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Mercedes CLS55 AMG spotted in Skopje,Maecdonia.this 476 bhp V8 machine was found near a 5 star hotel.if you like the video don’t forget to rate and comment.
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When Mercedes-Benz announced five years ago that it was going to make a car for everyone, I thought that was a figure of speech. But it seems Mercedes really is endeavouring to provide a different model for every single one of the worlds 6.4 billion people. If you are an African dictator with a fuel expenses account paid by Bono and the World Bank you can have a large S-class with a sumptuous and turbocharged V12 engine. If you are a taxi driver in Geneva you can have the same car, but with diesel power and wipe-down seats. Then theres the Maybach, which so far as I can tell was made specifically for Simon Cowell.
At the other end of the scale we find the A-class. It was developed after Merc bosses received a letter from a Mr Grant Neville of Huddersfield who said he wanted a car with two floors and five seats. Fine. Mr Neville was very happy.
But then they got another letter from a Signor Olivio Pagnietta of Pisa who said he wanted a car exactly the same size as an A-class and with exactly the same number of seats. But only one floor. So they came up with the Vaneo.
We see a similar everyman policy with the E-class saloon. They made a version for some chap in Ottawa who wanted a top speed of 145mph. And then a businesswoman from Madrid said she liked the car very much but wanted a top speed of 143mph. So they did another model to oblige.
This opened the floodgates so now there is an E-class with every top speed you can think of. Theres even an E-class with a big Chrysler body on it called the 300C. And if you want the same car but 250mm shorter, theyll sell you a C-class, which comes with a range of engines more infinite than space. Does sir want 122bhp, or 143 or maybe 150? We can also do 162, 177, 192, 218, 229255 or 367. Basically, you can pick any number you like.
Im delighted to say, however, that this hasnt stopped them, a point that becomes blindingly obvious when you look at the range of coupés. Theres the C-class, the SLK, the SL, the CLK, the CLK convertible and the CL. All of which are available with a choice of 2m engines and 14,000 option packages.
But this wasnt good enough for Hans Beckenbaur, a flour merchant from Dortmund, who wanted a car that looked like a coupé but was in fact a four-door saloon.
Mercedes was horrified that hed exposed a gap in its line-up and immediately set about filling it with the car you see here, the CLS.
It is a Marmite car, I know. You either love it or youve put down your newspaper and run from the room retching. Im in the love camp. So far as Im concerned this is certainly the most spectacular looking car Mercedes has made and possibly one of the all time greats from anywhere.

Those slim windows and pillarless doors put me in mind of the Batmobile, while the rear lights are similar to the Starship Enterprises exhaust vents. But the best thing is that the CLS looks more expensive than it is. Prices start at a little more than £40,000, which is roughly half what I was expecting them to be.

I almost didnt want to drive it. I feared that it would be a bit like actually meeting Uma Thurman. It might be a let-down. It might not be able to cash the cheques that its glorious styling was writing.

So I started in the back, where youd expect the sloping roofline to make the accommodation suitable only for Anne Boleyn. But no. There are only two seats rather than three, but there is enough room for non-amputees to stretch out and relax. Even I fitted and I have the body and legs of an ostrich.
The front, though, thats where you want to be. Because although the CLS is based on the ordinary E-class, its actually 40% stiffer. Which means its 40% more sporty. And to make the recipe even better, the car I tested had a 5.5 litre supercharged AMG V8. The engine that sounds like a second world war fighter and goes like a modern day rocket.

Sadly, because it has such a rich seam of weapons-grade torque, Herr Beckenbaurs car has to make do with the old five-speed automatic gearbox. It would rip Mercs new seven-speeder to shreds. They say, as always, that the power of this engine is so brutish that the top speed of the car has to be electronically checked at 155mph. But I saw 175 on the speedo, and it was still climbing like a bat out of hell when I ran out of road and had to hit the brakes.