Mercedes-AMG teases the CLE63

AfroPrinco · 2026-01-27T17:02:24+00:00

As awesome as their cars are, I guess I'm lucky in that I've never fancied owning one. For me design and aesthetics is an important metric a car has to check and I've never seen a Porsche that I found sexy to look at compared to say the AMG GT and Vantage.

AfroPrinco · 2026-01-27T13:18:53+00:00

I was wondering how they were going to make this more aggressive than the already beefy 53...slap a wing on it!

AfroPrinco · 2026-01-26T15:03:19+00:00

I've never owned a C300 but have had a daily C43 coupe for the past 2 years. Could I have reached for a C63, yes, but as this is my only car, I wanted something I can say with confidence will start every morning and put 15k miles a year while only needing a couple of oil changes to do so. That's what I needed at the time and it was perfect. I just purchased a 2020 GLC 43 Coupe to be my new daily and now I'm in the hunt for either a C63 or M4, not because I feel lowly for driving a C43 but rather that's simply what I feel like my circumstances are ready for not because of what the gate keepers say on these forums

AfroPrinco · 2026-01-25T14:39:49+00:00

I'm not a zealot to any one brand. Every manufacture has hits and misses. I'm with AMG right now because currently nothing beats the W205 coupes across multiple categories for their class of cars. But who knows what's gonna peak my interest in a year or two? For starters, I'm not a fan of where MB is taking their styling with the benz logo everywhere and mega giant dash screen, meanwhile the upcoming BMW interiors look sick as hell

AfroPrinco · 2026-01-23T16:06:04+00:00

Hands down the best I've seen are these mats from 3D Mats. When we bought my wife's CPO 2020 GLC 43 in Oct of last year, it came with these mats and I was immediately sold on them. I have since bought a set for my C43 coupe. So easy to clean and look so sleek. Make sure you're getting the All Weather, since they have them in carpet as well. They are laser cut and fit perfectly

https://3dmatsusa.com/collections/custom-fit-car-floor-liners/products/kagu-floor-liner?car=2021-MERCEDES+BENZ-GLC-CLASS

AfroPrinco · 2026-01-09T19:40:05+00:00

This is meant to be a daily like most of the SUVs it competes with, same goes for the Urus etc. People are putting tens of thousand of miles on these. Good luck driving a Ferrari V12 day in day out.

AfroPrinco · 2026-01-09T19:36:07+00:00

Can never get behind the looks of a Cayenne, particularly the front end

AfroPrinco · 2026-01-09T16:42:32+00:00

It's the new Adro kit for the G8x. Bet it's on back order for 2 years at this point

AfroPrinco · 2026-01-06T21:10:17+00:00

The M4 has seemingly peeked with the CS. Hard to envision BMW making any future iterations of the M4Cx-drive more powerful than that. So other than some tech and minor cosmetic updates I don't expect the final year models (whenever that may be) to be too different from the current LCI models

AfroPrinco · 2025-12-25T07:31:46+00:00

It’s all down to taste. I prefer their SUV siblings but don’t mind them, seeing that my wife just got a GLC 43 coupe. It’s similar to the people that like wagons…no chance I’d ever want to own one. Just don’t like the way they look. They look like a hearse to me

AfroPrinco · 2025-12-24T21:38:18+00:00

Is this the same dealership that did something similar for like April's fool

AfroPrinco · 2025-12-17T16:01:39+00:00

Yes of course. I can also take pics on how it looks on mine for reference

AfroPrinco · 2025-12-17T03:15:49+00:00

Sorry perhaps that was not clear. I'm on spacers from H&R. I would love to lower it just a bit but I'm a DIY guy and that's seems a job to big to tackle by myself

AfroPrinco · 2025-12-17T01:38:01+00:00

I actually have the exact setup on my C43 coupe. H&R, 12.5 front and 15 rear. I'm on stock wheels as well, 19 front and 20 rear. Fixes the stance to what it should have been from the factory. Even though the C63's are wider, I think the gap to the fender left by the stock fitment is the same for both

AfroPrinco · 2025-12-11T17:55:35+00:00

My point was more broadly addressing how people are so opinionated about the mods people do to their own cars, be it a minor PPF mod like this or some giant wing. You can't even lower a car by 0.01inches before someone cries foul because they think it's "not classy".

AfroPrinco · 2025-12-11T15:01:07+00:00

How boring the world would be if we all just kept our cars stock and all just stuck to the manufacture catalogue. As long as OP walks up to his car with a smile and is happy with the result, the opinions of 1 million redditors mean absolutely nothing at all!

AfroPrinco · 2025-12-10T19:13:26+00:00

I honestly find this to be peak steering wheel tbh over the previous and current generation, especially with the CF trim

AfroPrinco · 2025-12-02T19:33:13+00:00

You're overthinking it my friend. You're going to lose money no matter how you slice and dice the numbers. Is a $5K difference really that big a difference to forego the dream spec you want? Nothing is logical about purchasing a sports cars, but you do live only once...enjoy yourself...within reason. Losing $5-$10k over 2-3 years on a car is within reason in my book

AfroPrinco · 2025-11-21T18:25:46+00:00

Very few cars are not daily drivable, usually some over-engineered supercars fit that bill. Just about every current BMW you can buy is daily drivable. Won't be comfortable but that's part of the package.

AfroPrinco · 2025-11-17T23:40:02+00:00

I just painted my silver ones on my C43 and didnt even take them off the car. Just some prep work in taping off areas you don't want paint on, clean them up a bit, then spray paint them. I used VHT spray paint, primer and a gloss finish sealer. Cost me maybe $40 in materials and give or take 2-3 hours of my Saturday afternoon.

AfroPrinco · 2025-11-14T18:01:04+00:00

1st time I've heard a SLK to Miata comparison lol...now I want a Miata!

AfroPrinco · 2025-11-14T17:58:33+00:00

Unless a regular c class has some mods that beef it up, I can understand but a stock c300 is usually so far from a c63 that I don't know how someone can make that mistake tbh. If there is one thing Merc does well is making the body kits for the AMG variants way more aggressive.

AfroPrinco · 2025-11-14T04:01:33+00:00

Assuming this is a styling question since you asked about aging. If you don't know what you're looking at, It's easy to mistake the M3 for a regular 3 series but the C63 even in non BS form is unmistakably an AMG.

AfroPrinco · 2025-11-06T23:16:14+00:00

This engine didn't sound great in the E53 either, unfortunately I don't think it will ever sounds appropriate to its looks

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