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Hi Tomas, always loving your reviews and love it that Lea has joined the team. Just a quick note about the editing that is quick to cut you off in a few of the scenes abruptly. Couple of examples are right at the end @ 20:40 as you're getting into the consumption and the very ending when you're still unfinished and the video ends. Check it out when you can. Otherwise, love you both. Cheers! M
One day, maybe you should make a Lea meter compilation video :) A very unique part of your channel that I enjoy to actually tell the difference in power with these vehicles.
Last words: "My choice is already quite clear...", video cuts, and we will forever be wondering what the choice really was. Reminds me of "The Sopranos" finale last scene, very artistic editing! :-)
Thomas does the absolute best reviews of any kind, especially since Henry Catchpole went to Hagertys, keep up the excellent work! We really need those tshirts! 😊
You REALLY need a hobby. I like Thomas's content by default, knowing ALL the time he provides with quality. So, to make you day, I will say "great video, right on point!" even before I watched it. Now that really must blow your matrix away
As a previous owner of the C238, they should have just made this a proper C-class coupe/convertible. Too many compromises and takes away from the fun this car could have been.
I‘m not too familiar with MB but wording wise I agree. Take the X-Class wording and at T-Modell, coupé or convertible. Back when they introduced the CLK I didn’t get why it was named that was while being a E-Class coupé. Before that you had E-Class coupé with the C123.
@@Staniii2360 The CLK was actually based on the C-class. While looked like the E. Last pure E-class coupe was the c124. No idea why they went away from that.
Great review Thomas~ Few years back, I have watched your review and purchased my 2018 E-Class cabrio edition 1 in China. It is my favourite, love driving it all the time, most elegent car. Before watch this one, I was wondering whether or not I should trade-in for CLE, but right now I am pretty sure I will not. 🤣
hey Thomas, I just saw you make a cameo appearance in merc benz king and I think you were driving the very car. You are just about to review, fantastic.
My wife and I keep discussing a Porsche 718. But honestly with the market and our current loyalty/love of our BMW X5 45e that Thomas reviewed. I'd go the same route I think. Honestly, Thomas has the best reviews.
Good review nice looking car would like to see a diesel cab tested for noise levels. When can we get T shirts , love Lea being in the video should have had a t shirst on as well.
I like it. It feels like the camera do not give the paintjob a good show, it looks to have some depth. If I have to complain about something, it is the dashboard. I do not like when it looks like they just glued ipad screens to the dashboard :) I prefer the old style look but with digital dashes.
I love the colour, but is Herr Gates really going to fiddle with that 'ping pong' net deflector? Ha ha ha. Great review and love the T-Shirts. 'No Animal seats' please!
3:00 The roof mechanism and the speaker at the back are so exposed. If you open or retract the roof on a rainy day, either the speaker or the mechanism can get wet and potentially damaged.
Hallo Thomas, deine Arbeit gefällt mir wirklich gut. Erlaubt mir bitte, dir ein Paar Vorschläge zu machen: Es besteht auch Interesse an Gebrauchtwagen. Wenn sich eine Gelegenheit ergibt, verpass es nicht... Du bist eine positive, charismatische Person. Du hast keine Ahnung, wie sehr wir positive Menschen brauchen, die mit uns über schlechte Dinge sprechen... weitere negative Aspekte sind also willkommen.
Danke dir! Ist tatsächlich ein großes Thema, das mich auch sehr interessiert. Die Schwierigkeit dabei besteht, dann jeweils Gebrauchtwagen zu finden, die wirklich repräsentativ für das jeweilige Modell sind. Aktuell bin ich arbeitstechnisch auch komplett ausgelastet, dass ich nichts weiteres noch anfangen kann. Aber das irgendwie umzusetzen wäre natürlich schon spannend, der Gebrauchtwagenmarkt ist immer doppelt so groß wie der Neuwagenmarkt
Idea for new t-shirt…….”This T-Shirt is leather free and Vegan Society approved”. I will be soooo pleased when the auto industry stops using leather so I don’t have to listen to Thomas banging on about it over and over again.🎉🎉🎉
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An extremely interesting review of a car segment I am also interested in, thank you. I think it is a lovely looking car from the outside. I think the convertible part of the tech is gorgeous. I still can not live with Mercedes UI/UX decisions. The V6 is perhaps the last chance for ICE fun before we descend into mandatory EV. I am afraid I would not buy it at the price.
I guess you have set the standard so high now with your videos that include Leah thats its not quite the same when shes not there, i still managed to get through the video though nice one ;)
Guten Abend. Würdest du die 20 Zoll Felgen empfehlen oder lieber 19 Zoll? Zwecks ausreichender Komfort. Adaptives Fahrwerk habe ich bestellt. LG aus HH.
@@autogefuehl ja hatte ich Dir ja erzählt. Mikrofaser wird leider nichts. Wegen dem ENERGIZING plus Paket. Mit Mikrofaser nicht möglich und da ist so viel drin Ambiente plus, Massage, Ironisierung (habe Asthma im Winter vor allem) usw. Danke erst mal und schöne Woche ohne Stress.
