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MERCEDES CL (1996- TO DATE)宾士氯(1996年至今)

You could well be wondering who exactly buys a Mercedes CL coupe.你可能不知到底谁买宾士氯采伐. Admittedly, on paper, the logic does seem flawed.诚然,在纸上,似乎逻辑错误. You pay thousands of pounds more for a car with the same power, less doors and a more cramped interior than the S-class model upon which it is based.你付出了数千磅以上车同一国少一门更加局促内政部比收盘级化后,所依据. But you?d be missing the point.但你呢?四是忽略了真正的重点. CL buyers want the last word in technology from their coupe.氯买主希望从他们的采伐技术硬道理. Compared to the Mercedes CL, offerings such as the Jaguar XKR and Aston DB7 seem just a little bit prehistoric.相对于奔驰氯、美洲虎等祭品及astonxkrdb7似乎只是一点点史前. The gadget count is truly amazing, but can it really be described as value for money?计数是了不起的玩意儿,不过这真的可以说是物有所值? New, no ?新,没有? used, just possibly.使用只是可能. As long as you can live with the guilt of offering somebody around £35,000 for a car which cost well over £100,000 in 1996, you could just land yourself a bargain!只要你能忍受别人有罪提供了3.5万英镑左右的汽车,成本远超过1996万英镑,你可以自己只是土地便宜!

HISTORY历史
Very much a tale of two models.故事很两款. The first CL model (1996-2000) was a rather inelegant two-door rendition of the S-class saloon, itself viewed as something of a bloated behemoth.首氯模型(1996-2000)是一个相当不雅二门移交的S级球馆、本身视为有点臃肿behemoth. Though undeniably large, the early CL was certainly accomplished, and was available in three versions, the 279bhp CL420, the 320bhp CL500 and the leviathan 394bhp V12 CL600.虽然否认大,早日完成氯肯定,并备有三个版本,279bhpcl420,<利维坦394bhp和320bhpcl500cl600v12.

In 1999, Mercedes thoroughly revised the S-class range and a year later introduced CL versions that followed the lighter, slimmer philosophy.1999年,奔驰的彻底修改的S级射程和一年后的版本推出后氯轻渺茫哲学. Available only in CL500, CL600 and special CL55 AMG edition, this generation of CL gained greater plaudits amongst keen drivers, displaying as they did a level of body control that belied their still considerable bulk.只限在cl500,cl600和特殊cl55磁悬浮版这一代获得更大松江氯间激烈司机像他们那样的水平,展示了他们的身体还是相当控制,挖大宗.

The range was revised in September 2002.2002年9月,修改幅度. The shape stayed the same but there were some minor styling tweaks and trim adjustments.形状下榻同一造型tweaks但有一些轻微的调整和精简. The CL55AMG gained a supercharger and a 500bhp power output whilst the CL600 V12 also boasted 500bhp and enough torque to stop a planet spinning.cl55amg有了一个增压的500bhp功率输出虽然cl600v12还夸口500bhp和扭矩足以阻止地球旋转. Then, a little later, the CL65AMG came along with an astonishing 600bhp.其后,随着cl65amg来到惊人600bhp.

WHAT YOU GET  什么才叫
Perhaps it would be easier to consider what you don?t get.也许会更容易考虑你鲍思?笔愈多. The list would be a lot shorter.名单将有大量短. On the early models, try to stretch to the CL600.关于早期型号,尽量给cl600舒展. After all, if you?re going to be silly, you might as well go the whole hog.毕竟,如果你?重新将傻,还不如去大刀阔斧. As you lower yourself in, you?ll notice the pneumatic door mechanism pull the door closed over the last few millimetres, likewise the windows drop to prevent an uncomfortable pressure wave when the doors are shut.正如你在降低自己,你?当地公告气动拉大门关闭大门机制过去数毫米,同样令人不安的窗户,防止落当压力波门封住. Turn the key in the slot and electronic arms reach forward to feed you the seatbelt.反过来在关键时段和电子武器到达前进养活你的安全带. Getting comfortable isn?t difficult due to the 12-way electrically adjustable seats, lumbar supports and multi-adjustable steering wheel.肖国越来越舒适?由于12笔难程可调电动座位、腰支持、多可调方向盘. Despite the potential under the bonnet, the engine note is a muted whisper.尽管潜力下头盖,引擎附注是静交头接耳. This sound deadening is aided by double-glazed side windows and an 11-speaker Bose stereo system.这是借助于声隔阻双层玻璃车窗和一名11百色议长立体声系统.

