Official w204 thread - Updated 01/17/07 (Last page - Official Press Release)
 

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I have aso seen these pics in a UK mag

Does anyone else find the styling of the sedan to be somewhat subdued "Bangle-ation" of the C-Class? I hope this isn't a sign of things to come for all of MB's lines.

At least the coupe doesn't suffer from the same mutilation.

Thanx but WTLW

Yep, we discussed this a while ago. We all agree it looks like a freaking Acura :mad:

Looks okay, but I'm not feelin' the headlights.

OMG!!! What the hell is with those headlights? Jeez! The whole thing looks like it was attacked by a Bangle wanna-be! I can safely say that MB isn't getting my money when it comes time to change my C230k SS...

DAMN!! FFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGGGLLLLLLLLYYYYYYYY! !!!!!!

I would drive it, not the coupe though.

wow, does look like the Acura with the Benz grill up in front. The cars are getting more boxier and boxier, i like it when the benzs are nicely curved. Seems like their is a slight fender flare on that car. I guess MB wants to make it more aggressive. Not diggin it too much :nix:

That is a result when you get american car designers involved. The car looks like they took a Honda, BMW, Audi and Dodge (any small four door Dodge) and put then in a bag then shooked them up and spit out the new C-Class.

If that is what it will look like, I would rather take an Acura TSX for a sharper appearance.

hahaha.....
 

maybe acura has infiltrated MB... and has some spies working for the 2007 c-class design team...

yes it does have acura resemblance, but from those pics looks like the coupe is still around.

Just because it is still around does not mean it will be in the USA. Remember that every other country on the face of the Earth has many MB's we never see here. I still wish the C30 AMG or C32 AMG Coupes would have showed up here......

You think that re-design is bad go get the latest Car and Driver and see how they killed the G-Class..... I am so dissapointed in MB's choice of the way they want to go. Maybe they have not heard that no one likes the Bangle-ised BMW's!!!!!!

Mine's almost a C32 Coupe... just keep those mods coming !!! :zoom:

ive seen pics of the new G. not really sure about it. i agree that just because there are pics doenst mean it is coming to the USA. but from a thread i read before i took it as meaning the coupe was going for good, not that it wasnt coming to the US shores.

Looking at the 07 C class pictures, im definitely not going to wait for the new c class and go right on ahead to purchase the 05 c230. :y

lol, im not too fond of the look i hope its more of a spy shot then what the real thing will look like.

it looks like they're trying to make it look really really aggressive. to a degree, they're successful on that front.

i don't think it's as bangle-esque as many have made it out to be - it's not as horrendous as the new 7, 6, 5, and Z4 bmws IMHO.

i do think the coupe's rear end looks better compared with the current coupes.

overall, i'm indifferent. maybe it'll grow on us. the coupe grew on me, i hated it at first hah; i now own one.

REPOST! :zoom:

repost? :confused:

i never liked the taillights of the coupe but loved the rest of the car. i fixed that with the 2005 tails. i agree with prodigy1387, i do like the new rear end of the coupe.

Yes someone posted the pics along time ago and we have already talked about them :rolleyes:

At least they didn't give it to the latest BMW designers... :crazy:

LATE EDIT: Looks like someone was WAY ahead of me... http://www.petitiononline.com/STOPCB/petition.html

LOL i am on that list somewhere :)

im on there too

me three...i just signed it actually, i'm number 10,172 :rolf:

Arghh.....when did Chris Bangle leave BMW and joined MBZ?

dont like it.. :-(

You know what's funny? All the guys on the bimmer boards are saying how they are so digusted by bangles designs that they are going to switch to MB. After these pics make their way over there, I doubt they'll want an MB either. :D :lol

As for the car itself, it looks like crap. It must be a photoshop. It's still too early to know for sure what the real car will look like. MB needs to evolve the current design, not change it completely. These pics represent a change that is as radical as the 202 to 203 change. Not necessary IMHO.

David.

I dunno car designs in general switch from curvy to sharp edges back to curvy and then back again.......actually looks ok except for the eyelids for the headlights....


its more acuraesque than bmwish

id like to see an evolution of the current design as well rather than a complete make-over.

i highly doubt that's the next c-class. i was noticing, if you look at the picture of the coupe convertible, the frame around the door window is still present on the part near the windshield, but MB never puts frames on the door windows of convertibles.

the interior is like the bimmers! Especially the doors :wwf:

hehe. maybe the european designers figured that they got to go with the ugly looks to make their cars more distinctive looking since the japanese luxury car manufacturers have already copied their standard designs.

that's the road cadillac has gone down. just the ugly looks in general.
:hammer:

I really hope these are not accurate... Autobild did a pretty good job with the spy pics of the upcoming E90, though.

