Mercedes-AMG CLE 53 Coupe Quick Review
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- Опубліковано 7 лют 2025
- The 2024 Mercedes-AMG CLE 53 Coupe ($80,900 starting in Canada, $72,800 starting in the US) is a new-hybrid powered replacement for the outgoing C and E-Class Coupes, aiming to bridge and blend the gap between the two models. It’s powered by a 3.0L inline six turbo engine, with hybrid assistance and an electric auxiliary compressor acting as a supercharger. This makes 443 horsepower and 443 lb ft of torque with the overboost function. The new CLE 53 also comes with lots of new tech like four wheel steering, the latest MBUX infotainment system, variable all wheel drive, and adjustable suspension. But is it worth the price? And how does it fit into the new Mercedes lineup? Thomas and James are excited to find out! We hope you enjoy the episode. SUBSCRIBE!
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Wait. The designers of a German car decided to install a mode called 'Master Race' and nobody has even noticed?
And they say Germans have no sense of humour😂
Yeah I clocked that … they must be taking the whizzle 😂
It's been around for a few years I think? It's wild.
They had another mode called "super sport" with a little skull a crossbones icon for the infotainment display... apparently it used too much gas though.
whats the joke? enlighten me plz and thx
You buy a coupe instead of a sedan so your screaming family stays the f home and your coworkers never ask you to drive to lunch
Spoken like a true family man
You must be a treat to be around
@@jacobd1432psssst… hey… I think that’s called a joke 😉
@@jacobd1432 JOKEEE OLD FARTT
Thats why i drive a coupè
"Ahhh sorry no room :("
"Amalgomated ... consolidated ... absorbed" gotta love James
"smooshed" was what he was looking for
Constipated.
Consumated
Amalgomated is not a word 🙄
Congregated
Saying the best part about an “AMG” powertrain is the start stop, makes you think about where we are. Sad times lol
Word
Not what they meant lol it’s a great engine
Sad times were the mid ‘70s through the ‘80s. No car with more than 400 hp is sad.
@@artoo45 v8 with 120 hp 😏
Almost makes one tear up. 😭
The Lexus RC-F was ahead of its time. It weighed 4000 lbs since 2015.
I was just thinking that as well for the charger and challenger that is so crazy
But it’s slower than an m340i. And don’t forget the rcf is 100k usd and a lot slower and less attractive than an s650 mustang gt.
@@Youcallthesebagels_ RCF wins in build quality, reliability, interior materials, comfort etc. Don't know about handling, perhaps the Mustang is better in this regard.
@@UzurpatorBulbulatorthe RCF also came with a bad transmission IIRC
@@Youcallthesebagels_ What year is your M340i and Mustang GT?
"what a place to get unconscious" 😂❤
My brother-in-law just bought a new Western Star Constellation heavy tow truck and it actually said "lighter than the new C63" in the brochure.
True fact.
Why did I look up what that tow truck was and then still check the spec sheets to see if the CLE was actually heavier
That's actually hilarious 😂
There are neutron stars that are lighter than the new C63.
at least the new C63 is lighter than the new M5
@@mixswistBy a good ~500lbs at that
James was so fired up for this car only to get absolutely shot down by Thomas 😂
yeah thomas a bit negative, car seems reasonable and he just keeps nit picking
@@mikseinimikelpaa I would be too for 100k car. Honestly manufactures these days get away with putting out average stuff
@@z0sick87 yeah see it wasnt a 100k🤔
we all know thomas is a bmw glazer, he always looks for negatives when it comes to bmw competitors
@@mikseinimikelpaa the car as speced was 99k was it not
4 seconds to 60 used to be supercar territory about 10 years ago. Now it's a Canadian "pretty quick" for a heavy Mercedes coupe that isn't even top of the line. The performance level of regular cars is out of control.
Bro this is a almost 90k car and does 0-60 in 3.8 sec .. a m4 xdrive does 0-60 in 2.8 sec... absolutely blows this out the water for the same price
yeah, seems like manufacturers don't actually care about how the car drives or sounds, just how good the numbers look on paper
@PEACEOUTXX1 yeah but in everything else except for acceleration the Mercedes is better. The Mercedes will be more pleasant to live with on a daily basis.
I remember when 7 seconds was respectable for a small, light hatchback. In reality, it's still not slow. You just have silly cars that are fast now, like random Hyundai crossovers. It is a strange time, but I guess in a good way.
