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Mercedes CLK 430 Review, For Sale, Specs, Models & News

Mercedes CLK 430 Review, For Sale, Specs, Models & News

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12.0L/100km (combined)
Convertible
5 Speed Automatic
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Mercedes-Benz CLK430 Q&As

Check out real-world situations relating to the Mercedes-Benz CLK430 here, particularly what our experts have to say about them.
Gear slippage problem on Mercedes-Benz CLK 230

It's always a good idea to get a second opinion when facing the prospect of a large repair bill on something like an automatic transmission. Independent specialists who are working on automatic transmissions all the time often have greater knowledge about them than the dealership mechanics who don't work on them every day.

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Aircon comparison between cars

Generally it was always felt that the air-conditioning of European cars wasn’t up to the task for Australia; that was because there wasn’t the demand for powerful A/C in Europe where the climate is generally milder. But when the European carmakers began to move on to the world market and export their cars to places like America where the demand for good A/C is very high they have improved the performance of the A/C systems in their cars. The cars you say have had good air are cars that are typically built for the US market, those you say don’t have good performance are not. A/C systems soak up quite a bit of engine power in driving the compressor and that has a greater impact on smaller engines than big ones, and again the cars you are critical of have smaller engines, so they will also probably run smaller compressors.

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Lap of luxury

NOT really. The CLK430 is a great car and should give you years of motoring pleasure. The only thing to be aware of is that it is a couple of years older than your C-Class, but Benz quality is good enough and you shouldn't have any specific problems. The key is to keep up the servicing.

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