In the 70s and 80s, Mercedes were adored for making some of the most comfortable cars in the world, how they have let BMW and others beat them in that field beggars belief
You should get the E-class with the 3 screen option(although get the 450 or E53 or E63 for the i6 and its reliability.) Outside of that I like the non-cabriolet version CLE 53.... erm, this one: czcams.com/video/3GTW8Cw6TAc/video.html . To be fair, that center screen just irks me; the triple screen in the E class looks so much better.
Mercedes now offers multiple leather trim levels. I suppose they have to justify why the more expensive “manufactur” trim exists by making the base trim bad.
@@yellowhammer3 he's saying there's no E about the CLE. Price of an E Class yet poor quality interior from a C Class. They could've at least used the E interior.
Nah, I would not state it if it wasnt true. Everything I say in my video I can back up a 100 %. If the animal seat would be more comfortable, I would have said "these seats are very comfortable, but for ethical reasons I would still not take them". The animal seats in this vehicle are truly horrible in comfort and the microfibre seats are way more comfortable and the perforated Sensatec seats in the BMW 4 Series convertible are for example also way better. Modern animal free materials are better also in comfort and performance features if you take a good quality grade. Of course there are also bad animal-free seats or rather used to be, most modern animal-seats are very convincing luckily. If you would have the chance to compare many different seats after each other like I have the possibility to do, you would agree to my conclusion.
Model differentiation is the least of their problems.. the whole company is in shambles ever since Dieter Zetsche resigned and Ola Kallenius took over.
This is by all accounts the new C class convertible. They just chose to call it CLE to be able to charge more and compensate for the fact that E class convertible has been canceled.
Well i suppose the only reason this car exists is to get any meaningful market share in case bmw messes up the 4 series (not totally surprising based on the latest designs). Otherwise, just get yourself a 4 series, which is much cooler
Thomas English translation to standard English: Rat = Red, Lack = Leg, Hat = Head, Salt = Sold, Beich = Beige. Good job as always, Tom. Btw did you say that A5 (i4 engine) is more fun to drive than a new 6 cyl CLE450?
I will never stop hating on this car. As the owner of a current gen e-coupe, this is a disgrace to Mercedes' heritage. The current c-class is bathed in exclusively cheap materials and drives awful. It's more befitting of a $35k car than a $60k one. If the plan was to market the CLE as a merger between the C & E, the CLE should have a much better interior (either bespoke or that of the 214 E class). They just ripped the C-class interior and put it in the CLE. Yes, it looks great from the outside, has the size of the E class, and access to E-class features like the 6cyl. However, it's actually just a long c-class coupe. Instead of fusing the cheap interior of the C-class and size of the E class - they should have fused the quality and luxury of the E class with the sportiness of the C class. Without an S-coupe anymore, the only hope is the rumors that Maybach will do a version of this.
It is a beautiful car, BUT Mercedess is really dropping the overall quality of their cars! Previous generation mercedes E class had much better built quality and materials. This is sad!
Thank you very much for your interest in this topic. I also bought cars with animal skin leather seats before I did my research and got to know the industry. The most important thing is: With today's modern materials, you have nothing to lose, just to gain. You achieve the same kind of luxury and comfort or even better while having the same or better durability with less impact on humans, animals and the environment. You can use fabric/cloth, microfibre or leatherette. The classic approach is using oil/plastic as source material. Overall, a vehicle contains about 300 kg plastic. A car seat needs about 5 kg plastic. So the overall plastic share for the seats is very low and it is at this moment the most efficient way to produce a car seat. A couple of litres of fuel equals a car seat basically. So if you want to save oil/plastic, rather look at consumption for energy, fuel and heating and to other car parts than the seat. Note that animal skin leather also always contains a plastic coating for durability. However, long-term we should of course find raw oil alternatives. So going further, seats can be made from recyclables (e.g. from PET-bottles or old fishing nets) or even increased share of plant-based materials (like pine oil, canola oil or start-up materials like Pinatex from pineapple leaves or Desertex from cactus fibre or the mixed-plant-based Mirum, so be seen at czcams.com/video/S1aNZeoatmE/video.html). On a calculation base, by ditching animal skin leather from car interiors, the amount of emissions (CO2e) is reduced by 85 (!) % (www.press.bmwgroup.com/africa-dom-easteurope/article/detail/T0403389EN/on-the-market-from-2023:-bmw-and-mini-models-with-vegan-interiors?language=en) - and that is a very conservative calculation. So it is at this moment the most important thing you can do to make car interiors more sustainable. A good example for high-end luxury with ventilated animal free seats is the BMW X7 with Sensafin: czcams.com/video/1pRNkW9nrrw/video.html And the Kia EV9 with plant-based oil share: czcams.com/video/6vXePQi_MAk/video.html New leatherette materials can be superior in every aspect, even for cleaning: czcams.com/video/u94YXJ72UTA/video.html More and more natural materials are rising: czcams.com/video/nRSsXEnwHDo/video.html Also check out what the animal skin leather industry tried to with our channel: czcams.com/video/nP_CvLlaFlI/video.html For seeing how the animals are being treated and transported in the global leather industry, watch this footage: czcams.com/video/tkjCAmq1_8E/video.html Note that the footage is genuine and was recorded by a highly decorated investigative journalist in Germany I know myself personally. Also a group of researchers and German journalists from public media could recent directly trace the connection between car animal leather production and illegal burning down Amazon rain forest: www.daserste.de/information/reportage-dokumentation/ard-story/videos/illegales-leder-video-100.html In a high animal skin grade, the animals are specifically raised for this matter. However even if meat is the "first" misuse case, the hide remains a profitable body part. That means: If manufacturers put animal leather in a car and you demand it as a customer, you give your money to an industry that earns money by oppressing humans, animals and harms the environment, you make them more profitable. Alternatively, you could support industries with your wallet which try to improve the sustainability of materials. Also, if you turn the argument around to "meat is the waste of the leather industry" you realize that it doesn't make sense (and is ethically doubtful) to discuss the primary use of individual body parts of mammals. Mind experiment: You are getting slain down on the street; would it matter to you if it was for your smartphone or for your purse? Remember that animal skin leather is no different to fur, fur is just leather where the hair is still on. And fur is widely not accepted for clothing anymore, and of course not for cars. We cannot change what we have bought in the past, but with more information and compassion we can change how we decide in the future. For a great insight into sustainability in the automotive industry, you can also check out our extensive documentary: czcams.com/video/-8gNXlRGngA/video.html
I never understood the connection between lether and luxury. In the summer it gets hot and in the winter it gets cold. Where is the luxury if you don't have proper confort?
