New Mercedes coupe's dressed to impress ; In order to fully appreciate the Mercedes CLC, you'll need to collaborate with its game of dressing up. ANDY ENRIGHT reports

DESPITE looking for all the world like a truncated version of thelatest Mercedes C-Class, the CLC rides on the chassis of the older CClass.

This is perhaps no bad thing as Mercedes needed a budget coupethat looked agreeably modern. Don't go expecting cutting-edgehandling and the CLC shouldn't disappoint.

Replacing the successful C-Class Sports Coupe has proved rather aknotty issue for Mercedes. The reason why this car has traditionallybeen such a strong seller is, rather unusually for a Mercedesproduct, price. To put that into perspective, you could buy one ofthe old sport coupes for less than Pounds 2,000 -- more than you'dpay for a top Hyundai Coupe. …