Edmunds first drive of the new CLK 350. They have high praise for the V6 engine and the 7 g automatic. Same engine and tranny as in the SLK.
http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/Drives/FirstDrives/articleId=104715?mktcat=insideline&kw=HTML&mktid=NL990320&DARTmail
http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/Drives/FirstDrives/articleId=104715?mktcat=insideline&kw=HTML&mktid=NL990320&DARTmail