No surprise there Your body language and attitude is always "BMW is the leader" We've had this "debate" before but your biased results speak the truth BMW designs are currently the worst in the industry and their sales reflect this.
I have no brand bias. My initial “love brand” is Jaguar, unfortunately they’re dead. I m just focusing on whats the better car, and here it’s clearly the 4 Series whereas between GLC and X3 for example it is the GLC.
I know how strongly you feel about "animal skin" but you might want to cool it in reviews - regular non-vegan-car-enthusiast people that see this channel often think you're crazy after they have the term explained to them. They don't understand what you're talking about before that, and think you're crazy after I explain it to them
Just naming it by what it is, why should the truth be crazy? And when interested, I have a detailed explanation and background. I also bought cars with animal skin leather seats before I did my research and got to know the industry. The most important thing is: With today's modern materials, you have nothing to lose, just to gain. You achieve the same kind of luxury and comfort or even better while having the same or better durability with less impact on humans, animals and the environment. You can use fabric/cloth, microfibre or leatherette. The classic approach is using oil/plastic as source material. Overall, a vehicle contains about 300 kg plastic. A car seat needs about 5 kg plastic. So the overall plastic share for the seats is very low and it is at this moment the most efficient way to produce a car seat. A couple of litres of fuel equals a car seat basically. So if you want to save oil/plastic, rather look at consumption for energy, fuel and heating and to other car parts than the seat. Note that animal skin leather also always contains a plastic coating for durability. However, long-term we should of course find raw oil alternatives. So going further, seats can be made from recyclables (e.g. from PET-bottles or old fishing nets) or even increased share of plant-based materials (like pine oil, canola oil or start-up materials like Pinatex from pineapple leaves or Desertex from cactus fibre or the mixed-plant-based Mirum, so be seen at czcams.com/video/S1aNZeoatmE/video.html). On a calculation base, by ditching animal skin leather from car interiors, the amount of emissions (CO2e) is reduced by 85 (!) % (www.press.bmwgroup.com/africa-dom-easteurope/article/detail/T0403389EN/on-the-market-from-2023:-bmw-and-mini-models-with-vegan-interiors?language=en) - and that is a very conservative calculation. So it is at this moment the most important thing you can do to make car interiors more sustainable. A good example for high-end luxury with ventilated animal free seats is the BMW X7 with Sensafin: czcams.com/video/1pRNkW9nrrw/video.html And the Kia EV9 with plant-based oil share: czcams.com/video/6vXePQi_MAk/video.html New leatherette materials can be superior in every aspect, even for cleaning: czcams.com/video/u94YXJ72UTA/video.html More and more natural materials are rising: czcams.com/video/nRSsXEnwHDo/video.html Also check out what the animal skin leather industry tried to with our channel: czcams.com/video/nP_CvLlaFlI/video.html For seeing how the animals are being treated and transported in the global leather industry, watch this footage: czcams.com/video/tkjCAmq1_8E/video.html Note that the footage is genuine and was recorded by a highly decorated investigative journalist in Germany I know myself personally. Also a group of researchers and German journalists from public media could recent directly trace the connection between car animal leather production and illegal burning down Amazon rain forest: www.daserste.de/information/reportage-dokumentation/ard-story/videos/illegales-leder-video-100.html In a high animal skin grade, the animals are specifically raised for this matter. However even if meat is the "first" misuse case, the hide remains a profitable body part. That means: If manufacturers put animal leather in a car and you demand it as a customer, you give your money to an industry that earns money by oppressing humans, animals and harms the environment, you make them more profitable. Alternatively, you could support industries with your wallet which try to improve the sustainability of materials. Also, if you turn the argument around to "meat is the waste of the leather industry" you realize that it doesn't make sense (and is ethically doubtful) to discuss the primary use of individual body parts of mammals. Mind experiment: You are getting slain down on the street; would it matter to you if it was for your smartphone or for your purse? Remember that animal skin leather is no different to fur, fur is just leather where the hair is still on. And fur is widely not accepted for clothing anymore, and of course not for cars. We cannot change what we have bought in the past, but with more information and compassion we can change how we decide in the future. For a great insight into sustainability in the automotive industry, you can also check out our extensive documentary: czcams.com/video/-8gNXlRGngA/video.html
@@autogefuehl The issue isn't whether you're right on wrong, just the level of emphasis..most people can't afford cars with leather seats so it's a non-issue to you and them, but it still seems weird. It's like saying "Don't buy cars with real wood trim"" in every episode. You may be right, but 95% of people will never look at them so they don't understand why you keep bringing it up. But you do you.
