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Old 05-31-2008, 12:34 AM   #5 (permalink)
Nutz4AMG
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Originally Posted by linh View Post
C- Coupe (guessing)
L- Luxury
S- Sedan
Not quite. MB's acronyms are based on German terms. Shocking, no?

CLS = Coupe Leicht (light) Sportlich

similarly, SLK = Sportlich (sport) Leicht (light) Kurz (short)

The CLS is not a C class, it's based on the E class as Jack pointed out.

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