WOW... the grill on the first pic is so HUUUGGEEEE..

So has anyone seen any other alleged spy photos of w204? To my eye, the photos, especially the 4D one at the top, look pretty sharp and not-photoshopped, but what do I know.

The w204 better be good

Having just bought a 2005 w203, I kind of hope it is not. :crazy:

I would have expected that seeing a w204 spy photo would make me say, "Sh*t, the w203 I just bought sucks, I really want that w204!!!" But those pics don't! Can't say the new look really does much for me.

Of course, I suppose a lot will obviously change in the design between now and mid-2006. I hope they bring back some curvaceous-ness to the hood that currently sets MB apart from other cars. The flattened hood in the w204 pics (and the ridgeline running along the door handles on each side) make it look kind of the like the bmw e90 pics that are out there.

Yep. It has to be an aesthetic masterpeice for me to trade my car for a W204. It will be tough to out due the classic 203 lines IMO. We will see...

The w204 photo might look more "futuristic", but to me it doesn't look "better" than w203. Guess we'll have to wait and see.

a lil old but the coupe kinda looks like a TL from the back. i like the tl's looks so it all works out.

It's an Acura TL with a MB Grill... hardly a revolutionary design. I do think it looks much better than the current POS C230 Coupe due to the hideous back on the current model. Depending on the ride quality, luxury amenities, and interior... I may purchase one.

anyone have any updated/newer shots of the potential W204?

-Danny

Better buy a Buick - rest assured, it will never be "hideously" out ot ordinary.

Great logic you've got there, chief. If I tell you that I like the new CLK500, will you tell me to marry it?! :wall:

If its going to come, its going to come! LOL Get use to it or move on.

Is the new W204 C-class going to have convertibles as part of its line-up, like the BMW 3-series and Audi A4 line-ups do? If so, does that mean the CLK line is going to be scrapped? :nix:

W204 arrives in 2007?
 

I found this article on the web:
http://motoring.iafrica.com/newsbriefs/338511.htm

It says production of W204 will not start before year 2007.

If this is true, it would be good news for those who just bought their car.
At least we can enjoy it longer before it becomes outdated.

Can't get to it...
 

Am I doing something wrong or what?.....Everytime I go to read the article and click on your link this comes up "The page cannot be displayed"...I would like to read this article since I am about to get my 2005 c230 ss... :wall:

Ok, here is the article.

Mon, 11 Oct 2004

SA Merc talks held in Germany
Posted Fri, 30 Jul 2004

Top DaimlerChrysler management are meeting in Stuttgart on Friday to hammer out production details for the replacement model C-Class Mercedes Benz dubbed the W204.

Although production on the W204 will not start before 2007 details of which Mercedes Benz plants will be responsible for what models and volumes are being hammered out, DaimlerChrysler South Africa spokesperson Deon Ebersohn said on Thursday.

The meeting was adjourned late on Thursday and is to resume on Friday and an announcement is expected to be made regarding details of the new model.

Ebersohn on Tuesday said East London, along with plants in Bremen and Sindelfingen in Germany, would be building the new C-Class.

Discussions in Stuttgart on Friday, involving East London plant manager Hans-Georg Neiffer, centre on volumes and markets for the new model.

The East London plant has been and will be manufacturing all the current W203 right-hand drive C-Class models.

Ebersohn said on Thursday that apart from volume and markets Neiffer is there to discuss the East London's plant's flexibility.

"We have to find a way to get the East London operation more flexibility so it can fit into Mercedes Benz's global network.

"If the situation were to remain the same the plant here would get all the right-hand drive new models.

"This would represent a slight production increase as expectations are that the W204 is going to be such a good model that it is going to be more desirable.

"But the wish list is to get some of the left-hand drive models as well."

Although no specific markets would be discussed at this round of talks, South Africa would be able to reap the benefits of the United States' African Growth and Opportunities Act if it made cars for the US market.

Expectations are high at DCSA's Pretoria headquarters in this regard and if the left-hand drive production gets the nod far greater volumes would be expected for the local plant resulting in further growth in the region due to expansion by component manufacturers and new ones moving in.

