Mercedes-Benz introduced a facelifted version of its CL-Class at the 2010 Goodwood Festival of Speed, raising the bar for high-performance, luxurious coupes.

The 2006 Mercedes-Benz CL continued the great line of Gran Tourer vehicles from the German premium car-maker. It was offered only with gasoline engines.

After three years on the market, the CL lineup from the German premium automaker Mercedes-Benz went through a facelift that improved it in more areas.

Even though the second generation of the CL broke covers at the 1999 Paris Motor Show and stayed on the market for just about six years, it made a difference in the personal luxury coupes segment.

In its pursuit to offer a coupe version for its flagship model, the S-Class, Mercedes-Benz struggled to find a proper name and, in 1996, it came up with the CL designation.

Mercedes-Benz introduced a two-door version of its flagship model, the mighty S-Class, thus continuing its tradition of producing personal luxury coupes for its customers.

Mercedes-Benz launched the 380 SEC and 500 SEC at the 1981 Frankfurt Motor Show. It was the successor of the previous SLS range, and it was based on the same platform with the S-Class W126.

Mercedes-Benz introduced the SLC at the 1971 Paris Motor Show as a fixed-roof version for the SL Roadster R107.

After the Mercedes-Benz 600 Laundaulet built in one unit for former racing driver Count von Berckheim in 1967, the 600 Coupe was the rarest W100 ever made.

Mercedes-Benz introduced a new luxurious coupe in 1961, thus replacing the W128, which was withdrawn from the production line in 1960.

In 1961, Mercedes-Benz showed an open-top version of the 220 SEb sedan coupe. It was the successor of the 128 convertible, a model that was no longer produced since 1960.

Three months after the introduction of the launch of the W180 Convertible, Mercedes-Benz launched a fixed-roof version of it named Coupe.

MERCEDES BENZ CL-Klasse and predecessors

In the early '50s, Europe was coming back from the debris left by WWII, and, despite anyone's beliefs, Mercedes-Benz introduced the stunning luxurious 300 Coupe at the 1951 Paris Motor Show.

Mercedes-Benz tried to get back after WWII and still relied on some technologies developed before 1938, but it managed to bounce back.