today, i was working to remedy some deficiencies in the CPO'ed 2006 CL500[ that i acquired some weeks ago] with the regional tech rep for MBUSA.

finishing our work, i asked him how much of the body was plastic. he confessed that he hadn't a clue...had never considered that issue before. so, i introduced him to my "knock-knock" exam, asking him what sounded like metal, what sounded like plastic.

when that "knock-knock" scrutiny concluded, he said that he thought that i was correct... that virtually the entirety of the body of that car is plastic.

i have read reviews of these post-2000 benzes. in no review have i read that the entirety of the "superstructure"[so to speak] is plastic. as i surveyed the body, the front and rear quarter panels would seem to be plastic. the hood may be aluminum.

if my analysis is accurate, is the the 2006 215 chassis unique? or do all the post-2000 benzes have bodies that are principally plastic?