I don't see any harm in it, I almost exclusively opt for fabric seats or synthetic leather just as Thomas said, nothing to lose all to gain@@vicariousity3046
I have many many videos on cars where animal skin is available or even standard, it is declining however, and it depends on the brand. It is an essential part of the equipment just like I comment on wheel size, suspension type etc. It's like the configuration and I make every car review with a perspective of a potential car buyer
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00:00 CLE 450 Cabriolet
01:08 Wheels and suspension
02:38 Roof opening and closing
03:48 Belt reacher and cockpit
05:04 Seats and comfort
06:18 Aircap and deflector
09:13 Animal free interior coming
09:45 Rear seating
11:44 Trunk / boot
12:42 Engines with 6-cyl
13:05 Meeting MercBenzKing
13:17 Acceleration CLE 450
14:19 Motorway and Aircap test
16:28 Assistance systems
17:32 Retracting while driving
19:37 Price
19:52 CLE vs 4-Series vs A5
Colleague met: @MercBenzKing
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Hi Tomas, always loving your reviews and love it that Lea has joined the team.
Just a quick note about the editing that is quick to cut you off in a few of the scenes abruptly. Couple of examples are right at the end @ 20:40 as you're getting into the consumption and the very ending when you're still unfinished and the video ends. Check it out when you can.
Otherwise, love you both.
Cheers!
M
One day, maybe you should make a Lea meter compilation video :) A very unique part of your channel that I enjoy to actually tell the difference in power with these vehicles.
The best car reviews by far. Let’s go!
thanks so much my friend !
Last words: "My choice is already quite clear...", video cuts, and we will forever be wondering what the choice really was. Reminds me of "The Sopranos" finale last scene, very artistic editing! :-)
Well if u listened what I said before … 😄
Seems like I'm seeing Thomas Blue cars exclusively on this channel now!
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Leah's camera work is very professional.
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This is the best CLE cabriolet review so far, checked lots of questions I had. Can't wait mine 😇
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Great review. Thanks Thomas 👍
Really enjoyed this.
One of my Fav auto channels!!!! Thank you! Great Review!
Thanks 🙏
A really nice review. Clear, fun and serious in the right places.
Thanks 🙏 feel free to share!
What a lovely review in an awesome location :) Thanks, Thomas )
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Thomas does the absolute best reviews of any kind, especially since Henry Catchpole went to Hagertys, keep up the excellent work!
We really need those tshirts! 😊
I see this 22 minute review posted 13 minutes ago and there is a comment saying "great review thank you!"
well maybe some are a couple of minutes in and already like it !
@@autogefuehlits because of the Thomas blue lol
Maybe he/she watches at 2x speed 😅
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You REALLY need a hobby.
I like Thomas's content by default, knowing ALL the time he provides with quality. So, to make you day, I will say "great video, right on point!" even before I watched it. Now that really must blow your matrix away
From Japan. We enjoyed your wonderful report.
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Thank you, you really answered all my questions I had about this car. Cheers! (perhaps wait for the B10 A5 to see if they will offer a coupe as well?)
Cheers!
Those alloys 😍😍😍😍
As a previous owner of the C238, they should have just made this a proper C-class coupe/convertible. Too many compromises and takes away from the fun this car could have been.
I‘m not too familiar with MB but wording wise I agree. Take the X-Class wording and at T-Modell, coupé or convertible. Back when they introduced the CLK I didn’t get why it was named that was while being a E-Class coupé. Before that you had E-Class coupé with the C123.
@@Staniii2360 The CLK was actually based on the C-class. While looked like the E. Last pure E-class coupe was the c124. No idea why they went away from that.
Great review Thomas~
Few years back, I have watched your review and purchased my 2018 E-Class cabrio edition 1 in China. It is my favourite, love driving it all the time, most elegent car.
Before watch this one, I was wondering whether or not I should trade-in for CLE, but right now I am pretty sure I will not. 🤣
Cheers m8 keep tuning in!
hey Thomas, I just saw you make a cameo appearance in merc benz king and I think you were driving the very car. You are just about to review, fantastic.
cheers yes thats right :)
Nice company t-shirt 🙂
U should put just the logo on front and then ur catch phrase on the back Thomas ❤
Great review as usual. I had this car in my list. But as a USA petrol head. I went with the M440i
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My wife and I keep discussing a Porsche 718. But honestly with the market and our current loyalty/love of our BMW X5 45e that Thomas reviewed. I'd go the same route I think. Honestly, Thomas has the best reviews.
