Lovely model. As usual for most Norev models, no issues with paint (lovely uniform silver metallic - no defects I have been able to find), no issues with panel gaps and also no issues with any opening features (sometimes doors and opening engine hoods and tailgates can be weak on Norevs, not here).
Working suspension is soft and very well working on all 4 wheels.
What pleaantly surprised me was the interior looking even better than on photos. The door cards are gorgeus with plenty silver details, so is the dash and center console. And since most of the interior is light beige AND the model has a sunroof (somehow I missed that before I got the model), there's great visibility inside.
There's only two small nitpicks I can have:
1) brake rotors are a little loose and don't always turn exactly with the wheels through brake calipers, might be only this particular model issue.
2) in the engine bay, the engine cover would identify this model as a CLE 200 or 300 with a 4 cylinder engibe, but the intake air routing would make it a CLE 450 model with a 6 cylinder engine instead. That seems a typical Norev issue on not being able to get all details right for one particular version of a car, mainly under the hood - I'd prefer if they identified the model precisely and then get all the appropriate parts (engine, transmission, driven wheels etc.) correct.
But yeah, those are minor nitpicks. Overall a very solid model, definitely recommend as the CLE might be the prettiest Mercedes in the last decade.
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Working suspension is soft and very well working on all 4 wheels.
What pleaantly surprised me was the interior looking even better than on photos. The door cards are gorgeus with plenty silver details, so is the dash and center console. And since most of the interior is light beige AND the model has a sunroof (somehow I missed that before I got the model), there's great visibility inside.
There's only two small nitpicks I can have:
1) brake rotors are a little loose and don't always turn exactly with the wheels through brake calipers, might be only this particular model issue.
2) in the engine bay, the engine cover would identify this model as a CLE 200 or 300 with a 4 cylinder engibe, but the intake air routing would make it a CLE 450 model with a 6 cylinder engine instead. That seems a typical Norev issue on not being able to get all details right for one particular version of a car, mainly under the hood - I'd prefer if they identified the model precisely and then get all the appropriate parts (engine, transmission, driven wheels etc.) correct.
But yeah, those are minor nitpicks. Overall a very solid model, definitely recommend as the CLE might be the prettiest Mercedes in the last decade.