What is the meaning of those letters on Mercedes Benz models..like C, E, CLK, ML, etc?

Answer 1

The letters in the front of the name stand for the class of car and the number represents the engine displacement. Letters after the numbers represent extra car info, like L for long wheelbase, or CDI for Diesel. The engine displacement is easy, but the letters are very confusing!

For example, an S500 and an S600 are the same model car (class S) but the engine is 1 liter bigger (5.0 liters vs. 6.0 liters).

The S is the large sedan, the SL is the large coupe. Same thing with the C and CL... L stands for coupe.

A CL550 is a big coupe, but a CL550L would theoretically be a long-wheelbase (stretched) CL550.

Same goes for the E230, E320, etc...

Car classes go from small (A, like the tiny A190) to large (S, like the huge S550). If you look at Mercedes' cars, you notice the smallest cars start with the A and the biggest have the S.

Of course, Mercedes makes this more confusing by overlapping all the letters and the fact that it changed its naming style in 1994.

Sedans come in three classes: C, E, and S (smallest to largest)

Convertibles come in three classes: CLK, SLK, and SL (I think K stands for compact)

Coupes come in four classes: CLK, CLS, CL, and SLR

Trucks come in M, R, and GL - GL actually doesn't fit as its a holdover from when the truck was called a Glendelwagen.

4Matic is all wheel drive. Kompressor is a supercharger on the engine.

AMG is a special tuning house that makes high-powered versions of the normal cars. An S65 AMG is a high powered S600 sedan.

Hope this helps!

Answer 2

The ML CLK etc. it's just the class of the car but I'll tell you about the classes of what it is A-Class is a small mini van R-Class Family van ML-Class Normal SUV,SL SLR,CLK,SLK are just like a senden but the SLR,SL,SLK are sport cars but the SLK is like the SLR but not as fast the SLR is made by Benz and well McLaren that's why it goes over 200mph so that's all you need but i almost forgot two more the G-Classes and the GL the G-Class is just like the Honda Element And the GL is just like the R-Class It's jus a bit smaller

Plus I'm Glad to tell you this

Answer 3

Depends on where you live if you are near the sea the E class tend to rust badly check under the rubbers at the top of all doors including the hatch or boot also check where it was made (plate on the pillar of the drivers door) if it says south africa run for your life . The E class is a better car of course the C class history tells you that it was built to rival early Fords so spares were priced to match hope this helps.

Answer 4

C = Coupe
CL = Coupe Light (light, because in Europe MB makes big rigs)
CLK = Coupe Light Short (k = kurtz, German for Short)
SL = Sports Light
SLK = Sports Light Short
G = Gelandewagon
CLS = Coupe Light Sport

Answer 5

They are simply what you said .. different models of Mercedes Benzs .. most are used to identify those that are more expensive then other models. Like in other words a C model might be less expensive then a CX model

Answer 6

They used to mean something....

S for saloon
E for executive
C for compact

Of course, they use German equivalant of those words. Today, they are just name for a particular model of their vehicle. It represents the body style and the chasis. Also, the number that follows, such as 230, 260, 300, etc used to represent engine size. This is no longer true either.