@@PEACEOUTXX1all u care bout are numbers some ppl dont stop thinking everyone thinks like u .
“That belt squeezes so hard it hurts. I like that too much!” lol
"Hey Mercedes...what's the safe word?"
You know that angry-hot Chinese chick on Tiktok who cooks things? He would like her.
I thought he said "I don't like that too much"
The CLE actually has some S class suspension components! That’s why it feels so similar when just cruising around
Just the amg or the 300 & 450?
@@rgarrard24 please lmk
Wait what?
@@gameonyolo1 all of the CLE’s! Sorry for the late response I didn’t see lol
@@rgarrard24 thank you still much appreciated
Feels like James is a son who loves a car and trying to persuade His dad (Thomas) to buy it for him
As a single person who rarely has more than 1 other person in the car I'm all for regular (non-sport focused) coupes sticking around!
The 63 will be the GREATEST car on the market. My favourite car has never been a Mercedes I’m a BMW guy, but this car is just so stunning from every angle. With some nice rims, lowered a tiny bit, and a nice exhaust with a V8 this will be a perfect car. Perfect.
I was at the dealer here in east germany/Thüringen/Schwabhausen today to pick some parts and saw a ton of 2liter diesel cabrio cle's, believe me retired gentlemens gonna buy these like cupcakes
Perfect, as long as they don't buy SUVs!
They’re beautiful. Classical lines.
13:44 The CLE 450 is exactly what you are looking for Thomas. Especially if you can get it in avantgarde trim. Then it looks more normal, doesnt have the fancy AMG steering and other bits, can be had with wood and even a white colored interior but still retains the 6 cylinder with around 380hp. As a whole its dialed down to more normalcy without the shitty 4 cylinder found in the CLE 300 or the C-class. It is the perfect car in the CLE line-up and it needs a review of its own with a comparison of sorts to the CLE 53
A white interior?
🤮
@@alex98b627You’ll understand someday. White interior is goated
@@alex98b627 White interiors make the car look 10x more premium. If I could I would want to spec it on hard core RS, AMG or M models
@@mks1702 IMHO white interiors were considered gaudy until Tesla made them part of their brand. I still think they look tacky and cheap (particularly the plastic “leather” in Teslas).
A tan or similar colour on the other hand looks super premium to me - think Bentley and Porsche interiors. Even Pagani does a really nice light brown interior. They are “10x more premium” than most cars on the road.
@@PapiAndrey I’ll understand someday? The irony of your statement is that a white interior is a current trend created by Tesla. And like all trends it will pass. So the “someday” that you refer to will be a time in a the future when you follow some other trend and decide that you don’t like white interiors anymore. Meanwhile the classic interior colours will look good forever.
Try not be to a slave to trends and what other people think 👍
I did a rewiew where I drove the CLE 450 Cabriolet for a 3 000 km road trip through Sweden and Norway. The car was in blue with a light interior with wood trim and had multispoke wheels. It really came into its own in that form. A top down, mile-crunching thing of beauty with a sophisticated and effortless drivetrain.
I thought that there is no wood trim in the new CLE
@@pomo2617there is
This may be the first MB I like in a really long time.
"What a place to go unconscious" 😂
Just saw one at the dealership. This thing is gorgeous....
It's like going back to the CLK
EXACTLY WHAT I THOGHT AND THATS WHY I LOVE IT. Been looking for a mint condition CLK350 for a while now, and once I saw this i was so happy they are trying to somehow go back to that era
Kind of going back though... the CLK is too iconic to even consider the CLE as the successor
I both agree but still feel like it’s such disrespect to the legacy of the CLK
Except they got rid of the pillarless design :((
I agree, I had a 430 & a 500 they both amazing
5:40 I love that the Mjölk joke is still being used
And the Master Race one too.
Another comfy GT car from AMG. 4,400lbs is actually pretty light, right BMW M5?
Yeah for v six.
Just a joy to listen to you guys.. witty, knowledgeable and not afraid of a little wellie…. Thanks gents
On our 4th Mercedes.
Each year they get a little bit more plastic.
So now we are looking to buy an older one... we miss those.
And I'm jamz
Jaymz*
This might be the best value product AMG is releasing these days.
I love my 2018 C43 coupe 3.0 V6 BiTurbo, not too much electronic crap, performance exhaust nothing pumped in, 4.5s to 100km/h, just love it. Keeping it until I can afford an LC500 coupe. Very happy with my purchase.