This is only the beginning of the CL?s array of bells and whistles.这仅仅是开始发光?收盘阵列编钟、笛. The headlining is soft suede, walnut veneers cover parts of the dash, doors and storage compartments, and when no rear passengers are being carried, the rear headrests softly lower to provide a better rear view.诺特是软绒面的,贴面复盖部分短跑核桃、车门、冷气车厢,当无后座乘客正在,后方小声头垫低,提供更好的后方. For the truly dedicated show-off, however, the boot handle has to take pride of place.为显示真正修炼过,不过,一直到车尾箱办理少不了的. Use the remote key fob to pop the boot open and a chromed grip lowers itself into place just above the rear number plate.使用远程关键离岸流行开行李箱、铬握降低成以上地方刚刚后方车牌. Touch a dirty car?触摸肮脏车? Not with the CL.不与氯. Slam the boot and the handle retracts into the bootlid.行李箱猛撞到bootlid急忙和处理. You?ll find yourself opening and closing the boot just for the sake of it.你?当地惹上开幕和闭幕车尾箱贪图它.

The later shape cars are, if anything, even more impressive.后来形车,若有的话,更是令人印象深刻. A number of funky innovations have found their way into the CL.一批创新已进入胆源性发光. The way the doors open is a marvel in itself, with a multi-link door hinge that swings the door open in the conventional manner, then pulls it away from the car and forward, allowing easier access to the rear.开门方式本身是一个奇迹,以多连杆铰链,秋千门大门的传统方式然后拉着它离车向前,让后方的方便. As well as Mercedes?以及梅赛德斯? fiendishly complex COMAND electronics system which oversees the control of stereo, satellite navigation and telephone controls, the CL also comes with bi-xenon headlamps, a one-touch gearshift, side airbags, window bags and a seat memory.狞笑几点复杂电子控制的立体监督体系,卫星导航及电话控制发光也双氙大灯,一触摸变速器、侧气袋、袋、窗席位记忆. The options are even more fascinating.更有趣的选择. TELE-AID calls the emergency services if it thinks your CL has crashed, Keyless Go allows you to open your car and start it without recourse to keys, instead having a credit card transponder secreted somewhere about your person.远程援助的紧急服务电话,如果你认为氯已毁键是让你开走你的车钥匙,开始它分毫,而拥有信用卡转发分泌约你某处人. Naturally, British insurers have frowned upon this feature and UK-spec cars do not offer the full functionality.当然,这一特点在英国和保险公司紧锁英国光谱车并不提供充分的功能. DISTRONIC is a cruise control system that emits a radar beam to keep your CL a requisite distance from the car in front that TELE-AID will not be required.distronic是巡航控制系统的雷达波束营火氯必需保持你前面车的距离,远程援助不用. You probably get the point by now.也许你现在明白了吧. The CL is a crushing technological masterstroke.氯是一个破碎的技术主线.

WHAT YOU PAY  您付出
Here?s the interesting bit.这里?有趣的一点. To say that the early CLs have fallen out of bed pricewise is something of an understatement.说塌初测出有床pricewise是有点轻描淡写. They?ve metaphorically fallen out of bed, crashed through the floorboards and have dropped to the bottom of an abandoned mine working.他们?味比喻脱离床冲破地板,已下降至底部废弃矿山工作. Take the CL600 for example.比如把cl600. A 1996 P registered car, barely run in with only 65,000 miles on the clock can be yours for around £22,000.1996磷注册车仅仅只有65英里跑的时钟可你们22,000英镑左右. Good news if you?re in the market for an honest used example, bad news if you?re the unfortunate who fronted up at the local Mercedes dealership with £105,825.如果你一个好消息?在市场重新用诚实例如如果你有坏消息?不幸者门前再度前往当地经销商与宾士105825英镑. A similar vintage CL500 can be yours for just over £20,000, whilst CL420s can be had for £19,000.你可以类似古董cl500刚超过20,000英镑,而能有cl420s为19000英镑. If you?re looking for something a little newer, you?re going to have to swallow more of a hit as you climb into the steeper part of the depreciation curve.如果你?重新寻找一些小更新,你?更重要的是要吃掉你打爬入部分的折旧价差曲线. A 1999 S plate model of the CL600 will be £28,500, the CL500 £25,500 and the CL420 £23,500.1999年的平板模式的cl600将28,500英镑,25,500英镑和cl420cl50023,500英镑.

