{"id":24623,"date":"2022-06-15T08:22:38","date_gmt":"2022-06-15T12:22:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=24623"},"modified":"2022-06-15T08:22:38","modified_gmt":"2022-06-15T12:22:38","slug":"mercedes-tells-dealers-cle-replace-two-door-c-class-e-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=24623","title":{"rendered":"Mercedes Informs Dealers CLE Will Replace C-Class, E-Class Coupe And Cabrio"},"content":{"rendered":"

At the beginning of the year, renowned automotive journalist Georg Kacher talked about how BMW plans to revive the 6 Series lineup. The gist of the story was about the company\u2019s yet-to-be-confirmed decision to merge the 4 Series Coupe and 8 Series Coupe into the 6 Series Coupe<\/a>. The same strategy is believed to be in place for the convertible versions. Why? Because there isn\u2019t enough demand to justify having two pairs of lifestyle vehicles.<\/p>\n

The rumor mill has been telling a similar story about how archrival Mercedes-Benz aims to streamline its lineup by discontinuing the C-Class and E-Class Coupe and Convertible models. In their place, the three-pointed star is believed to introduce the CLE. The rumor has been floating around for a while, and Automotive News<\/em> is now reporting Mercedes has already informed its dealers about the radical change.<\/p>\n

At a national dealer meeting in the United States held earlier this month, Mercedes informed salespeople about how it wants to cut back on the number of coupes and convertibles. While a spokesperson for the automaker refused to comment on the matter, one dealer representative who attended the meeting said:<\/p>\n

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\u201cThere\u2019s just not enough demand for three coupe models. So, it didn\u2019t make sense to reinvest the billions of dollars it would take to do a refreshed version of any of those.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Interestingly, the new CLE will be closer in size to the C-Class Coupe \/ Convertible rather than the larger two-door E-Class. At least that\u2019s according to AutoPacific President Ed Kim, who believes the CLE will go on sale in the US as early as the first half of 2023 with a mild-hybrid, 2.0-liter gasoline engine. A hotter AMG derivative is said to arrive at a later date.<\/p>\n

The cars will ride on the MRA2 platform and will be assembled at home in Bremen from December 2022. As was the case with the old C-Class Convertible and the outgoing E-Class Convertible, the new four-seat CLE with a folding top is going to have an electrically operated fabric roof. The more expensive SL-Class received a new generation in 2021 when it lost the metal roof in favor of a soft top.<\/p>\n

It should be pointed out that the SLC and S-Class Coupe \/ Convertible models have been discontinued for the very same reasons \u2013 poor demand \u2013 with the AMG GT Convertible not far behind. BMW is believed to nix the Z4<\/a> at the end of the current generation\u2019s life cycle, so around 2025. These cuts in the lineup reflect changing customer preferences as more and more people continue to flock to SUVs.<\/p>\n

Source: Automotive News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

At the beginning of the year, renowned automotive journalist Georg Kacher talked about how BMW plans to revive the 6 Series lineup. The gist of the story was about the company\u2019s yet-to-be-confirmed decision to merge the 4 Series Coupe and 8 Series Coupe into the 6 Series Coupe. The same strategy is believed to be […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":24624,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24623"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24623\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/24624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}