It is an open secret, but a statement by one of the authorized dealers at the national meeting of Mercedes distributors in the United States has confirmed what we already knew: that the new Mercedes CLE replaces the coupé and change of the Class C with a stroke of the pen. and E-Class. The new model will arrive in 2023, a model with more cache that will arrive in the spring of 2023.
Discovered a year ago in its first tests around the Nürburgring circuit, the last time prototypes were seen was last winter in northern Sweden, completely disappearing the new Mercedes CLE Convertible 2023. The brand of the star hides this model, of which information from the United States has confirmed some of the details that we already knew and that we have been telling you about.
Voices participating in the national meeting of Mercedes distributors in the United States have pointed out that the new CLE range will identify the two-door models of the C-Class and E-Class, referring especially to the coupé and the Cabrio. One of the heads of one of the dealers who attended the meeting pointed out that “There is simply not enough demand for the three coupe models,” said a dealer at the meeting. So, it did not make sense to reinvest the billions of dollars that would be needed to make an updated version of any of those.”
The new Mercedes-AMG CLE 53 Cabrio 2023 in tests
Of course, neither the division of Mercedes in the United States nor in Europe have confirmed this end, noting that they “do not comment on future products in the range.” It is normal and usual, but the head of AutoPacific, a consulting firm specialized in automotive market research in the United States, has gone a little further by confirming that the new model will reach the market on the other side of the Atlantic in the first half of 2023.
Ed Kim, the head of AutoPacific, has pointed out that the new Mercedes CLE Cabriolet will have proportions closer to those of the C-Class Cabriolet than to those of the E-Class Cabriolet. Nevertheless, the spy photos that we have shown you of its development during the last year, indicate the opposite. In fact, we saw one of the prototypes pose next to the current E-Class Cabrio and you can see how it is closer to this model, confirming that the star’s strategy is to merge the two models into one.
The new convertible, which will be the only one on offer apart from the more exclusive Mercedes-AMG SL, will be presented at the end of the year or beginning of 2023well commercial launch is scheduled for late spring next year, with a range of 2.0-litre inline four-cylinder and 3.0-litre six-cylinder engines, both turbocharged. Mercedes will limit the sports options in this model as it has been doing with the E-Class Cabrio deprived of a brutal “63”, so the maximum exponent will stay in an AMG CLE 53.
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