The CL55 AMG and a GT are completely different cars for completely different markets.
I disagree.
Both are large, comfortable, impeccably built and very well appointed waft-omatic imposing Coupes.
The CL63 AMG (They've not done a CL55 for years) delivers 517bhp. The CL65 delivers 621bhp.
The Bentley Continental GT delivers 550bhp. The Conti GT speed delivers 600bhp.
The CL63 AMG costs £108,000, the CL65 AMG costs £156,000.
The Conti GT costs £124,000, the Conti GT Speed costs £142,000.
I fail to see whats not comparable. They both seem to serve the same market with the same needs and wants and even cost the same price - with the Conti GT being a bit more than the CL63, but the CL65 being a bit more than the Conti GT Speed.
How are they completely different? In essense they are both 500-600bhp uber-luxo ultra fast mega-coupes. An S Class Mercedes and a Ford Transit are completely different. A Conti GT and a CL are... not.
I agree that they both have a slightly different image and one is more prestigous than the other. But the same is true about an A4 and a C Class and nobody would argue they are not in the same class.