and feel of Quality this vehicle provides, it’s just amazing.. Oh, should I mention that you, 3 passengers and a Big trunk full of whatever will more than likely wave Bye Bye to that C7 Vette that’s been annoying you?? Very Comfortably by the way 😁⚡️

[@dladevivac5604]

I have a 2008 CL 63 that I bought in 2016 and it’s my weekender and lets just say I love the weekends, checking out your channel and just subscribed I swear we have the same taste.

[@AverageCarGuy]

Thanks for the follow! I’m loving the CL so far. It’s such an incredible car. I can totally see why someone forked over $176k 8 years ago for it.

[@moejoe10000]

Bought an 08 in July 2020,, absolutely love her. She was the least expensive in the USA I could find n had/has a couple issues but I expected that at price I got her and I do my own repairs so she n I are a great match 😏

[@davejohnson3860]

Were the headbolts swapped out?

[@Khanpasha47]

So how much did it cost to repair/ upgrade ABC !!! & ENGINE mounts?

[@Aderin.]

This is one of my favourite mercedes ever made

[@charlestonsilverman5486]

Identical spec to mine but mine has the alcantera sport steering wheel as well. Alcantara is matted down now though so I'm going to have to reupholstered. Still one of my favorites out of everything I've owned or driven including the 15' S63 coupe which I owned before the CL63. About to hit 89K on the odo

[@raquancurry1336]

I have a 2012 BMW 650i convertible. Looking to get one of these cl63

[@DaSGME9]

I didnt buy an AMG i brought a 14 550 s coupe, love it

[@williamdrijver4141]

In 2023 still excellent value for money but is it suitable as an investment car if you buy one today?

[@QuamarBismil]

Future Classic

[@gerardmackenzie5686]

LOOKS GOOD IM IN THE MARKET FOR ONE, JUST WORRIED ABOUT THE HEAD BOLTS AND CAM ADJUSTERS, HEAD THAT THEY CAN BE PROBLEMATIC.

[@AverageCarGuy]

I didn’t have any issues but I only owned it for a short time. Sold it on Cars and Bids.

[@kondjanegongo796]

The headbolts isn't an issue fr this varient. It is on the 6.2l engine

[@3602go]

@@kondjanegongo796 This is actually a 6.2 liter engine, the 6.3 was for marketing.

[@kondjanegongo796]

@@3602go is has a 5.5l engine, this is a face-lift not the pre face-lift with the old engine

[@joesmith9216]

this vs an SL, I guess the cool thing is no convertible top= no convertible top noises, I am getting sick of the noise in my sl550 in winter, however, on nice spring/summer/fall days you get to drop the top and you get a hole different driving experience, convertibles win for that fact.

[@plant-basedmd8155]

What's the production number on those? Must be low, I live in LA and rarely saw any on the road..

[@brianspece8951]

That car is beautiful 🤤

[@1995RangeRover]

She's gorgeous!!

[@DanielBenzs65AMG]

The 65’s are the best though! Still beautiful car

[@sfkickz8042]

Love this car❤️

[@geraldlord6799]

The CL500 is the best 👍

[@nikogta1397]

Beautiful car what's the year model ?

[@US_John]

I set my mind in a cl63.. but don't have the knowledge which year to get it ? Winter tires, no garage, no two doors, no funny beige interier to get mud and snow, and a baby, wife friendly.

[@seanponce5420]

Honestly a good one to grab would be a cls63 around the year 2006-2009 they are affordable and pretty solid you can get a good four door for around 12-15 thousand

[@kondjanegongo796]

Looks like u don't have the fridge option installed.

[@gil2934]

Did you change the struts ? Or just the fittings ?

[@Veryperceptivecat]

Big fan of the C216 63, almost bought a 2008 back in March but held off at the last moment... what are your thoughts about this car with the 6.2 NA?

[@AverageCarGuy]

So funny enough, 2010-2014 they switched back to the 5.5L V8 cause apparently the 6.2L motor had some inherent issues that many videos dive pretty deep into on YT. I used to have a 6.2L CLS back in the day and honestly I liked the pep of that motor a bit more because with the turbos there's quite a bit of lag before you feel the wrath of AMG. But with either one, the SPG (Smiles Per Gallon) is through the roof.

[@alemarba]

I own one of those since April 2019. The main issue with the engine is a problem with the design of the headbolts. The issue is a little overblowed but is good idea to replace them with the new parts that have a sturdier head. This car is an airliner and better drive it as such. Is natural habitat is fast highways with little stop and go, but nothing that a little technical driving instead of a heavy foot cannot accomplish in higher traffic. It was my dream car and I am living the dream. Is my daily driver, but I only do around 30 miles a day.

[@silentbutdeadly3466]

@@alemarbawhat would u rate this car for reliability

[@alemarba]

@@silentbutdeadly3466 I will give 9 out of 10 to the car, 8 out 10 to the engine. Let me elaborate the value proposition. I got mine with 75k miles in it, everything working for 25k including Texas tax. I took it and spend another 12k to get the engine to brand new spec and 2k for the rear breaks. The M156 is an amazing racing engine, but have some well documented wear issues. So I got a 145k car for 37k. Absolutely solid all these years. Now, is what I call a 2k per year car. You need to save it and get ready because things like ceramic break rotors and the ABC suspension struts are wear items and you need to be ready for them. For me is much better that paying monthly loan for a 50k car with half the interior style. Keep in mind is not a simple car for a simple life. It is a luxory item and yoy should plan around that fact.

[@K0J0K]

@@alemarba is it expensive to maintain? And what if i change bags to normal coils? Breaks fluid filters are they normal prices or expensive compared to other regular cars

[@D19944]

I would want it as my weekend car for like 5 years. You reckon you could get serious mileage with this motor?

