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Mercedes S-Class Coupe Caught Testing Again They tried to sort out the model names, but they lost the plot. Perhaps they are trying again. There was a logic to "SEC" that does not apply now, so SEC is out out question. It stood for S from S-class, E from Einspritz (injection) - this was the time of curburators, and C from Coupe. So it signified an S clss coupe with injenction. The CL moniker was based on another long standing acronym of Mercedes, SL, which stood for Sport Licht (SL), meaning light sports car. So they thouht of CL for the coupe version (though none are "light", except for the original 300SL). The K signified "Klein(er)" (Small(er) or "Kurz" depending on your interpretation. So for the smaller brother of the CL, CLK was createt. The smaller bother of the SL was the SLK, and so on. But then they added the CLS, and then the CLC, which were obviously not fitting with the name designations. People often thought the C in the CLK signified C-Class and thought that this was the reason why the name was dropped with the latest model. It has nothing to do with this. The original CLK was visually an E-Class but was still called CLK because it was the small CL. Now that mercedes wants in addition to the CL and CLK a smaller C-Class coupe, and possible an A-class coupe, as well as a successor to the CLS, there was no choice but to try to re-name all of the Coupe Class range. So, the modern equivalent of an S-Class coupe in the "SEC" mould should have been, strictly speaking,an SC (which does not sound very nice), and in the "CL" mould, "CLS" (Coupe Licht S-Class), which unfortunately already exists and there marketing wise impossible to be used know for the flagship. It is clear they tried to use this format, but it failed, because the c-class coupe is called now CLC and at some point the E-class coupe was referred to as the CLE.

2010 Mercedes E-Class Coupe is based on W204 C-Class Platform It has nothing to do with a "hoax". Car officially and openly carries its own chassis designation (C207, the same way that the CLK always had a separate chassis designation (C208 and C209) for the simple reason that the new coupe like the CLK before hand is neither a C nor an E-Class, but a combination of the two, both in terms of chassis architecture, and electronics. That is why for example CLK (and E-Coupe) support engines and latest electronics aids available on the comparable E-Class but not available on the comparable C-Class (e.g. V8 engines/ C-Class AMG versions used the CLK front end to accommodate a V8 & Distronic on CLK, Distronic Plus on E-Coupe that are not available on C-class and C-class based cars like the CLC and GLK). Using the shorter, sportier basic chassis set up of the C-class, but with E-class interior/engines/electronics/styling makes perfect sense. (and by the way I preferred the previous CLK designation ? it was more prestigious than ?E-Class Coupe?)

2010 Mercedes S-Class Facelift Brochure Leaks Outs Actually you can also view and configure the facelifted S-class on line at the German MB website.