CLE?
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CLE?
According to Mbspy....there will be another MB model coming out in 2004....this time they called it CLE. A 4-dr coupe based on E-class. Strange, eh....a coupe but with 4 doors!! I think MB designers are soon to be gone crazy, because this car just looks like a 3.2TL with MB headlights! I hope they will make further changes to the design. IMO, its not appealing to me....
John: please dont move this! There isnt a thread for CLE yet. Let it stay here....
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John: please dont move this! There isnt a thread for CLE yet. Let it stay here....
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Well, I guess that begs the question: what's a coupe? I always thought that a coupe, by nature, had to be a two-door. Isn't this just a sloped-back sedan? Of course, my baby isn't called a hatchback either. 
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i cant belive that they will call a 4 door car a COUPE! but looking at the pics i dont think the back is bad. and the windows kinda look like the CL but i dont like the front.
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Originally posted by BlackC230Coupe
i cant belive that they will call a 4 door car a COUPE!
i cant belive that they will call a 4 door car a COUPE!
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I'd seen pictures of that car some time ago - except the pictures were of the version with suicide doors. This made more sense for the coupe vs. sedan argument, because the rear door could only be opened by a hidden interior handle when the front door was open. Personally, I don't know how MB expects people to squeeze through those small openings.
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I thought a coupe referred to a car that had 2 doors and was not a convertible. The C-Coupe is kinda the Mercedes version of a hatchback. Reminds me of the VW Corrados where the G60's were also 4-cylinder supercharged engines.
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Originally posted by MsMercedes
what's up with those Toyota Camry headlights?
what's up with those Toyota Camry headlights?
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Like the hidden b-pillar design. I wonder what it looks like with the windows down though.
I thought this quote was funny, not sure why:
"the two-wing door concept reminds more on cheap US-Pickups than on a coupe of the higher middle-class." :p
I thought this quote was funny, not sure why:
"the two-wing door concept reminds more on cheap US-Pickups than on a coupe of the higher middle-class." :p
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The car actually looks pretty cool, but also looks like MB borrowed a lot of ideas from other carmakers. It also doesn't have the classic look of a typical Mercedes-Benz.....maybe an attempt by MB to draw consumers from groups who wouldn't normally go for a Benz?
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Originally posted by Lynn
Look closely at this picture:
It is a $50,000+ E-class hatchback.
Look closely at this picture:
It is a $50,000+ E-class hatchback.
I seriously doubt MB will make a hatchback for that market segment. A wagon (Estate to my european kin) perhaps... but not a hatchback.
Bottom line: It will not sell if its one.
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Originally posted by Lynn
It is a $50,000+ E-class hatchback.
It is a $50,000+ E-class hatchback.
Originally posted by Silver_Lana
I seriously doubt MB will make a hatchback for that market segment. A wagon (Estate to my european kin) perhaps... but not a hatchback.
Bottom line: It will not sell if its one.
I seriously doubt MB will make a hatchback for that market segment. A wagon (Estate to my european kin) perhaps... but not a hatchback.
Bottom line: It will not sell if its one.
The bigger question regarding how well this car sells - is what does it get you? I think the E-class is a better sedan and the CLK a better coupe. I'm not sure where this thing is supposed to fit into the mix. Unless it's supposed to be priced between the E and the C - then maybe.
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Originally posted by trench
I'm not sure where this thing is supposed to fit into the mix. Unless it's supposed to be priced between the E and the C - then maybe.
Cheers, BT
I'm not sure where this thing is supposed to fit into the mix. Unless it's supposed to be priced between the E and the C - then maybe.
Cheers, BT
