Mercedes-Benz CL 203

The Mercedes-Benz CL 203 was a compact sport coupe built between autumn 2000 and early 2011. It was sold as the C-Class Sportcoupe until a major revision in spring 2008, after which it was renamed the CLC-Class, and it was based on the 203 series C-Class. Mercedes developed it to compete with the BMW 3 Series Compact. It was built at the Sindelfingen plant, and early in 2007 production moved to the Brazilian plant at Juiz de Fora. At launch in November 2000 it offered five engines, four petrol and one diesel, and the entry price was 24,128 euros for the C 180. The German Wikipedia article says about 370,000 cars had been delivered when production ended in February 2011, when it was replaced by the coupe on the following 204 series C-Class.