Just test drove the 2024 cle 53. Beautiful car! Performance doesn’t match the price. Price competes w M4 but its performance competes w the m440i xdrive
Props for talking about "amalgamated", "congregated", etc. I feel exactly the same about these words. "Consummated" is what it's gotta be.
Best compliment Cleveland has ever gotten
Just saw a Satin Black CLE 53 4matic and it was soooo clean! It had these wheels but all matte black. I love these cars🔥
i look at it as comfortable luxury and at the same time u can switch it up to be sporty and responsive basically the best daily💯
The CLK performed a similar duty from 1998 through 2009 - an amalgamation of C-Class mechanicals and E-Class styling in coupe and cabrio form. The CLK 55 AMG was a great runner.
Watching this really makes my miss my 2018 RS5 I sold, I loved that car so much. Although you couldn't hear the turbos because the impellers were literally the diameter of a quarter.
It's really impressive how many lead bricks they managed to fit in that car though, 4400 lb coupe is actually insanity.
Right? I've got a solid sized SUV that's barely heavier than that.
Once the dash went digital, there is no need for a center screen. EVERYTHING should be accessed from the dash. Put buttons back on the console and 86 the velcro ipad.
Honestly I kind like the Mercedes AMG CLE Actually
2:02 "I have too" 😂😂 had me dying
I think it’s supposed to be a GT car. It seems to do a wonderful job.
I think the problem there is that’s not what an AMG is supposed to be. I agree this would go great as a normal E class coupe. But it’s the AMG over badging and “theater” that feels pointless and self absorbed, which to be frank, that’s basically modern Mercedes, so fair play
@@dwaynetherock-hardjohnson5676that is absolutely what the 53 is supposed to be
@@dwaynetherock-hardjohnson5676 yeah I get what you’re saying, but I see it as a positive that it is an AMG.
It’s not just the badges, it’s also got wider rear archers and fenders and a decent powerplant, which a standard cle doesn’t.
It’s basically trying to be an M440i rival but it’s closer to a C63 than the M440i is to the M4.
@@dwaynetherock-hardjohnson5676 amgs were always heavy cars with a lot of power. This is definetely an AMG
Damn, not gonna lie. This thing is beautiful. Gonna sell like hot buns. Not like the C "63"😂
😂
I don’t see how anyone can call any MB product these days beautiful.
@@keithlehman2060 you need to get your evaluated. Cause I can’t lie to you, I was in awe when I first saw the new amg gt in the dealership. Yellow on black with the most Pristine looking white interior
@keithlehman2060 clean your eyes kid
Mercedes lover James vs Bmw lover Thomas , James always positive about Mercedes.
those wheels looks amazing
I think this car is almost perfect. As a powerful GT sports car to drive with across Europe. Sporty for 7/10 driving in the corners and riding the boost from the inline 6 engine. The rest of the time it's supple and nice like an e-class that just looks great.
If you dont need to bring a lot of stuff or people / children the this seems pretty perfect.
Cruising in a pretty car with excellent equipment that sounds great with well damped suspension.
7:56 I’m glad we have halfway cars available to people as well as a halfway house 🏠 😂 now they can drive!
Just started watching the vid but based on looks that is a beautiful coupe. Much nicer looking than the M3 and M4s
Got a point there.
The 4 series looks very decent from the rear but the front is hideous. It's the opposite here.
Nah the 3 and 4 series are looking way better.
The CLE looks like a CLA
And the M3/M4 is A LOT quicker. The CLE 53 is more like a 340 or 440
I actually love this car and I think it's the best thing mercedes put out in a few years when it comes to looks. Saying this as a big mercedes fan as well.
But I do agree, if they lose a bit of carbon fiber and other weird design choices and stick to minimalism with it I think it would be a pefect car really.
I picked up one of these, and I love it. It's connected and there's some feel. Really enjoying the drive. Rear wheel steer is awesome, too.
James: "Don't think of it like that "
Thomas: "I have to, because physics exists" 😂😂😂
After watching this, it reminds me more of a CLK where u get the luxury and space with 2 doors sporty style 😊
Beautiful and confident car, humbled by its engine redline and transmission is what I got from the review. Wait for the 63
I am a simple man to please, I see a throttle house video about an AMG Benz and I click
Lame
I see any throttle house video and I click
@@skankhunt420your mother
Oh look - it's the new AMG 53 Crossfire!
