Test drive Mercedes Benz CLS class C218 since 2010 sedan
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Advertising is zombie: they said in a press release that this is a compartment, and now it starts to imagine that it is a compartment with characteristic generic features: a doors, a hanging roof and an almost imperceptible trunk (which turned out to be quite roomy). In fact, CLS is a classic four -door sedan. Which has dreamed of being a sports car all my life. Its abilities (power - 270 horsepower and engine volume - 3.5 liters) rightly put it in a row of almost sports cars.
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She: I don’t know what you think about the stitches from Gucci there, - only Mercedes reminded me of CLS personally. With the branded style of the car, everything is in order. Only one moment broke him in my eyes. Having forced the car from the remote control, I pull the handle of the driver's door. At the same second, glass drops a few millimeters, and mirrors are automatically opened. More precisely, they had to open up - only one mirror, left, drove away from me. Here it is, the first flaw! On the street, only minus six Celsius, but, it turns out, this is enough for the mirror to freeze and stick in a folded position. In general, only after the fourth attempt, the right mirror fell into place. And I was so sure that Mercedes is when everything works and always ... But the cut definitely has nothing to do with it.
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She: A light leather salon is stronger than Versace. On the street is frost and depression of the gray Moscow winter, and inside the car is an eternal holiday. I turn on the maximum heating of the seats, insert a disk with electronic music atomizeri and completely forget about the winter: it becomes warm and comfortable after 3-5 minutes. As if she had moved to another hemisphere - in Durban now just the beginning of summer. Now, if the sun was shining through a glass hatch ...
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She: Well, he is here, right? And quite visual: the front problems in front, the rear - in the rear view mirror. And in general, for example, I had enough viewing forward. And inside there is something to see. The panel is trimmed with wood in a dark color - a combination with the color of the cabin gives the interior CLS additional nobility. In the center of the front console is a huge monitor: it is a TV and a navigation system banned in Russia, and, probably, a lot more. If the monitor is used as a TV, during movement the picture, of course, will disappear - only the sound will remain. Only when the car is completely stopped, the image will appear again. On the right and left of the monitor are different buttons: they are responsible for adjusting everything. I probably would have needed at least an hour to deal with their purpose. Nothing complicated - there are just too many of them.
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But the glove compartment at CLS is very small: a couple of dozens of music disks or DVD, a bottle of mineral water and a driver’s atlas will enter the maximum. However, is something else necessary?
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I examined the car not only from the driver's seat, but also from behind. There are two individual chairs and the same as in front, drawers: more and smaller. There is a lot of place for a regular compartment in the back as an example. Almost like in a representative sedan. For a complete similarity, only a TV is missing. Which, however, is quite fixable if desired.
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He: Exactly! The stupid reaction of the box to the complete pressing of the pedal also surprised me. Somehow it looks strange in a car with a sports image. Have you tried to turn on the sports regime? In it, the picture is quite acceptable.
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- Well, why are you rushing around the city with such a speed?
I look at the radar and do not believe my eyes - on the display of 140 km/h. It seems that I had just set my own record - I had never been to move around the city center. Even at nine in the morning on Sunday. But the policeman was clearly not going to congratulate me on the record:
“They take away for such a violation of the law,” he grumbled.
I explain that I am a journalist, I am writing about cars, and I have only a couple of hours for Mercedes-Benz CLS. During this time, I must have time to evaluate how he knows how to accelerate, how - to slow down, well, everything else. The monologue was short -lived, but bright. Or this dress tightened the figure. But the result exceeded expectation: I again gained rights and was not even fine.
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He: Machines that keep the road poorly - they do not live for a long time. And this, after all, is Mercedes: it was necessary to try different modes. On our car is a pneumatic active suspension, from which you can choose one of the three modes - from the maximum maximum to the extremely hard. In Moscow, the most severe is not suitable for all roads. This, of course, is not Lotus, but it turns out some not quite Mercedes-Benz. The average seemed optimal to me - irregularities are almost invisible and with normal movement, hardness is not felt.
She: And she completely arranged me and comfortable: the car behaves very carefully. And when I returned CLS, I did not want to get out of the car - I liked it. But I will try to be picky to the end: it would be more convenient to call into the garage if the three -pointed star flaunted not inside the front lattice, but on the hood - it would be easier to keep the middle.
He: Here I would again remember about Parktronic. In my opinion, in Mercedes-Benz, it is more convenient for everyone else-indicators on the panel and above the rear window clearly show what we have a distance of the distance to the obstacle and from which side. And the fact that it automatically turns on at low speeds is very convenient in traffic jams. I really liked CLS - in style this car is just for me. When the silhouette is sports, but there are many possibilities: it is quite possible to afford to second and several people can give up without much discomfort. But if you think about it, it was created only for two.
Text Irina Rybalchenko, Valery Chusov photo Konstantin Kokoshkin
Mercedes-Benz CLS 350
Gasoline engine V6
Working volume (cubic cub) 3498
Power (L.S. at rpm) 272 at 6000
Moment (Nm at rpm) 350 at 2400-5000
The rear drive
The gearbox is 7-speed-automatic
Length/width/height (mm) 4913/1873/1703
Wheel base (mm) 2854
Equipped mass (kg) 1730
The maximum speed is 250
(km/h)
Acceleration to 100 km/h (c) 7.0
Fuel consumption (medium, 10.1
l/100 km)
Price in Moscow from 72,000 ($ 94 500)
The price of the tested 98 400 ($ 129 500)
Irina Rybalchenko correspondent ID Kommersant
age see photo
the last accident entered its Peugeot 307 in the BMW 745L, owned by a financial holding.
Valery Chusov Vuzrevtor Autopilot, engineer-designer of cars and tractors
age 38 years
the first accident put on the roof of Mitsubishi Carisma on the day of its presentation in the Russian market.
Source: "Autopilot"