Good review nice looking car would like to see a diesel cab tested for noise levels. When can we get T shirts , love Lea being in the video should have had a t shirst on as well.
👍 preparing everything atm!
My new favorite convertible, does this car have usb ports at the rear
Great. Finally somebody to seat in back and trll us real situation. Is 440i still have more space, or to go for cle?
check it out: czcams.com/video/k2rzDPEcysk/video.html
I like it. It feels like the camera do not give the paintjob a good show, it looks to have some depth. If I have to complain about something, it is the dashboard. I do not like when it looks like they just glued ipad screens to the dashboard :) I prefer the old style look but with digital dashes.
You guys are great - fun with Leah in the video. But one question: do you prefer the "real" wind deflector or the AirCap? :-)
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The roof reminded me of the VW EOS
...one of the earliest nice review.....Nothing replaces the real thing...Thomas Blue
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How did they mess up the seats?
I love the colour, but is
Herr Gates really going to fiddle with that 'ping pong' net deflector? Ha ha ha.
Great review and love the T-Shirts. 'No Animal seats' please!
Thanks m8!
3:00 The roof mechanism and the speaker at the back are so exposed. If you open or retract the roof on a rainy day, either the speaker or the mechanism can get wet and potentially damaged.
I'm surprised we haven't seen the CLE53 Cabrio yet, but this looks great except for the rear light bar.
Stay tuned m8
@@autogefuehl??
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Do the 4 series convertible please.
It's already there. And nothing has changed other then some visuals.
Plz review the M440i convertible as well. so we can compare between M440i convertible and CLE 450 convertible .Big cheers from Korea 👍
thanks my friend !
The review is already there, together with Audi S5.
Hallo Thomas, deine Arbeit gefällt mir wirklich gut.
Erlaubt mir bitte, dir ein Paar Vorschläge zu machen:
Es besteht auch Interesse an Gebrauchtwagen. Wenn sich eine Gelegenheit ergibt, verpass es nicht...
Du bist eine positive, charismatische Person. Du hast keine Ahnung, wie sehr wir positive Menschen brauchen, die mit uns über schlechte Dinge sprechen... weitere negative Aspekte sind also willkommen.
Danke dir! Ist tatsächlich ein großes Thema, das mich auch sehr interessiert. Die Schwierigkeit dabei besteht, dann jeweils Gebrauchtwagen zu finden, die wirklich repräsentativ für das jeweilige Modell sind. Aktuell bin ich arbeitstechnisch auch komplett ausgelastet, dass ich nichts weiteres noch anfangen kann. Aber das irgendwie umzusetzen wäre natürlich schon spannend, der Gebrauchtwagenmarkt ist immer doppelt so groß wie der Neuwagenmarkt
Idea for new t-shirt…….”This T-Shirt is leather free and Vegan Society approved”. I will be soooo pleased when the auto industry stops using leather so I don’t have to listen to Thomas banging on about it over and over again.🎉🎉🎉
MB saved money on the second pipe 💨
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An extremely interesting review of a car segment I am also interested in, thank you.
I think it is a lovely looking car from the outside. I think the convertible part of the tech is gorgeous. I still can not live with Mercedes UI/UX decisions. The V6 is perhaps the last chance for ICE fun before we descend into mandatory EV. I am afraid I would not buy it at the price.
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Is a beauty. What’s your current car Thomas
Stay tuned 😎
if mercedes is known for comfort, how can they screw up the seats, that essential to comfort and unacceptable!
I guess you have set the standard so high now with your videos that include Leah thats its not quite the same when shes not there, i still managed to get through the video though nice one ;)
She was in there? 😄
@@autogefuehl I guess thats true, not enough though! ;)
Guten Abend. Würdest du die 20 Zoll Felgen empfehlen oder lieber 19 Zoll? Zwecks ausreichender Komfort. Adaptives Fahrwerk habe ich bestellt. LG aus HH.
Auf jeden Fall die kleinere Felge! Und natürlich das Mikrofaser oder zumindest das Artico für die Sitze =)
@@autogefuehl ja hatte ich Dir ja erzählt. Mikrofaser wird leider nichts. Wegen dem ENERGIZING plus Paket. Mit Mikrofaser nicht möglich und da ist so viel drin Ambiente plus, Massage, Ironisierung (habe Asthma im Winter vor allem) usw. Danke erst mal und schöne Woche ohne Stress.
Hi Thomas, can you remove the rear head rests?
Good question!
Hope they make it electric in the future. Need more convertibles :)
Thomas, you should buy one of these for your viewers. Draw some names and announce me the winner 😁
😁
8:55 Hmm that wind deflector is such a hassle. Porsche 911 has an automatic one, effortless, since 2012 991.1 model.
911 automatic one is nice for sure! Usually however people drive with max 2 in these vehicles and let it installed
Are you reviewing the new Camry?