You forgot one…they also got rid of the S550 Coupe and I have one and it’s damn nice ride
Thanks for the great review. Having owned both E and C coupes, I'm the target demographic for this car. If they made the CLE450 in the wide body with rear steering there'd be little need for the 53 in my view given how it will be used by most owners. To the club and back, not to the track and back...
Not Mercedes adding a Master Race mode LMAO 7:34
Not new
James should have his own car channel. He is the one who is good at this.
It’s Throttler and Houser!
2Throttle2House
The German counterpart, Throttlenhausen
One of the few better cars that Mercedes brought lately
I can't look at those seats and not think of deadpool
I think it's nice
😂😂😂 I can't unsee it now!
@@bokiNYC 😅
Dunno guys, its a nice GT coupe option from Merc. Somewhere in between low end cla45s and top end gt63s.
It's heavy, comfy, long trip runner for every weather and road conditions out there yet classy to find the best hotel and restaurant in that town that you would like to go by a car trip.
Yet, there still a lot of fun in that place, so you can test your skills at the track, lightly, learn something new about car and come back home with your kids that you took from the school.
It's really like a Dodge Challenger GT in a lot of ways.
And its not that expensive, so I think its a good place you can be in.
I enjoy the Thomas attacking the car and James defending the car approach
Sometimes it is better to just walk away from things and go back to them later when you’re in a better frame of mind.
*Synthetic* is a good word to describe this whole car
It’s one of the most beautiful modern cars.
@@kraenk12 rather have a Blackwing.
As many cars are these days, unfortunately. Eventually you’ll get used to it and become more sensitive to the car. By that point, it won’t bother you
@@kraenk12 no
i love the wide body work.
At least it’s not called the CEL
Get in CEL
No, they keep that badge for their diesel cars! 😂
These look really good on the road and this is the perfect engine for it.
"It just squeezes you so hard!"
"....I liked that too much."
LOL
The sexiest rear end from mercedes in a while
And Canadians complain about car prices.
Guys this CLE 53 amg price is a BARGAIN compared to what it costs in USA! Let alone in Germany.
i agree, my province only got 5% tax, and the price is really low, mercedes canada should charge moe
Truth
Yeah I think I'll buy it in Alberta and just drive back to Mississipi to register it
It's cheaper than an european Golf GTI
Are you seriously asking for a higher price? Lol@@denalisiomontpellier4064
Great car !!! Am so happy thats its a two door !!! There are other Benz that are sedans …. Makes perfect sense !!
Thomas is too stuck up on it being a coup to be sporty. Its a 2 + 2. Out right performance isn’t the main focus. Its a coup cause it looks good. It has all the bobs and modes cause that feels important, feels like value. Its a sport GT. You ain’t tracking this and going full 10ths, you just enjoying an attractive fast car.
@@air-headedaviator1805 exactly
It's just a weird and confused car that doesn't understand itself on a fundamental level
The interior is fine as it is! You don't need to have one of the full-fat signed AMG models to enjoy the AMG interior. I rented a 4-door CLA 200 when I visited the UK 3 weeks ago, which was specced with the optional "AMG Packet". This packet includes the stitched alcantara interior, the AMG steering wheel, sportier seats etc. It did not have the carbon interior decoration obviously, but in general it was similar to the CLE 53 tested here. Contrary to what Thomas says, in my opinion the AMG interior felt really nice even in a car with a 1300 cc engine.
The Mercedes-AMG CLE 53 Coupe looks so good, the last of the proper German coupes, and I really like the wheels. They now need to release a version with V8 😃
Great video you should get it as a daily. Just one thing please use metric units for us Europeans :) ;)
These cars are slept on . In-line 6 is where it’s at bet it had a bunch of potential
Bring cars back again. I bought an Alfa Giulia Quadrifoglio last week and I do not need those tablets, lights, etc
Good Choice!
The best choice you could do! It's a real car!
Same. It's one more aspect of what's made a lot of those resto-mod's stick out. Good, clean design without all those screens is so much more calming and beautiful to look at. I'm there to drive, to configure a few things, and to be undistracted. I'll stare at a big screen when I get home.