The factory has received praise from its head office for build quality and efficiency during the current lifespan of the W203 model which is something that has raised expectations in terms of increased volumes.

Sapa

thanks
 

thanks / :y

the spy pics of the 2007 c-class from autobild.de don't look so good though. I hope the 2007 c-class doesn't look like that.

I think it is just a matter of time before we accept it and like it.

So does everyone feels W204 is only out in 2007?

oh my god, the w204 better don't look like that, it can not be! well by then, im moving on to a CLK55 anyways but i feel sorry for people that will be buying it, i dont even care about the stats of the car if it has such a look!! Well, the car will be released sometime in august of 2006 such as it was the case with the new SLK, its a 2005 model, but its already out.

http://bilder.autobild.de/bilder/1/50079.jpg http://bilder.autobild.de/bilder/1/50078.jpg http://bilder.autobild.de/bilder/1/50074.jpg

COUPE
http://bilder.autobild.de/bilder/1/50075.jpg http://bilder.autobild.de/bilder/1/50076.jpg

COUPE CONVERTIBLE (SOFT TOP), ewww
http://bilder.autobild.de/bilder/1/50077.jpg

THIS IS A HORIBLE CAR, I GUESS THE BEER FINALLY GOT TO THE GERMANS!

http://autobild.de/suche/artikel.php?artikel_id=6182#

honestly the more i see those pics they are growing on me. especially that coupe! :y

it's going to take a bit longer for me to get used to those... I'll be definitely done with the C-Class by then... it's AMG for sure, next time !

and really, would you prefer a W204 built in SOUTH AFRICA over one built in GERMANY ? :nix:

I dont think W203 for RHD is built in Germany anyway so what difference does it make to the rest of us.

none.

Anyway, i guess we don't have much choice, since S.A already got the deal to produce the W204.

You guys are luckier, from where i come, the price of cars are double as compared to USA, plus those cars are not even from S.A or Germany, they were assembled local.

The W204 C-class is already enabled in my stardiagnose...cn't take that long anymore for the cars to be seen every now and then...

greetingz,

wow the front starting to look like a honda accord! =P

Official w204 thread - Updated 9/21/06
 

in this pic from autospies.com, the front end looks much better than the computer-generated pic from autobild.de

more at http://autospies.com/article/index.asp?articleId=3654

That looks kinda cheap.
By the way, that's also a computer generated picture.

Definitely Photoshop. Don't take it as any indication of what the W204 will look like. The S-Class W221 is due out way before the W204, and yet there are still no legit spy shots of it without heavy stealth cladding. W204 is probably not even being tested in public yet. There's no way in hell they let the marketing people take PR photos of it yet.

you guys are probably right. the headlights in this pic, they resemble the ones from the slk350, don't you think ? I don't like the mb grill on the autobild.de pic. it looks too big. the one on this pic is okay.

look at the fogs.. almost looks like an IS300

What the hell is that?

autospies.com got the pic from this german car magazine.

Autospies sucks. Where's the major scoop...they sub to a few euro mags, and then repost crappy quality scans on the AS site.

These guys have jumped the shark. There own smugness lately I find intolerable.

What do you expect from AS. Afterall they sold out to advertisers. Plus most of the time the respective forums already have this info posted.

agreed, i m sure there will be changes made to the front grille

Yeah, really disappointing what has happened to Autospies. I used to love that site's weekly newsletter. Now most of the "articles" are just advertisers, and there are fewer and fewer helpful shots or scoops (been quite a while since secret dealer incentives and residuals were posted here). They've even started posting photoshop renditions from some of their own readers (like I care what Joe Blow's photoshop of a BMW 7 series looks like).

Still it is worth a glance since it is a gathering place for all the latest info from various automakers.

The New 2007 W204 C Class ..
 

It just closet to the real one....

still am not sure if its like this..

if that then its :y

I have a mixed reaction toward this. I think it looks very nice, but on the other hand it does not look like an MB. I think they should go evolution and keep the round lights. W203 has a more classic and timeless look to it.

Compare to these pics, they look similar

https://mbworld.org/forums/showthrea...ght=2007+class

I like it

Very Nice !

Looks too Japanese, especially with those Camry headlights.

The wagon looks too much like a Chrysler Pacifica.

Hey did they change the design. I remember seeing pictures before and I always felt it looked like an Acura. But this one, damn, I like it.

