this one looks really nice....interesting to see the final product..
definitely less angular from the current style...

i really like the angular/amg/aggressive look of the current models




your thoughts?

 

i love the W204 and i always said my next will be a W205 but these last few months the snapshots (inside and outside) from the W205 disgusted me.
mercedes already ****ed up the E class 212 sedan and touring with the facelift (yes on the coupe its acceptable)
currently the only mercedes lines i would buy are the SL, CLS and S but they cost more then i'm willing to pay since they all start at about 80 000 euro and up

 

It's going to be bad *** when they make a w205 AMG model. They will never fail us there.

 

Looking forward to the topless version of the C class.

 

The wheels are nice. Hopefully, that's just the luxury model.

 

The new C, the CLS, the new S - they all look alike now from the side now. And we all see what the nose of the refreshed E looks like. Each car is losing its own identity, losing a distinguishable exterior design cue unique to each car.

 

I would group the cls and the cla together. I think the cls has a very definite "swoopy" look to the profile, just like the cla. It doesn't look like the c or s class though. The s class looks like an inflated c class, which I would group together as well. The e class is different all together, and my favorite (read: can't afford, of course). It looks chunky and squared, which is cool.

 

Saw a lightly disguised white W205 driving by today on a major street in LA (in the area where I've actually seen multiple future MB models.... not sure why there's quite a few around). I wasn't able to follow it, but it looked like the white car in the photo(s) above (there were more photos from the original source of the photos). Looked higher and slightly longer than the W204 but still compact overall. Not quite as soft and rounded as spy pics have made it look.

Definitely looking forward to seeing the real thing.

I thought the facelifted W212 looked horrible in photos, but I think it looks far better in real life and seems much more coherent than the original design (which I actually didn't like much at all).

Did not see the interior, but, based on the spy pics, it looks like there's more "dash" behind the floating nav display, so I think that's just a place holder....

 

http://www.gmotors.co.uk/news/2014-m...ised-interior/

Dashboard switches bare a passing resemblance to the ones used on the last-gen S-class. Had been hoping the floating center display was simply a placeholder for the "real" display, but I guess that's not the case....

 

Look at that steering wheel

 

looks like the steering wheel for the luxury model. I spied a flat bottomed one on one of the sport models in some earlier spy pictures.

 

but the way they have placed the cloth covering, it looks like there is more of a "dash" behind the floating center display. I do spy the new COMMAND system that debuted in the S class, so that is going to be nice .

 

I cannot understand why they are using this display design, I haven't met anyone who liked the design in the new A or B-Class, and I have discussed this issue with a lot of people.

 

I think that dash clashes with the overall exterior of the car which seems to be more luxury and the interior more sporty. Hopefully there are some sharp edges/corners to the rounder overall design.

 

That's what I was thinking, but I'm not going to hold my breath....

 

i think the camo is covering up the sharp edges and corners a bit...so when the actual car is shown, we will get a better idea .

 

Here are the latest spy shots, including the wagon.
Unfortunately, it's not very promising:
http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/sc...comment-243526

 

lets see the car in non test wheels and tires, and when its not cammoed up. That camo tape job goes a long way in hiding the proportions and making the car look dull. The silver one posted above:



looked pretty good to me .