The CLK 280 Cabriolet is a motor car from Mercedes-Benz, with rear wheel drive, a front located engine and a 2 door convertible/cabriolet body style.
It forms part of Mercedes-Benz's A 209 family of cars.
The 6 cylinder, double overhead camshaft naturally aspirated engine has 4 valves per cylinder and a capacity of 3 litres. It provides power and torque figures of 228 bhp (231 PS/170 kW) at 6000 rpm and 300 Nm (221 lbft/30.6 kgm) at 2500 rpm respectively.
Power is supplied to the wheels via a 6 speed manual gearbox.
The quoted weight at the kerb is 1705 kg.
Maximum speed claimed is 250 km/h or 155 mph, claimed fuel consumption figures are 13.8/7.0/9.5 l/100km urban/extra-urban/combined, and carbon dioxide emissions are 227.0 g/km.
Full specs
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| bodywork | |||
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| Body type | 2+2 seater convertible/cabriolet | ||
| Number of doors | 2 | ||
| Designer | |||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 2715 mm | 106.9 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1505 mm | 59.3 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1474 mm | 58 inches | |
| Length | 4652 mm | 183.1 inches | |
| Width | 1740 mm | 68.5 inches | |
| Height | 1413 mm | 55.6 inches | |
| Ground clearance | |||
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.71 | ||
| Kerb weight | 1705 kg | 3759 lb | |
| Weight distribution | |||
| fuel tank capacity | 62 litres | 13.6 [16.4] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | |||
| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | naturally aspirated petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | Mercedes-Benz | ||
| Engine code | |||
| Cylinders | V 6 | ||
| Capacity | 3 litre 2996 cc (182.827 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 88 × 82.1 mm
3.46 × 3.23 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 1.07 | ||
| Valve gear | double overhead camshaft (DOHC)
4 valves per cylinder 24 valves in total |
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| maximum power output | 231 PS (228 bhp) (170 kW) at 6000 rpm |
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| maximum torque | 300 Nm (221 ft·lb) (30.6 kgm) at 2500 rpm |
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| Specific output | 56.7 kW/litre 77.2 ps/litre 76.1 bhp/litre 1.25 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque |
100.13 Nm/litre
1.21 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | |||
| Lubrication | wet sumped | ||
| compression ratio | 11.3:1 | ||
| Fuel system | EFi | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1258.3 kPa (182.5 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| crankshaft bearings | |||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 499.33 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalytic converter | Y | ||
| performance | |||
| Acceleration 0-80km/h (50mph) | |||
| Acceleration 0-60mph | |||
| Acceleration 0-100km/h | 7.7 s | ||
| Acceleration 0-160km/h (100mph) | |||
| Standing quarter-mile | |||
| Standing kilometre | |||
| Maximum speed | 250 km/h (155 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 135.58 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.14 PS/kg 99.72 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.1 kW/kg 133.72 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.13 bhp/kg 0.06 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 10.03 kg/kW 16.75 lb/bhp |
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| fuel consumption | |||
| Fuel consumption | 13.8/7.0/9.5 l/100km urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | 13.8/7.0/9.5 l/100km urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| km/litre | 7.2/14.3/10.5 km/l urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| UK MPG | 20.5/40.4/29.7 UK MPG urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| US MPG | 17.0/33.6/24.8 US MPG urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| Carbon dioxide emissions | 227.0 g/km NEDC | ||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | L | ||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| chassis | |||
| Engine position | front | ||
| Engine layout | longitudinal | ||
| Drive wheels | rear wheel drive | ||
| Torque split | N/A | ||
| Steering | |||
| turns lock-to-lock | |||
| Turning circle | |||
| Front suspension | I.3Li.MS.CS.ARB. | ||
| Rear suspension | I.MultiLi.CS.ARB. | ||
| Wheel size front | 7J x 16 | ||
| Wheel size rear | 7J x 16 | ||
| Tyres front | 205/55 R 16 V | ||
| Tyres rear | 225/50 R 16 V | ||
| Brakes F/R | VeDi/Di-S-ABS | ||
| Front brake diameter | 300 mm | ||
| Rear brake diameter | 290 mm | ||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 6 speed manual | ||
| Top gear ratio | 0.84 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 3.07 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 147191 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Model code | |||
| Model family | A 209 | ||
| RAC rating | 28.8 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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2005 Mercedes-Benz CLK 280 Cabriolet added 2006-09-14. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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