I don't like the front in the 1st 2 pics.
 

I like the back. The front in the last pic is also more agreeable. Actually it looks like a bangle front. The 1st 2 fronts look just like the camry/lexus POS fronts.


CZ

I Like It!
 

It looks like a cross between a S-Class and an W211. IMO better looking than the upcoming BMW E90. :y

M-

I really like it, only complaint is that they better hold off on making the headlights any bigger or it will look as ugly as the Lexus ES class. Points that I like, they are going with the current "trend" in making the side windows smaller vertically and sloping the door lines down to make it look more agressive. The rear doesn't look as stale as the current model and goes with more of their higher end models. It seems as though they are doing what BMW did and redoing the entire line in a similar look.

Looks like there are some CLS influences there.
Will have to see it when it comes out but I think it looks good.

Look closer - the sedan is not even the same car on different pictures. These are graphic art renditions once again.

i thought the headlights looked like they came from the slk350. anyway, I like it. I would trade the 2005 in for the 2007 when the time comes.

wow, these "pictures" are now getting me to like it! it looks pretty good in these pics. I'm starting to imagine how the new C55 will look. Hopefully in late 2007, I'll have the ends to trade in my '05 C230k for the big boi '08 55 AMG.

:y

don't you think the car in the pics looks a little bigger than our cars ? :)

yeah, it does look bigger, but I'm banking on the fact that they're just renditions or spy pics for now or that they have angles that make them look large.

it does look very cls ish though... good stuff. can't wait to see actual pics and official stuff from mb, but it'll make our w203's drop in price. :hammer:

looks like renditions, but that loooks KILLER!

these look like renderings for the next E class....not C

the wheel base looks longer, the headlights are more like modified S then SLK...and the last sedan pic is old news - faked and shopped by some British car mag

if the next c-class looks like that :y , very nice, looks like a mini CLS. I'd be surprised if they use this design, though, bcs the c usually looks like a baby s-class, but you never know :nix:

kinda looks like a CLS. :confused:

CLS is gorgous man :D

the next gen benz designs will all be derived from CLS design.

I can guarantee you that much ;)

I'm not a big fan of the CLS, but I do like this rendition of the 2007 C-Class. I HATE the way the sloped back looks. I think this generation of C and S-Class has the best looking behind out of any generation. Oh well, back that ass up!

I love the CLS because its a nice experiment and doesnt replace anything in the MB line up. ITs different than other MB models and its overall distintictive. However if they make design all their cars with CLS cues it will dilute the original power the CLS currently has. When everything looks the same it gets boring.

And the engines will be:

petrol:

c250 2.5 204bhp
c300 3.0 231bhp
c350 3.5 258bhp
c55 AMG 5.5 v8 >400bhp

diesel:
c180 2.0 CDI 150bhp
c200 2.0 CDI 177bhp
c220 2.2 CDI 204bhp (the same as a 320CDI!!! the 2005 c220 version have 150bhp :hammer: ) :crazy:

And will also exist a hybrid model!!!

i sure hope mercedes will continue to offer manual transmissions on these new models.

Wow! That is one tough looking ride; definitly better than the E90.

-Mark

On the first set of pic i like the middle car. That sedan looks really nice. plus if you look hard you can tell that it has the same windows as the CLK. There is no bar in between. really cool

I really like the new benz... looks like a car with attidude. Get out of my way now and make way for me. haha Atleast it doesn't look like a sad panda bear like the current C Class does now.

body shape seems almost like Lexus, and the light shape looks sharp...i like the aggressiveness, wagon ....i don't really care for...

overall, nice...

"sad panda bear" :rolf: I never thought of it that way.

I think my w203 has more "personality" and looks much more "muscular" than my old w202 though, but I never associated them with animals...

I love the curves of the w203, and if they can just keep adding to the agressiveness with the upcoming model, that would be awesome!

I cant wait till it comes out. Its going to be great!! I wonder what type of engine they will be using. I hope they get rid of that garbage 1.8L junk. Im sure they will do the 3.5 on the new C350.

Hmm... Wait till gas prices hit $4/gallon. Then you will be begging for that 1.8L engine :):):) MB will certainly keep low-displacement engines in their lineup, as in Europe not only fuel is expensive, but vehicles get taxed based on engine displacement.

Then again - even now, you are not forced to buy the 1.8L, are you? And what exactly makes it "garbage junk"? It is better in every respect than your 2.6L V6.