I ll try to get hands on it when I have the chance to be in the US
In the 70s and 80s, Mercedes were adored for making some of the most comfortable cars in the world, how they have let BMW and others beat them in that field beggars belief
As a second car and not a daily driver makes sense as a lease only.
I definitely love this car!❤
You should get the E-class with the 3 screen option(although get the 450 or E53 or E63 for the i6 and its reliability.) Outside of that I like the non-cabriolet version CLE 53.... erm, this one: czcams.com/video/3GTW8Cw6TAc/video.html . To be fair, that center screen just irks me; the triple screen in the E class looks so much better.
We need a CLE 53 Convertible
Stay tuned here m8
Oof, those seats! Hopefully this is pre-production...
Mercedes now offers multiple leather trim levels. I suppose they have to justify why the more expensive “manufactur” trim exists by making the base trim bad.
Doesn't deserve the 'E' name
A cheapo Audi copy for fools 😂
It is not an E-Class, it is the CLE class. It's in the title of the video, also says it on the back of the car.
@@yellowhammer3 he's saying there's no E about the CLE. Price of an E Class yet poor quality interior from a C Class. They could've at least used the E interior.
@@carattentat4944audi copy? Take your meds clown
8:38 You clearly need a bigger wristwatch, how you see that tiny dial is beyond me 😂
Bit of a weird question, but I find Thomas almost always very sharply dressed. Where do you get those pants?
sup, pants I often shop at Banana Republic or Mr Marvis
@@autogefuehl you should ask a sponsorship. Just bought a pair of Mr. marvis actives and thay are amazing!
Microfiber will absorb sweat so it starts to smell like a gym locker. Leather won't absorb the previous owner's sweat.
Where can I get a T-shirt like that?
We are preparing an integrated shop for u atm and printing the shirts!
It's my favor car reviews... if Thomas review Germans cars with his little german accent. 😀
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Sorry, but what's your personal daily car?
It makes no sense that this gets the in-line 6 cyl on a non-range topping model, yet the C63 S gets a 4 cyl.
What is the point of a convertible with 4 seats. Only the front seats are pleasant to drive. That's why the Z4 is king.
Beautiful outside, capacitive BS inside.
The aircap should be working better if the rear windows is up😅
Hm, we had that?
It is funny how always the animal-based seats are much more uncomfortable than the vegan ones😄
Nah, I would not state it if it wasnt true. Everything I say in my video I can back up a 100 %. If the animal seat would be more comfortable, I would have said "these seats are very comfortable, but for ethical reasons I would still not take them". The animal seats in this vehicle are truly horrible in comfort and the microfibre seats are way more comfortable and the perforated Sensatec seats in the BMW 4 Series convertible are for example also way better. Modern animal free materials are better also in comfort and performance features if you take a good quality grade. Of course there are also bad animal-free seats or rather used to be, most modern animal-seats are very convincing luckily. If you would have the chance to compare many different seats after each other like I have the possibility to do, you would agree to my conclusion.
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The existence of the CLE highlights just how similar the C and E-class are. Seems like Mercedes have a model differentiation problem.
What?
Model differentiation is the least of their problems.. the whole company is in shambles ever since Dieter Zetsche resigned and Ola Kallenius took over.
This is by all accounts the new C class convertible. They just chose to call it CLE to be able to charge more and compensate for the fact that E class convertible has been canceled.
Nah. It’s a middle thing because having two separate lines wasn’t profitable as coupes and cabriolets are unfortunately making way for suvs
@@MaticTheProto Correct.
Well i suppose the only reason this car exists is to get any meaningful market share in case bmw messes up the 4 series (not totally surprising based on the latest designs). Otherwise, just get yourself a 4 series, which is much cooler
Thomas English translation to standard English: Rat = Red, Lack = Leg, Hat = Head, Salt = Sold, Beich = Beige. Good job as always, Tom. Btw did you say that A5 (i4 engine) is more fun to drive than a new 6 cyl CLE450?
This is pretty much just the new c class coupe
Aaaaaargh capacitive touch buttons on the steering wheel. They don't work with my fingers and palms...
I will never stop hating on this car. As the owner of a current gen e-coupe, this is a disgrace to Mercedes' heritage. The current c-class is bathed in exclusively cheap materials and drives awful. It's more befitting of a $35k car than a $60k one. If the plan was to market the CLE as a merger between the C & E, the CLE should have a much better interior (either bespoke or that of the 214 E class). They just ripped the C-class interior and put it in the CLE. Yes, it looks great from the outside, has the size of the E class, and access to E-class features like the 6cyl. However, it's actually just a long c-class coupe. Instead of fusing the cheap interior of the C-class and size of the E class - they should have fused the quality and luxury of the E class with the sportiness of the C class. Without an S-coupe anymore, the only hope is the rumors that Maybach will do a version of this.
Who's Leah?
as seen in the video :) Lea it is though
looks like a 4 series
It is a beautiful car, BUT Mercedess is really dropping the overall quality of their cars! Previous generation mercedes E class had much better built quality and materials. This is sad!
I want a video with Leah wearing a wet auto fuel shrt❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉
Keep making engine cars like this. Germans should never ever think about competing against Korean brand in the EV market.
