Mercedes-Benz CLC-Class Sports Coupé (CL203) · CLC

CL203

A facelift wearing a new name.

Production
2008–2011
Built
373,623
Body
Sports coupé
Chassis
CL203
Mercedes-Benz CLC-Class Sports Coupé (CL203) (CL203)

The CLC was a facelift wearing a new name: the C-Class Sports Coupé of 2001, given a fresh face in 2008 and sold for three more years alongside the entirely new W204.

Around 1,100 parts were changed, but the doors, roof and glasshouse remained those of the CL203 launched seven years earlier. Engines ran from the supercharged CLC 160 KOMPRESSOR to the 3.5-liter M272 of the CLC 350, with OM646 and OM642 CDI diesels beneath.

Production moved from Bremen to Juiz de Fora in Brazil and ended in 2011, when the C204 coupé took over.

CL203 interior
Cabin of the CL203.

Every model.

8 model designations across 2008–2011 — engines, transmissions and series codes for the CL203.

ModellModelljahreBaumusterMotorGetriebeGesamt
CLC 160 KOMPRESSOR2008–2011203M 2716-speed manual
CLC 180 KOMPRESSOR2008–2011203M 2716-speed manual
CLC 200 KOMPRESSOR2008–2011203M 2715G-TRONIC
CLC 2302008–2011203M 2727G-TRONIC
CLC 3502008–2011203M 2727G-TRONIC
CLC 200 CDI2008–2011203OM 6466-speed manual
CLC 220 CDI2008–2011203OM 6465G-TRONIC
CLC 320 CDI2008–2011203OM 6427G-TRONIC
CL203 side profile
Studio profile of the CL203 — the proportions that defined this generation.
CL203 rear three-quarter view
Rear three-quarter view of the CL203.