I agree, the 2.6L is got to be the worst Engine I have ever driven. Alot worse then the 1.8K. But when I was ready to purchase my car the 1.8K was not out yet. (09-02) I just can't beleive that MB downgraded from a 2.3K to a 1.8K. I really hope they do something about it with the W204. Thats it. Look at the compeition. 2.0T,(Sabb, Audi) 2.5T (Volvo)

2.6 is indeed horribly slow. 1.8 is almost as torqueless and uninspiring, but still decent. I liked the 2.3, Even though it sounded the worst and was unrefined, it had great power. I even now consider my 3.2 to be average. I need something with atleast 270 horses next time. the 350 should be wonderful, but its too late I need a V8.

The 350 engine is now available in the E class here in Europe!

I LOVE that coupe.
And what the hell is Acura by the way? I heard that name before... but can't remember the car. Will google it now.

Oil Change, not sure where you are, but Acura's are premium Hondas sold in North America and perhaps elsewhere. The Honda Integra is an Acura RSX in the US.

Yes, I see a little Bangle in this car. I like the coupe better than sedan. Hopefully the headlights will be different than the drawings.

the c204 coupe
 

I've got to say that I kind of like the coupe. I must say though that they seriously need to keep the round headlights. That in my mind is a Mercedes signature. Also, they need to work on the tail lights. Maybe they could soften them like they did with the 05 tail lights.

I just hope the redesigned headlights are not accurate and that this is photoshopped or an early test car.

I sincerely hope that those designs were photoshopped (which they are) and not the actual designs because quite frankly, they look hideous. The interior is bangled, the exterior is full of sharp lines, the car(s) has/have lost its/their elegance and the rear of the C coupe looks strange (the tailights need to go!). They will need a long time to get used to although I have faith that MB would never do anything too radical :rolleyes:. They should continue with the current C design because it looks really nice!

agree 100%!!! I have a feeling, though, that these are pilot variants that have been let sip through to the [online] press to study the intial public reaction.

When a design looks good, as the current crop of MB vehicles demonstrate, evolution in design is preferable.

When a design looks bad, as the current crop of new BMW vehicles demonstrate, revolution in design is preferable. :hammer:

I'm not sure I like the direction MB is taking with the spy shots and photochops of exterior and interior styling I've seen. Look kinda like an amalgam of BMW and Japanese styling in all the wrong places.

what do you mean by bangled?

The CLK is already an overpriced C-Coupe.

Just change your sig to match mine now. MBUSA is bunch of ****ing old conservatives. Its AMAZING the Coupe ever got into the country with this lot in charge.

Couldn't agree more!!! The old G-Class is supposedly selling like hotcakes, most because of its absurd appearance. I like it myself, but the new one is ****! I really hope this pictures a joke, or some sort of MB testing the waters. Nasty.... Really Really Really sad when a storied company like MB COPIES a turd pile brand like Acura.

C30 and C32 AMG coupes?

Look at the center instrument/aircon/whatever-you-call-that-bit and you'll see how "contourless" it is compared to the recent beautiful designs like the CLS and the SLK. I'm not a big fan of straight lines and would prefer some sort of curvy alternative to the ones pictured. Another example is the door design. It's now all straight (I do like the speaker arrangement though!!!) and Wouldn't it seem strange for MB to suddenly change their direction: from curves to straight lines? Maybe they think it's time for the brand to move on (exactly what CBangle thought of BMW) :nix: I don't know, but whatever happens we will only have to make do with it and like I said before, MB would never do something stupid. Only time can tell. Actually, I've gotten a bit more used to the interior design and it's not THAT bad :), but I still think the exterior is far from "seductive".

"Bangled", a play on "mangled".

Mr. Bangle is the idiot behind the new BMW designs.

Thanks much. It all makes sence now. Mecedes is changing the look of the cars not for the better and we all think, they are foolish for doin this. The curvy lines we have come to expect are being tossed by the way side for sharper angles like those on the Z4 roadster. personally I am not impressed with the new look. I know I posted earlier in this thread that I liked it, but that was before I had a chance to look it over and let it sink in.

Does anyone have any information as to whether these pictures are just being floated to get initial reaction? If those pictures are just early ideas, we need to write MB and let them know that we, an MB owning group, do not like the new proposed design.