Animal leather skin is always better than any other leather. I’m glad Mercedes is using it on their cars.
Thank you very much for your interest in this topic. I also bought cars with animal skin leather seats before I did my research and got to know the industry. The most important thing is: With today's modern materials, you have nothing to lose, just to gain. You achieve the same kind of luxury and comfort or even better while having the same or better durability with less impact on humans, animals and the environment.
You can use fabric/cloth, microfibre or leatherette. The classic approach is using oil/plastic as source material. Overall, a vehicle contains about 300 kg plastic. A car seat needs about 5 kg plastic. So the overall plastic share for the seats is very low and it is at this moment the most efficient way to produce a car seat. A couple of litres of fuel equals a car seat basically. So if you want to save oil/plastic, rather look at consumption for energy, fuel and heating and to other car parts than the seat. Note that animal skin leather also always contains a plastic coating for durability. However, long-term we should of course find raw oil alternatives. So going further, seats can be made from recyclables (e.g. from PET-bottles or old fishing nets) or even increased share of plant-based materials (like pine oil, canola oil or start-up materials like Pinatex from pineapple leaves or Desertex from cactus fibre or the mixed-plant-based Mirum, so be seen at czcams.com/video/S1aNZeoatmE/video.html). On a calculation base, by ditching animal skin leather from car interiors, the amount of emissions (CO2e) is reduced by 85 (!) % (www.press.bmwgroup.com/africa-dom-easteurope/article/detail/T0403389EN/on-the-market-from-2023:-bmw-and-mini-models-with-vegan-interiors?language=en) - and that is a very conservative calculation. So it is at this moment the most important thing you can do to make car interiors more sustainable.
A good example for high-end luxury with ventilated animal free seats is the BMW X7 with Sensafin: czcams.com/video/1pRNkW9nrrw/video.html
And the Kia EV9 with plant-based oil share: czcams.com/video/6vXePQi_MAk/video.html
New leatherette materials can be superior in every aspect, even for cleaning: czcams.com/video/u94YXJ72UTA/video.html
More and more natural materials are rising: czcams.com/video/nRSsXEnwHDo/video.html
Also check out what the animal skin leather industry tried to with our channel: czcams.com/video/nP_CvLlaFlI/video.html
For seeing how the animals are being treated and transported in the global leather industry, watch this footage: czcams.com/video/tkjCAmq1_8E/video.html
Note that the footage is genuine and was recorded by a highly decorated investigative journalist in Germany I know myself personally.
Also a group of researchers and German journalists from public media could recent directly trace the connection between car animal leather production and illegal burning down Amazon rain forest:
www.daserste.de/information/reportage-dokumentation/ard-story/videos/illegales-leder-video-100.html
In a high animal skin grade, the animals are specifically raised for this matter. However even if meat is the "first" misuse case, the hide remains a profitable body part. That means: If manufacturers put animal leather in a car and you demand it as a customer, you give your money to an industry that earns money by oppressing humans, animals and harms the environment, you make them more profitable. Alternatively, you could support industries with your wallet which try to improve the sustainability of materials. Also, if you turn the argument around to "meat is the waste of the leather industry" you realize that it doesn't make sense (and is ethically doubtful) to discuss the primary use of individual body parts of mammals. Mind experiment: You are getting slain down on the street; would it matter to you if it was for your smartphone or for your purse? Remember that animal skin leather is no different to fur, fur is just leather where the hair is still on. And fur is widely not accepted for clothing anymore, and of course not for cars.
We cannot change what we have bought in the past, but with more information and compassion we can change how we decide in the future.
For a great insight into sustainability in the automotive industry, you can also check out our extensive documentary:
czcams.com/video/-8gNXlRGngA/video.html
Buy a Mazda mx-5 manual if you are on the market for a convertible, most fun and not that expensive.
Ventilated seats have a special top layer which makes them less comfortable.
Yesss... Make vegan interiors, please! #mercedesbenz
Front is decent, side is nice, interior is nice but the rear is ugly.
Can’t believe how bad quality these new Mercedeses are. Thomas you need to get BMW.
Mine’s pretty damn comfy. Bet they all are tho. Cheers to cab lovers 🎉
Now that's another ugly tail end by Mercedes-Benz. They need to skip that horisontal light bar. Disgusting!
Agree. Looks like a Chinese EV.
Looks good. Cry more
@@MaticTheProto In my opinion the only cars with good looking tail end light bar are Porsche and Audi (Q8).
@@johanjonsson lmfao no
Made to them that choose electrics ... oups ...
$80K for this? no, just no.
You must be on a mission to capture Obama, you're Trump's secret agent, hahahahaha...
Or to bring him back for 3rd turn 😎
@@autogefuehl We'll have a better future for sure...😁
I never understood the connection between lether and luxury. In the summer it gets hot and in the winter it gets cold. Where is the luxury if you don't have proper confort?
审美疲劳
all of this gadgets will break and will malfunction 😞 every body knows it
No surprise there
Your body language and attitude is always "BMW is the leader"
We've had this "debate" before but your biased results speak the truth
BMW designs are currently the worst in the industry and their sales reflect this.
