AshleyAlissa

http://emercedesbenz.com/Jan07/18_Th...del_Range.html

Lots more pictures on emercedesbenz, and they all enlarge

kostas

Anyone else thinks this is a bad move by Mercedes? Especially with the 335 BMW producing 300hp, and the Lexus IS350 producing 304hp, the C350 is quite underpowered compared to its competition.

Official Mercedes-Benz Released Pictures:

ELEGANCE MODEL:








AVANTGARDE MODEL:











Both Together:

drexappeal

Better than I thought, but I still am not sold with stock styling (elegance or avantguard). I bet there will be some nice kits that'll completely change the stance of the car, which at that point may sway me to get one. Right now, I'd only get a C63 if I were gonna get a w204.

phattbam

couldnt agree with you more on that.

Saprissa

i'm definitely passing on the W204.
I hate it. Design sucks... looks like a Toyota Avalon with S Class wanna-be headlights. Horspower sucks !!! oh my God horsepower sucks !
How can they compete with bmw or lexus at that level !?!?!!

interior is crappy. Steering wheels is damn right ugly. I'd have to stare at that anytime I'm driving... plastic, wood, chrome interior is horrendous.

albeit these are EURO model pics, by looking at the rear license plate bezel.
I'm sure the USA versions can't be any better. In fact, knowing what MBUSA does to European models, I can bet that it will look even worse !

W204... sorry ! I'll spend my $$$ elsewhere.

Can Drive 55

I don't like the pop up nav screen at all. I didn't like it in the G35 either, and this one looks worse at first glance.

emxgarcia

I like the rear design and that''s it!
I hate the ordinary Opel / Chevy Astra -like front end headlight
I am not enthused by the interioir design too BMW 3-ish with the same kind of disconnection from the center console to the panel, unlike the W203 where the console flows into the panel... I mean look at the lower controls! they are facing completly flat forward and not even angled upwad....

Boy amd I glad I got my W203 with the benzy eyes front end...and the same V6 engine of today!

155

The w204's are growing on me, they definitely look better then the early spy photos released on the internet. Couple of things:

1) I like the classic grill better then the sport (avantgaurde)
2) A real shame they didn't improve the powerplants, that to me would stop me from buying a new c-class
3) Looks like the car is lighter then the previous gen? around 3k lbs? That's almost unheard of in this day of age.
4) I watched a vid of the w204 being run through its paces (slalom), the chassis behavior seemed to have improved massively.
5) Although a solid improvement on the previous gen, my money is with BMW (a bone stock 330i is too cool for school)

E55 KEV

I love it. Glad to not see the Bangle Butt designed trunk from W221 S-Class, however it appears to be Bangle Hood!

CynCarvin32

[QUOTE=kostas;1944609]Anyone else thinks this is a bad move by Mercedes? Especially with the 335 BMW producing 300hp, and the Lexus IS350 producing 304hp, the C350 is quite underpowered compared to its competition.]

So yes it is underpowered but mb has a new version in the works that uses direct injection and it bumps power to near 300 hp like the others. Likely a year or so into the W204 the engines will be updated. Not an all new motor just updated injection and combustion.

Rareamg

Looks like a Chrylser up front.

14cue

i dont like the front grille w/o the star with the little star emblem on the top of it with the up right star to boot. 1 too many stars dont you think?

ultraseven

The 335i is actually a step above the current C350. The 350 actually competes directly with the 330i. Of course with the new engines from BMW, Lexus, and Infiniti, MB is now at the bottom of the pack. Mind you this isn't the first time this has happened.

If the weight savings are in fact true however, there will be a substantial difference in acceleration times. Imagine shaving 200 lbs from your current C350, and it will probably hit 60 in the low 5's or even at 5.0 sec. assuming the same drivetrain loss. Now that is IMPRESSIVE.

BKLYN_C

I had a little hope this one would be a something to desire, but unfortunatelly they didn't even attempt to create something good. Same underpowered engines, unattractive interior and exterior looks like they took a bit of every car on the market. Benz was always the sexiest car on the road, but this w204 looks more like ******* in the family.

Boom vang

Frankenstein car with styling cues from other cars put together just like Kia did with the Amanti.

W204:
Rear = 1st gen A4 when looking straight on
Side swoosh = current 3 series
interior = current Passat = current Jetta
Nav screen = 1st gen G35
Clamshell hood = Saab 99 = Saab 900 = Saab 9-3
front = Altima or Accord
Steering wheel = a dispute of whether to make it 2 spoke, 3 spoke or 4 spoke so it went to a commitee and this is what they came up with

The elegance is lost and looks like rather plain and cheap.

Maybe the car is better and handles better but it does not look better.

AshleyAlissa

Mercedes released several press releases today for the all new 2008 C-Class.
eMercedesBenz.com has released all of the press releases along with over 100 photos. You can either go to www.eMercedesBenz.com and click each story or you can click the seperate links below that go to each post. Enjoy!!!

http://emercedesbenz.com/Jan07/18_Th...lass_Body.html

http://www.emercedesbenz.com/Jan07/1...ss_Design.html

http://www.emercedesbenz.com/Jan07/1...del_Range.html

http://www.emercedesbenz.com/Jan07/1...z_C_Class.html

http://www.emercedesbenz.com/Jan07/1...ss_Emerge.html

AshleyAlissa

Just to let everyone know, these links do not disappear as I have emailed them and asked before I posted them.

They will be the good for the entire life of the site.

ctC230K

NICE WORK!!!

thanks, i just watched the whole thing minus the artsy crap...
i want to like it but really i hate it, the interior is awful and the grill on the sport sedan looks like it was lifted off the ML, the rear tails are just plain weird.
WTF!!!!!!! W203 for life i guess.

SteveAustin

This is an amazing car, I wouldn't rush out and buy a first year model, but I am impressed with the overall looks and am looking forward to driving one. You guys will be on this forum in two years singing its praises no doubt. I can't wait to test drive one.

ctC230K

This is horrible, I perform dangerous driving manuvers all the time just for fun! now there will be an electronic nanny watching and activating special safety systems when i decide to do a little power slide? WTF NO.

binz

see the rest at worldcarfans.com

M230K

im guessing the first picture shows the new c63 and the other 2 pictures show the c300 or c350 ..hope they have the panorama roof as an option in the sedan this time..

TruTaing

Ehh, still dont like how it looks much bigger / heavier, but the interior has grown on me alot

-j0hn

binz

the first pic is what the sport/avantgarde package ones will look like. the other two are elegance/classic packages. c63 will be more aggressive.

14cue

yet another useless thread created when an offical one exist for the W204.