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Automotive News Europe, May, 2002 by Ostle, Doroth?E
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Mercedes-Benz returned to a classic coupe shape with its new CLK. The new model has no B pillar, yet its body is claimed to be 40 percent stiffer than the old model.
The new CLK, which went on sale on May 4 in Europe, uses the platform of Mercedes' latest C class. The new CLK was incorporated into the C-class model program from the beginning, and was always planned to have a pillarless profile. The previous CLK was developed late in the production cycle of the old C class and needed to retain a middle column for structural stability.
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The old CLK sold more than 230,000 units ...
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