I have no brand bias. My initial “love brand” is Jaguar, unfortunately they’re dead. I m just focusing on whats the better car, and here it’s clearly the 4 Series whereas between GLC and X3 for example it is the GLC.
Obama is also here?! 🤣
😄
I know how strongly you feel about "animal skin" but you might want to cool it in reviews - regular non-vegan-car-enthusiast people that see this channel often think you're crazy after they have the term explained to them. They don't understand what you're talking about before that, and think you're crazy after I explain it to them
Just naming it by what it is, why should the truth be crazy? And when interested, I have a detailed explanation and background.
I also bought cars with animal skin leather seats before I did my research and got to know the industry. The most important thing is: With today's modern materials, you have nothing to lose, just to gain. You achieve the same kind of luxury and comfort or even better while having the same or better durability with less impact on humans, animals and the environment.
You can use fabric/cloth, microfibre or leatherette. The classic approach is using oil/plastic as source material. Overall, a vehicle contains about 300 kg plastic. A car seat needs about 5 kg plastic. So the overall plastic share for the seats is very low and it is at this moment the most efficient way to produce a car seat. A couple of litres of fuel equals a car seat basically. So if you want to save oil/plastic, rather look at consumption for energy, fuel and heating and to other car parts than the seat. Note that animal skin leather also always contains a plastic coating for durability. However, long-term we should of course find raw oil alternatives. So going further, seats can be made from recyclables (e.g. from PET-bottles or old fishing nets) or even increased share of plant-based materials (like pine oil, canola oil or start-up materials like Pinatex from pineapple leaves or Desertex from cactus fibre or the mixed-plant-based Mirum, so be seen at czcams.com/video/S1aNZeoatmE/video.html). On a calculation base, by ditching animal skin leather from car interiors, the amount of emissions (CO2e) is reduced by 85 (!) % (www.press.bmwgroup.com/africa-dom-easteurope/article/detail/T0403389EN/on-the-market-from-2023:-bmw-and-mini-models-with-vegan-interiors?language=en) - and that is a very conservative calculation. So it is at this moment the most important thing you can do to make car interiors more sustainable.
A good example for high-end luxury with ventilated animal free seats is the BMW X7 with Sensafin: czcams.com/video/1pRNkW9nrrw/video.html
And the Kia EV9 with plant-based oil share: czcams.com/video/6vXePQi_MAk/video.html
New leatherette materials can be superior in every aspect, even for cleaning: czcams.com/video/u94YXJ72UTA/video.html
More and more natural materials are rising: czcams.com/video/nRSsXEnwHDo/video.html
Also check out what the animal skin leather industry tried to with our channel: czcams.com/video/nP_CvLlaFlI/video.html
For seeing how the animals are being treated and transported in the global leather industry, watch this footage: czcams.com/video/tkjCAmq1_8E/video.html
Note that the footage is genuine and was recorded by a highly decorated investigative journalist in Germany I know myself personally.
Also a group of researchers and German journalists from public media could recent directly trace the connection between car animal leather production and illegal burning down Amazon rain forest:
www.daserste.de/information/reportage-dokumentation/ard-story/videos/illegales-leder-video-100.html
In a high animal skin grade, the animals are specifically raised for this matter. However even if meat is the "first" misuse case, the hide remains a profitable body part. That means: If manufacturers put animal leather in a car and you demand it as a customer, you give your money to an industry that earns money by oppressing humans, animals and harms the environment, you make them more profitable. Alternatively, you could support industries with your wallet which try to improve the sustainability of materials. Also, if you turn the argument around to "meat is the waste of the leather industry" you realize that it doesn't make sense (and is ethically doubtful) to discuss the primary use of individual body parts of mammals. Mind experiment: You are getting slain down on the street; would it matter to you if it was for your smartphone or for your purse? Remember that animal skin leather is no different to fur, fur is just leather where the hair is still on. And fur is widely not accepted for clothing anymore, and of course not for cars.
We cannot change what we have bought in the past, but with more information and compassion we can change how we decide in the future.
For a great insight into sustainability in the automotive industry, you can also check out our extensive documentary:
czcams.com/video/-8gNXlRGngA/video.html
@@autogefuehl The issue isn't whether you're right on wrong, just the level of emphasis..most people can't afford cars with leather seats so it's a non-issue to you and them, but it still seems weird. It's like saying "Don't buy cars with real wood trim"" in every episode. You may be right, but 95% of people will never look at them so they don't understand why you keep bringing it up.
But you do you.
I don't see any harm in it, I almost exclusively opt for fabric seats or synthetic leather just as Thomas said, nothing to lose all to gain@@vicariousity3046
I have many many videos on cars where animal skin is available or even standard, it is declining however, and it depends on the brand. It is an essential part of the equipment just like I comment on wheel size, suspension type etc. It's like the configuration and I make every car review with a perspective of a potential car buyer
Do people still want to buy cars with an internal combustion engine?
And why wouldn’t they
Awful fake exhausts
The back is simply horrid
Thomas,for Gods sake,there is no codriver in the car.Its a passanger seat,not codriver seat.Its not a rally car!Please!