The compact CLC-class Sports Coupe arrived in Australia with a three-model range, all powered by the same 1.8-litre supercharged petrol engine and fitted with a standard five-speed automatic transmission. Although the CLC’s front-end styling suggested that it was based on the new W204 C-class sedan that was launched a year earlier, it was actually a development of the superseded C-class Sports Coupe that first appeared in 2001.