Prices for the later shape CL have now started to settle, with a 2000V plate CL500 retailing at around £43,500, and an equivalent vintage CL600 attracting a price tag in the region of £48,000.后来形成价格已开始定居氯、以2000v零售板块cl50043,500英镑左右,而同等价钱古董cl600吸引该地区4.8万英镑. Naturally prices will fluctuate according to mileage and option count.据里程价格自然会有所波动和期权制.

WHAT TO LOOK FOR  寻找什么
With so many electronic gadgets included, make sure they all work.有这么多家电在内的各项工作,确保他们. This is easier said than done, as the COMAND electronic system is supplied with a manual you could conceivably use as an axle stand, but try to work out if any gizmos are obviously on the fritz, as this will cost serious money to repair.这又谈何容易,由于电子系统提供几点你可以想象使用手册作为车轴立场但是,看看是否有明显的都市茨、这将严重钱修理费用. Likewise, check the upholstery is in perfect condition.同样,检查座垫是完美状态. Many of the cars will have been specified in pale leather trims which have not worn quite so well as the black leather.不少的车都已经订协定尚未苍白皮革等也相当破旧的黑色皮. Mushrooms and greys can soon become grimy.香菇、黑白不分能很快成为脏活.

Don?t let the seller ramp up the asking price by quoting how many optional extras have been included.鲍思?笔让卖方要价引用匝道出多少演员已被纳入择. Unless the extras really are something special, such as AMG wheels, take it for granted that your CL should be fully specified.除非真的是一件特殊的演员,如磁悬浮车轮想当然,你应该充分指定发光. A complete service history is absolutely essential.历史是一个完整的服务必不可少. Cosmetic damage can be expensive to correct too.化妆品损害可以纠正过于昂贵. Watch out for signs of wheel kerbing and accident damage.留意标志车轮镶边和意外伤害. The engines are relatively bulletproof, but do inspect the condition of tyres and exhaust.相对防弹引擎,但这样的情况进行检查轮胎和排气. Finally, don?t buy a car that has been extensively modified.最后,鲍思?笔买车,也得到了广泛的修饰. Money can?t buy taste and there are some CLs around that look as if they?ve had Puff Daddy as a previous keeper.钱可以吗?有品味、买笔左右,就好像测?味以前曾自夸为爸爸料理. Avoid.避免.

REPLACEMENT PARTS  替换零件
(Based on a 1998 CL420) A new exhaust without catalysts is around £1,500, while front brake pads are £70 with a pair of rear costing £35.(基于1998cl420)新尾气催化剂是无1500英镑左右,而70年前刹车皮是一副英镑英镑后方耗资35. An exchange alternator is £370, while a new starter motor is approximately £330.交流发电机是370英镑,而新约起动电机3300. A headlamp retails at around £215.零售215英镑左右的前照灯.