[@geraldlord6799]

You don't Need to modify CL500 AMG......

[@gianmariamalmesi4133]

Talking about older guys, if I may ask, what age range are you in? I just turned 50 and I was thinking of getting one of these beauties myself, just the model base (CL 550 for the US market or CL500 for my reference market), they are pretty rare in my country, specially if you are looking for one in pristine conditions with less than 80.000 km (50K miles). I've been looking at it since I got my actual car back in 2014, a small CLK 200 (not commercialized in the US with the small but quite satisfying 1.8 liters engine).

[@AverageCarGuy]

I’m in my early 40s ;) The CL somehow defies age to some extent. But I don’t see myself driving it in my 20s. It’s the perfect car for 40-60 I feel like. I’m now looking for a S-coupe which replaces the CL in the US market. We’ll see.

[@gianmariamalmesi4133]

@@AverageCarGuy S Coupe looks more aggressive with her sporty look, I like it much better than the CL. The only certainty I have is these cars definitely don't have to be purchased new since (as or probably more than any new car) depreciate about 25% in the first year, there are many used, one or two years old with less than 10K miles, available in Germany for example, they usually come from luxury car rentals companies (probably better to avoid these since they've been driven by people who didn't really care about preservation of engines) or from dealers who "bought" them to reach yearly bonuses. The latter are usually in perfect conditions, have less than 5K miles, the best configurations and where built with higher quality standard checks since MB "use" them as a showcase, I believe my CLK was one of them. I know for example that cars built for the German market are subject to higher standard requisitions in terms of assembly tolerance errors (we are talking about minimal differences of course) compared to cars going to other Europeans markets, I guess the same rule goes for cars getting ordered from the USA compared to other american secondary markets; it would be interesting to know what quality standards are applied to cars going to China in comparison to the ones going to the USA or Germany since the company has to rival with TESLA in a big way over there, I heard in some economical news-reports that TESLA sold in China have a better assembly general quality of the ones sold in the US. Incredible how Chinese switched from bicycles to S-classes in just a little bit more than 25 years, I guess they are pretty bad at driving just like most eastern europeans drivers.

[@QuoVadis316]

I’m 57 years old. Driven a lot of different cars, in a huge spectrum (opel Corsa till RR Phantom, Ferrari 360 till Porsche GT3) but this CL is a very good and very comfortable car

[@3602go]

Can you do a favor for your viewers, if you have work done on your cars, let us know about how much it cost, so we can have some idea on what to expect if we need to do the same repairs, thank you.

[@demarcuslyles2990]

People don't want to talk about that. I have a 2012 CL550. They said I had a short in my wire harness from the fuel pump in the tank to the fuel control module. The dealership quoted me $18,000 to replace the entire fuel tank assembly. It's at a 3rd party shop getting fixed now

[@endshadow7066]

I thought that CL year went to airmatic system they say that the aromatic system is better than that ABC hydraulic system

[@lyalminchinton8825]

Other wat around, went from airmatic in w215 cars, to better abc fluid system .

[@wp2870]

I waited the whole video for what adapter you used for Bluetooth 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@AverageCarGuy]

Well. Since you asked nicely. 😂 amzn.to/3GFOghj It shows unavailable but I think this is the same: amzn.to/3KU6Lku

[@wp2870]

Haha 😂 thank you so much. You’re the best lol 🙏🏾

[@gerardmackenzie5686]

WHAT YEAR IS IT LOOKS LIKE A 13

[@gerardmackenzie5686]

OK 12

[@AverageCarGuy]

@@gerardmackenzie5686 yes. 12 :)

[@rockman547]

Does the car have Bluetooth audio streaming?

[@haraldperryrhoden1986]

No,it has not.

[@johnsmith100]

It's not clear why a video presenter of a car talks for more than 3 minutes without mentioning the YEAR model of the car he's reviewing. One needs to continue watching till 9:47 to learn that it is a year 2012 car.

[@cerkelofdeath]

Did you sell it?

[@US_John]

I will drive that car from moscow to ulyanovsk.

[@dragonraopen2604]

He thik 50k is 50bucks 😂

[@aladdin2107]

The W216 CL65 has something to say about this video...

[@AverageCarGuy]

Funny you mention that. But I really believe the 63 is the better car. I was originally looking for the CL65 and found a few at the same price. Some even cheaper. But not only was the car no faster, it actually felt bit more sluggish because of the extra weight around the corners. Also, the 5.5L V8 engine in the CL63 is far more reliable than the V12 (the 6.2L v8 had some inherent issues). That, coupled with the fact that there was no other difference between the two cars I chose the sportier one with the P30 that had the sharper handling. If you drive them both back to back I’m confident you’ll see what I’m talking about.

[@aladdin2107]

@@AverageCarGuy I do agree that the V12 really isn’t much faster than the M157 motor car unless we are talking past triple digit speeds and the V12 is definitely more sluggish as well because of that transmission and lag but the issues becomes the fact that the 6.0 V12 Bi Turbo just suits the character of the CL much better and plus, why would you buy a car like a CL and not buy the very best? You don’t buy a CL solely for performance, in all respect, neither the CL63 5.5 or CL65 are truly fast cars. Neither car is trapping anywhere close to 130mph in the 1/4 anyway. They are too heavy. Just my 2 cents. I may be bias as well since I used to own a 2011 CL65...

[@AverageCarGuy]

@@aladdin2107 haha. We’re both biased for sure. And you’re definitely right that neither are truly “fast”. Glad to have another CL lover on the channel. I just sold this CL on cars and bids and will do a video about my experience soon.