It is fast (for what it is) but it is not sporty. So it is not for enthusiasts. Not a complicated formula to understand. It is great for its target market.
fun fact: the reason the door feels so heavy is because Mercedes switched to steel doors for the lower end cars, so yeah, you can look forward to winter when the doors will rust away in a few weeks
😂😂
I feel like the elephant in the room is how Mercedes is doing AMG like BMW has come to do M…everything gets the visual fan fare but the dynamics fail to follow suit. Because if you want that, you have to pony up to the next price category. You guys are great - cheers!
Exactly. Engineering and performance standouts gave the values to the brand, but now we have cues without the standouts. Mercedes has made AMG into a cloak rather than a dagger. It’s all visual cues and just enough car to sell to those who want the brand more than what it stood for.
The hood badge, as Thomas experienced it, is perfect: branding with the life drained away. The car - listen up, James! - is a cenotaph: overdone signifier with little - or here just enough to sell - signified. A not really car for not really drivers.
What a line! But what a place to go unconscious….😂
If you think those doors are heavy... my AMG S63 Cab doors are nuts. They are actually fine in daily use and I don't notice it, but if I parked on a hill I would have a challenge on my hands. And they are crazy long. But I love them and the free car that came with them (very expensive doors!).
An amalgamated C and E class coupe... So it's a D class, which also happens to be the grade I'd give it. Neat.
It's just the CLK again. A coupe between C and E. Except the old CLK had the excellent m113 and m156 V8 engines available.
Given its bloat it’s a double D.
Guys, magnificent short review as always, & I love this car, everything about it, the interior is to die for,
C63s AMG coupe v8..
E53 AMG coupe ❤❤❤
It’s beautiful in photos. Then I drove it. Sure it had fast acceleration but it felt heavy and bloated. The slab of a dashboard didn’t help me feel connected with the road. Then I drove the CLA45s. It felt light and nimble and was faster than the CLE53.
As a e550 owner I approve of this beautiful machine. Simply THE BEST OR NOTHING!!
Im glad i stay in a state where front tag isn't required. That front tag is an eye sore for beautiful cars
Cool infinity Q60 2:30
“What do you start with with the scientific thing?” is precisely how I feel everyday in the neurological lab where I work. 😂
Is James ok at 4:42? It seems like possibly some sciatic pain going on?
Looks like he just misstepped 🤷🏻♂️
To go against the dominant thinking of your friends, of most of the people you see every day, is perhaps the most difficult act of heroism you can perform.
Dont forget the 2 door S Class
@@suk6806i think the SL should be a new s class coupe and the GT can be the sporty one.
One thing to note, the rear interior is not as wide as the outgoing E53. But the longer chassis is complemented by 4 wheel steering. Cheaper than E53 at least AND you have launch control.
Other details this has is the carbon steering wheel that we couldn’t get on E53, as well as the embossed Affalterbach logo on headrest.
can you get those optional sport seats in the e54?
E53 coupe still looks way better especially without the B Pillar.. CLE in fact has the B Pillar which is a deal breaker for me when purchasing 2 door coupes 👎🏽
ah yes, paying E class money to get C class tech and parts, great
Benz is combining/consolidating models. They did the same thing with the AMG GT, the SL, and the S class Coupe - turned them into a single platform.
So it's basically a re boot of the CLK with yet another confusing name. Like when the SLK became the SLC for some reason.
Yeah pretty bad. One of my favorite Mercedes is the curious 70's SLC. Now when Googling SLC i am confronted with that hairdressers abomination
Except it’s even larger than the last gen E-Class coupe.
@@kraenk12 longer but less wide
As a sales manager for Volvo. I’d like to see your quick review of the Volvo V60 T8 Polestar Engineered. Ohlins adjustable suspension. Brembo brakes. Plus in hybrid. Combined power 455hp 523 ft lbs tq. You can put it in polestar mode and charge mode and essentially not lose your electric range and have full power all the time. Pretty cool……… for a Volvo lol
3:54 looks exactly like an infinity coupe
I thought the same thing as soon as they showed the back.
fck😂
I couldn’t think of what the back reminded me of. That’s what it is
Can’t unsee it now thanks bro :/
It's for customers who want more E with their C and more C with their E. That's why it's heavy where E people expect it to be and why it's sporty where C people expect it to be. It's a mashup that Mercedes tried their best to blend together. The price merits looking at and you can make up your own mind on whether it's too much E for your C or too much C for your E.
14:17 this is perfect
That slow shifting is crazy