ON THE ROAD  在路上
You?d expect the CL to feel like piloting a two-door bulk freight carrier, but it disguises its girth surprisingly well.你?丁氯感觉像预期试点二门散装货运,但出乎意料的好掩饰其围. The Adaptive Damping System of the early cars allows the driver to switch between two distinct settings for the shock absorbers, one for normal driving and a Sport mode which makes the CL metaphorically suck in its paunch.自适应减振系统使汽车司机尽早转换为两个不同场合避震,一个普通驾驶模式和运动使得其发光暗喻吸吮肚. With this model you get all the driver aids such as ABS, electronic stability control and brake assist.这才叫各示范司机艾滋病等ABS的电子控制和稳定的刹车协助. The cringingly titled Parktronic option allows you to reverse the big Mercedes to within inches of a costly prang with impunity.让你选择的cringingly名为parktronic扭转宾士到一英寸昂贵厐逍遥法外. Performance of all models is strong, with even the CL420 reaching 60mph in 8.2 seconds on the way to 152mph.所有型号的表现十分稳健,即使在8月2日cl420达到60mph秒途中152mph. The CL500 and 600 models are both electronically limited to a 155mph top speed, although the rest to 60mph times tumble to 7.3 and 6.6 seconds respectively.cl500和600型号的都是最高速度155mph电子有限公司一、虽然其余60mph下泻至7.3倍和6.6秒. Despite the clever suspension, you can?t defy the laws of physics, and the CL never feels anything less than a handful.尽管聪明暂停,你可以吗?笔藐视法律物理学与氯从不觉得少于一小撮.

The designers of the late shape CL?s suspension obviously had no regard for the laws of physics.设计者已故形状发光?收盘暂停显然没把物理规律. Here is a car that can be hustled around like a BMW 3 Series, its Active Body Control system taking the old car?s technology and refining it still further.这里是车可像周围簇拥宝马三号系列、同时积极组织老车控制系统?它还有进一步的细化和技术. This active suspension system virtually eliminates driver-induced body movements like roll when cornering, tail squat under acceleration and nose dive under braking.这个司机主动悬架系统几乎消灭致身体像滚在墙角动作,根据加速度和尾部蹲下大跌下刹车. What really impresses is the way it works in practice.这样的印象是什么真正的实际运作情况. The car can establish whether you?re cruising or charging hard and will adapt the suspension settings, throttle action and automatic gearbox to whatever driving behaviour it detects.车内是否可以建立你?巡航或重新调整,将暂停征收难场合自动变速箱、油门什么行动发现驾驶行为.

Through fast corners the CL tracks uncannily flat, and there?s a lingering doubt that only some clever coding in Mercedes?通过快速轨道角落发光卷子单位,有?挥之不去的疑问,只有一些聪明的编码宾士? Electronic Stability Program is preventing the car from excavating a huge crater in the adjacent scenery.电子稳定程序防止车辆从开挖一个巨大的火山口附近的风景. If it helps any, console yourself with the thought that we put our trust in electronic braking systems, fly by wire aircraft controls and electronic safety systems in passenger lifts to prevent us from coming to a sticky end all the time, so why should ESP invoke any more suspicion?若能任何安慰自己的思想,我们把我们信任电子刹车系统、飞电的电子安全系统和控制飞机乘客电梯阻挠我们来到了粘完所有的时间,为什么除尘器援引任何猜忌? Motive force from the V8 and V12 powerplants is reassuringly obscene, and the V8 CL500 will sprint to 60mph in 6.2 seconds, the utterly composed body control giving the distinct impression that the car is stationary and the huge tyres are dragging the road beneath the car like a conveyor belt.动力来自V8的发电厂和v12是令人放心淫秽cl500和V8的冲刺将在二月六日至60mph秒体组成的完全控制,让车内的鲜明印象是静止的、巨大的轮胎拖路车下方像个输送带.

OVERALL  总体
If you?re looking for something unobtrusive that will proclaim your effortless good taste to all and sundry, a Jaguar XK8 is a better bet.如果你?重新寻找一些将宣告你所需的好滋味,惬意须向所有,美洲虎xk8是一个美好打赌. If, on the other hand, you want to rely on massive technological overkill and sheer size to do the job for you, the Mercedes CL is an interesting option.如果,在另一方面,你要依靠大量的技术和规模良民去做你氯是一个有趣的宾士选择. It doesn?t really offer anything over the equivalent S-class saloon other than a degree of attitude and an ostentatious manner, but for most, this won?t matter.它没有?真正提供什么笔相当于过去的S级球馆以外的某种程度的态度和排场地但对大多数,这赢得了吗?笔事. If you want a car that can cross continents in complete safety whilst thumbing its nose at every other road user, the Mercedes CL is perfect.如果你想要一辆车的安全完全可以交叉大洲虽然赫克其他道路使用者每鼻子、氯是完美的宾士. Anything else will seem primitive.一切似乎会原始.