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Old Feb 17, 2006 | 08:53 AM
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w204....is this the real one?

I've seen quite a few photos of the W204....this one was published in Popular Mechanics....is this the real thing? or is this an S class?

at least it doesn't look like a photochop!

not a pretty picture IMO....


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Old Feb 17, 2006 | 09:12 AM
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That is way too big to be a C-class. It looks even bigger than an E-class.

Here is the next C-class in disguise:

http://a332.g.akamai.net/f/332/936/1...ss.f34.500.jpg
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Old Feb 17, 2006 | 10:07 AM
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Possibly the real thing!

The Popular Mechanics issue has regarded this as "the" NEW C Class. The S Class has already been changed and is not even close to this picture, it is extremely large and very nice as I have sat in one and looked at one up close, last month. The New S Class is an awsome car.

So this is possibly the real thing, the new C Class. I actually like it and the size it nice too. However we'll have to wait and see, but it should be very soon.
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Old Feb 17, 2006 | 05:18 PM
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the new c-class sorta looks like a mini-me of the the s-class anyway.
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Old Feb 17, 2006 | 07:01 PM
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the new c-class sorta looks like a mini-me of the the s-class anyway.

yeah I agree, the "baby-s" will look something similar to the 07 S classes
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Old Feb 17, 2006 | 10:33 PM
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Americans want larger cars, and I think Mercedes is going to deliver it. Look how much Chrysler have grown since DC took over. Mercedes has been floating other platforms as "starter sets" for the rest of the world to whet their appitite for the Mercedes brand. I look to all three sales classes c, E, & S to expand in length. Just like the fifties, cars are getting longer, lower, and wider each year.
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Old Feb 17, 2006 | 11:21 PM
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there was another thread showing Bagwell's pic saying that it was the next C class. which one is it guys!
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Old Mar 16, 2007 | 01:10 AM
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The real W204

Originally Posted by bagwell
I've seen quite a few photos of the W204....this one was published in Popular Mechanics....is this the real thing? or is this an S class?

at least it doesn't look like a photochop!

not a pretty picture IMO....


That ugly beast ain't anything. www.germancarzone.com has about 88 pages on the car and many photos of the real thing. After all, the car was introduced officially in German in February and to the world at the Geneva Auto Show last week.
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Oh my god! That looks like the C, meeting an E with a head-on crash into an R-class!
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Oh my god! That looks like the C, meeting an E with a head-on crash into an R-class!
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