I don't want to discourage you from writing their corporate headquarters, but unfortunately, they probably don't care as much about what current MB owners think as what the general public thinks. It's the same tack BMW took. And JD Power had a report some time ago about how cars that are controversial attract more attention from the press and therefore more public attention, which tends to translate into improved sales, than blander or more conservative designs.

I, too, would prefer the curvy and sleek designs MB has now, with some evolutionary touches. But if MB goes a different direction in design, make sure to vote with your wallet. :beat:

Good point. I'm not so sure whether they actually don't care about our views, but it is fair enough that out of the ordinary designs do attract more press, talk and therefore curious customers. However, many people still buy cars by their looks. My mom thinks the Carrera GT and the New XJ look good and would therefore go and buy them (if we had the money :rolleyes: ) not for performance, but for looks and looks only. That's just my mom, so I can't say the same applies to the general public. However, controversial and ugly are CAN be two things. Ugly cars deter people while controversial AND handsome cars are alluring to those curious bunch. Take Lamborghini, their Murcielago is far from ordinary. It looks like nothing before. However, it does look very nice so well-heeled customers by them. I know that Lambo and MB are two different worlds, but this is my point: People expect Lambo to be the exotic make that produces radical designs, but they do not expect MB to come up with bizarre designs and therefore might be put off by them. Anyway, we'll let them do what they think is right.

You guy's are funny. MB's have almost always been all straight lines and angular, with very few exceptions. I would have NEVER even considered the previous C class due to it's boxy, boring look. Only since 2000 has MB made their designs "curvy" and created their "signature" dual round headlights.

Yep considering how boxy and straight lined the previous Baby Benz and the rest of the lineup have been in the past. Look at the W201 and the W202 alone. Nothing became rounded until 1998ish time. And the lights were rectangular on most models. Although this does look a litttle too much like an Acura!

me, I was not into the Mercedes-Benzes in the past because I liked the looks of the BMWs better. Then came the Bangle designs. Now, I like Mercedes-Benzes better than BMWs.

True, they were more boxy before, but so were cars in general. But here we are now, and it would suck to keep flopping back and forth, don't you think? Better from here on out to keep things evolutionary, as they were in the past.

In Europe they have C32 AMG Sport Coupe's and the C30 CDI Turbo Diesel AMG Sport Coupe. The C30 has 225+ HP and over 400 Ft/lbs of tourque!

Still? Didn't see it on the German MB site...

I think it was a special order on in Germany! I do not recall, it was in 2003.

Edit: Do a search for it!

The C32 Coupe was even in one of the MBAMG catalogs and screensavers for 02 and 03. The C30 has been featured prominently in several magazine articles, as the C30 was initially a Coupe only machine. I'd love one. C'mon MBUSA, stop being so chicken****.

A search for it here or on the MB site?

ON this site! It was talked about here in great detail and there were plenty of pictures of it.

W204 testing pics
 

Can't really tell anything but I thought I'd post them anyway.

http://bilder.autobild.de/bilder/1/64770.jpg
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That looks as good as the actual car! Sad :(

I was thinking better. Pretty obvious the round lights are gone. See ya benz! Its been fun!

With that crap on it, looks like a tank. LOL

Now that every car manufacturer has switched to projectors, round lenses are out of fashion. I doubt they will last long on CL, CLK and SL.

More reason to keep them IMHO then. As soon as MB starts being like everyone else, they are done. The quality isn't there anymore, nor do they have the market to themselves anymore. I would have prefered to see a round of cars with the stacked and oval light treatment ala the 50's/60's SL's and sedans. They did the side by sides together enough. I think the fission lights on the sedans were the worst attempt at this. And the S Class ligths.

I'm guessing this car is a 4matic from the snow kicking off the front wheels in photos 3, 4 and 8....so it looks like they S-classed the headlights, CLS'd the b-pillar back and kept a few lines from the current C-dan... Is that an intercooler below the license plate? I'd like to C more without the Cladding...but I guess time will tell when Sindelfingen is ready.

Well at least we know it can make a U-turn....and man it looks armored maybe its the C Class Guard version :duh:

As for the round headlights, the industry will prob shift to LED headlights eventually which would allow greater flexibilty in front end design. Kinda like the shift from the sealed headlight units of the 80s to the plastic lens/seperate bulb set up we have now.

