New C Class!

[ucscsades]

So apparently pictures and specs of the new C class were released yesterday..see link-

http://www.carenthusiast.com/news.html?mod...cle&id=1704

Following the style of the current S Class a lot, but I think it looks pretty horrible...well the avant gardes look pretty nice, but the classic styling package looks really boring I think. Especially the back lights! But should be interesting to see it in the flesh within a few months, the current C has been around for way too long!

[Devinda_Z]

your right - it looks very awkward!

but then having said that IMHO M-B havent put out a distinguishably different or even remotely smooth looking car in the past 5 yrs or even longer....besides the CLS of course!

[GTAm]

I like the new grille. Just like my 500SEC!

[Devinda_Z]

  GTAm said:

I like the new grille. Just like my 500SEC!

if u dont minde us asking GTAm...

what exactly do u have sitting in your Garage@home???? figured u like italian cars...but german too eh?

[fuzzo]

personally i like the new C class.. i think it looks quite nice...

[ashan]

Personally I think this is a waste of money with regard to purchasing... well thats just my take on this

[Devinda_Z]

u'll r all gonna hate me for even saying this but like beauty in anything its fairly subjective né...

but i think the C class seemes to have ripped the grill off a Ssang Yong Rexton II !!!

just look@ the exact dimentions shape n angles of the grill!!

keep an open mind& look@é merc now!

not too far fetched is it now

Edited January 25, 2007 by Devinda_Z

[Pericles]

  Devinda_Z said:

u'll r all gonna hate me for even saying this but like beauty in anything its fairly subjective né...

but i think the C class seemes to have ripped the grill off a Ssang Yong Rexton II !!!

just look@ the exact dimentions shape n angles of the grill!!

Nope, the merc bottom of the grill slopes down to form a point in the middle, the jeep has a square bottom, not a pointed one. Its in three lines to the mercs 2.

[fuzzo]

the new rexton grille looks very MB'ish... i was thining rexton copied mB..not the other way around....

[Pericles]

  fuzzo said:

the new rexton grille looks very MB'ish... i was thining rexton copied mB..not the other way around....

The old tagline was "Ssang yong, Powered by Mercedes Benz" right?

[ashan]

Such a plain looking car!!! so so outdated too ...... I can think of a much better looking, better powered, better all around competitor........bt i wont even give a hint...cos I know Peri is waiting to catch me trying to embark on my Marketing activity here .....he he he

[ferrarif50]

it has the old Lexus IS style

[Devinda_Z]

  Pericles said:

The old tagline was "Ssang yong, Powered by Mercedes Benz" right?

i think they still are

BUT

the ssang yong came with that grill FISRT

so on that basis alone i'n inclined to be bullish abt it n say MB copied the Koreans

...who knows if em Koreans swiped the grill design when they were picking up engine schemtics from MB even....

[Lalithster]

So the real question here is!

Would you buy the New C-class or the New 3-serise?

Put me down for a C-class.

[dillongt]

very nice machan but check this out.... ( it may not look like it, but this Mazda6 MPS is a rival for Mitsubishi's Evo and the Subaru Impreza STi. )

read all about it Mazda MPS promises to rival Evos and Subarus

[Pericles]

  dillongt said:

very nice machan but check this out.... ( it may not look like it, but this Mazda6 MPS is a rival for Mitsubishi's Evo and the Subaru Impreza STi. )

read all about it Mazda MPS promises to rival Evos and Subarus

Dillon, that article is dated 21 Oct 2004

[Devinda_Z]

the 3 series isnt a pretty car either - but it has design n style going for it regardless of the odd angles

the C class looks dispropotionate & dull IMHO

[dillongt]

  Pericles said:

Dillon, that article is dated 21 Oct 2004

read 2006 october sport compact car magazine for more info about the 2007 mazdaspeed3

[Pericles]

  dillongt said:

read 2006 october sport compact car magazine for more info about the 2007 mazdaspeed3

U send me the mag, I'll read it

kidding. Don't suppose they have a site?

[GTAm]

  Devinda_Z said:

if u dont minde us asking GTAm...

what exactly do u have sitting in your Garage@home???? figured u like italian cars...but german too eh?

This is the babe

[fuzzo]

nice ride gtam... how about the rest of your garage

[Devinda_Z]

  GTAm said:

This is the babe

OMG!! thats AWESOME - very elegant

didnt know we had nay of those here even...

she seems very special

[GTAm]

Not much more guys. Just the 4 Alfas and this Merc. This is the car (Merc) that draws the most looks I must say . Nice to cruise around but I get a shocking 3.5km/Liter

[Supra_Natural]

  GTAm said:

Not much more guys. Just the 4 Alfas and this Merc. This is the car (Merc) that draws the most looks I must say . Nice to cruise around but I get a shocking 3.5km/Liter

umm... 3.5km/l is not THAT bad for 5.0 liters and 245BHP, pulling nearly two tons of style is it GTAm? I know a certain Nissan 3.0 V6 that can do that if pushed......

thats a Lovely car by the way, is it the only one here? i think i have seen this on the road at least once.. absolutely fantastic

[Pericles]

  Supra_Natural said:

umm... 3.5km/l is not THAT bad for 5.0 liters and 245BHP, pulling nearly two tons of style is it GTAm?

Say GTAm, was this car in at Nadeera's come time ago? A V8, innit?