2011 C Coupe
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From: Calgary, AB
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2011 C Coupe
Looks like they are finally axing the terrible CLC and coming out with a true C Coupe as a replacement for the CLK (Thought the E Coupe did that, but who knows...).
http://www.autocar.co.uk/News/NewsAr...aspx?AR=244933
http://www.autocar.co.uk/News/NewsAr...aspx?AR=244933
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The article does mention that there'd be two coupes based on the C chassis. Question: if the C coupe is offered here (US), why would we want it over the E coupe, or vice-versa? I would expect that the C version would be less expensive, but you never know.
Is the suspension somehow different for the E version? Softer perhaps? Is the C version a better road handler? What would distinguish these two sisters?
Is the suspension somehow different for the E version? Softer perhaps? Is the C version a better road handler? What would distinguish these two sisters?
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This article is pretty much all old news, MB has planned a C coupe (true coupe with a trunk not a hatch) since the w204 was launched. The real news in that article is that the convertible option has been scrapped.
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According to the article: "The upcoming C-class coupe will be the second two-door model to be based on today’s C-class." And many in this forum agree.
Today I stopped by a dealer and poked around the new E class, sedan and coupe. When I mentioned I was interested in how the coupe looked compared to my C, the sales manager started into his spiel about how this was an entirely new car and how it was not related in any way to the C. And certainly not based on the C chassis. Um?
Looking into the car, sitting in it, etc. gives the very strong impression that the E coupe is a rebodied C. The interior is a good fit (front only) for the C, including a different dash but with similar proportions, and the console that looks lifted from the C with leather folding panels instead of the stuff we get. The seats are surely different, but look like they might fit. Oddly the interior narrows to let the shoulder belt mount be useful, and the rear is just tight. The exterior is wider, possibly to give it more protection in side impact?
Sitting next to it was an E sedan, and um, I really like that E. It's a bit larger, of course, but in person it's a much better car than the coupe. Not having driven either, that's hard to justify, but looking at the access, seating, trunk space, and etc., the sedan is superior. And, when I adjusted the front seat for me, I could get into the back comfortably. Can't even think of doing that in the C.
I'm curious as to how a C coupe on the same chassis will look.
Sadly, driving home I was looking at my car and thinking: it's not showroom clean anymore, and it's small, and it's .... Damn showrooms!
Today I stopped by a dealer and poked around the new E class, sedan and coupe. When I mentioned I was interested in how the coupe looked compared to my C, the sales manager started into his spiel about how this was an entirely new car and how it was not related in any way to the C. And certainly not based on the C chassis. Um?
Looking into the car, sitting in it, etc. gives the very strong impression that the E coupe is a rebodied C. The interior is a good fit (front only) for the C, including a different dash but with similar proportions, and the console that looks lifted from the C with leather folding panels instead of the stuff we get. The seats are surely different, but look like they might fit. Oddly the interior narrows to let the shoulder belt mount be useful, and the rear is just tight. The exterior is wider, possibly to give it more protection in side impact?
Sitting next to it was an E sedan, and um, I really like that E. It's a bit larger, of course, but in person it's a much better car than the coupe. Not having driven either, that's hard to justify, but looking at the access, seating, trunk space, and etc., the sedan is superior. And, when I adjusted the front seat for me, I could get into the back comfortably. Can't even think of doing that in the C.
I'm curious as to how a C coupe on the same chassis will look.
Sadly, driving home I was looking at my car and thinking: it's not showroom clean anymore, and it's small, and it's .... Damn showrooms!
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with you guys - let's hope the new one doesn't resemble the old one in any way (because we all know it was horrible)
let's also hope that it doesn't look like the new 5 series GT
let's also hope that it doesn't look like the new 5 series GT