Loomis Fargo / Brinks / Mercedes Benz
 

I know it's early and you can't tell jack from those pics but those photos just made me feel a lot better about my recent purchase....can't wait to see the naked pics when they come out... :zoom:

nice bullet holes lol :zoom:

Holly shnikees batman, someone stole the batmobile

are thos some type of bullet proof case?!

looks like MB hired mr. bungle

yea, i dont mind them on the bmw, but not a benz, for god's sake not on a benz!

i dont like it so far....but maybe it will look a lot better naked

as for the round lights.....they changed it because Hyundai has them also....if u take the mb badge off......people would think you have a Hyundai...lol

im not liking the rear. . . as in the picture, it looks like the nissan maxima....but iono....to me, it looks like it is.... but we'll see the real ones :D

they really have it disguised well!

Even with that crap on it, The headlights are what it reminds me of with an Acura. Can anyone say, knock off? Looks like the designers at Benz took the headlights from them.

If you look at the shopped pics(go search), its very acura looking. The ass is horrible as well. Pretty lame!

thats BMW or Mercedes?! looks more like a bmw

2007-08 W204 in Armadillo skin
 

Has anyone else seen this article?
http://www.thecarconnection.com/index.asp?article=8250

This is the very first sighting of the 2008 Mercedes C-Class and although it's heavily disguised, the timing is significant - indicating the W204 (as it's known by its internal codename) is right on schedule.

The next generation C-Class will arrive in the 2007 calendar year, followed twelve months later by the wagon version. And although it's hard to tell from these pictures, the new C-Class is expected to be much sportier and no longer just a downsized S-Class, but a more modern Benz which hope to gain the attention of younger and less conservative buyers.

The rear-wheel-drive sedan will be the first powered with Benz' KDI EVT (electronic valvetrain without camshafts; supercharged and direct-injected) engines, and will incorporate other new technologies including the third-generation 4Matic all-wheel-drive system.

But as independent and modern as the new C-Class looks, it will be sharing even more component-wise with E- and S-Class models.

repost times eleventy billion

Next Generation C-Class
 

www.detnews.com/2005/autosconsumer/0503/23/G03-118301.htm From the Detroit News

This topic has already been chatted about. Its coming out the end of this year and someone needs to inform that website, that they ARE WRONG.

repost like woah

The new engines are coming this year. Not the new C-Class. What does it take to convince??

The 350..yes, we know..The only thing that I am convinced of is you have no idea on how to search the forum.. :rolleyes:

mbspy timeline says W204 is to be released in 2006 as a 2007 model.

i never read or heard anything about the W204 being released this year.

http://www.mbspy.com/roadmap.htm

The car is expected to go on sale at U.S. dealers later in the year as a 2008 model

I found that funny...doesnt even make sense, so in 2006 we'll be getting 2015 cars...amazing the advances in automotive technology

"Mercedes-Benz is preparing a ground-up redesign of its compact C-Class model line, beginning with an all-new sedan that's due to arrive in Europe in spring 2007. The car is expected to go on sale at U.S. dealers later in the year as a 2008 model."

Later in the year refers to later in the year 2007 if one were to take that sentence into context properly.

The W204 is due to be released in mid-2007 in Europe, Sept-Oct '07 here, designated as 2008 models.

Look, this ain't rocket science, and hardly qualifies as big news - MB has these cars on a 7-year cycle. The W203 appeared mid-year 2000 in the EU, and came here in October of 2000 as a 2001 model. Sounds like they are right on schedule to me.

In the meantime, the W203 gets its final kicker in the fall in the form of the new 4-valve V6 engine family - no more 4 cylinders for our market. Even the entry-level car is going to be over 200 hp. The C350 will be terrific, of course, but vastly overpriced like the top-of-the-line always is. Since the W203 is now pretty well sorted out, the time from Oct '05 until the introduction of the new car seems like a good time to buy if you don't need to be the first on your block with the new body.

im just chiming in what i read. some of you need to simmer down.

Thank you JRCT for clearing up what should be obvious to most. There is no big mystery to these lifecycles but so many seem to think so. Thanks - Start the lines for the MY08 W204.

I'd rather enjoy an arguably sorted out model for (m)
 

a few years and then, after the first in line "gotta have it NOW" people are out of the way and the inevitable first year bugs are sorted out get the new body style. If I buy an '06 C350 I'll have the "current" style for about 2 years. Add in another year for the '08 first year and maybe I'll trade after that. Hmm.... sounds interesting.

W204 Official Pictures (2007 MB C Class Sedan)
 

W204 Official Pictures (2007 MB C Class Sedan)
Design Phase Complete...In Secondary Testing Phase

So they turn into a CLS ? :crazy:

Just great- a CLS clone and no side moldings (m)
 

Don't these people live in the real world where side moldings make a difference? :crazy: Looks like MB has fallen prey to the same "form over substance" disease now afflicting BMW.

looks like poop. i like the mirrors though :)

Where do you get your info from?

BTW these are old pics https://mbworld.org/forums/showthrea...mixed+reaction

looks like photochop..
 

..but not horrible..

Aha!
 

sorry mason00, i dont have an ax to grind against you, but i just happened to google 'w204 pics' and quickly got there..shows where these 2 pics came from.

proof that these are photochops

Just testing the smarts of the board members. Good job...Real fast catch time. Less than 1 hour :y

:crazy:

:y :y

lol nice attempt at a cover up. :beat:
i hope it doesn't look like that.

:y

:v

thank you for that pic :D

Post more models.

This is a very strange thread! First he knowingly posts obviously photoshopped pics that have been posted before, then he just starts posting various pics that have nothing to do with the W204 :crazy:

The 'nonW204" pics are a lot better. Keep up the good work.

haha random thread...
https://mbworld.org/forums/attachmen...id=48865&stc=1
with some hot chick
https://mbworld.org/forums/attachmen...id=48866&stc=1
and who's car is that? looks great :cool:

Hey Mason00 if I buy your car would I get the women with it? Nice pics

that white C belongs to Enrique "LorinserCClass"

Um I kinda like the photoshop pics. Seen them before and I actually would like to see the C class look like that. Looks way more expensive than the w203. Hot cls look. Hey Id prefer that CLS look over the bangle-mania BMW's.

BTW I love it when I see an ASIAN girl with an A ss like that!

:thread:

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it's in the C class picture thread, i remember seein it from a little while ago...i forget who it belongs to though

The thread does suck, but the asian girls ass makes it all worth while :y

The above picture isn't the real 06 C class. I have already test drove the car in Germany. As what the previous person said, its a fake and probably a photoshop CRAP picture. Compare it to the CLS and you can see that the person did not do a very good job in creating it. Grow up LOSER.

Me too! Small world :naughty:

https://mbworld.org/forums/attachmen...id=48863&stc=1

I'd hit it two times!

And its still not as good as his Mazda...

Hey...that's my car.:cool:.. But it doesn't have tinted windows though :confused:.... Now I'm sure that I wil not get my windows tinted :y Thanks for showing me how it will looks with the windows tinted

It's a shame that those pics were not legit...I kinda of like that look, those for sure were the best fake pics I have seen of the new c-class / but I like!

I'm telling you, tint your car and it will look even better. Don't judge the photoshopped tint job. I'm going to purchase a 2006 C230 or C280 Sport Sedan in August and I will be getting it in Orion Blue Metallic, and applying a beautiful tint job to it. Trust me, your car will look good with tint.

huh ??

It looks like the CLS which is currently on sale..why would MB make two cars that look almost identical :crazy:

rear end looks phat, but I could do without the head lights...

I like the cls look and why don't you take a good look around, a lot of benzes look like each other...But you are right, what was I thinking about voicing my thoughts??
follow the equation:
my opinion does not = yours.....get over it!... :crazy: :wwf: :crazy:
ok, now I am done venting....
Have a nice day :y

am i the only one that thinks the CLS looks like a nissan maxima?

maybe it's just the roof line or something

"From a 360 degree perspective, No"

From that angle, viewing in a picture or on the road, yes, it looks like a Maxima. From a 360 degree perspective, either viewing on a computer or in person, the CLS looks nothing of a Maxima. Very far from it. :y

cls looks way better. cant u even tell?? :hammer:

ok, why are the pictures of these testing cars always taken in a snowing area?!

Why am I looking at a masked up Cadallic? Geese Ill just go take a pic of the one in my grandmother's garage and show ya what this 'W204' looks like uncovered :rolleyes:

that camouflage kit is cool in that with it covering the whole car, nobody would have to worry about dents and scratches. If I had that car, I would park it right next to the shopping cart area in the supermarket parking lot :)

relax people. with all the cladding on, you cant even see the lines. we'll just have to wait and see.

This is going to be more awful than the Kia 530i.

2008 w204 information...
 

http://a332.g.akamai.net/f/332/936/1...daryphoto4.jpg

2008 Mercedes-Benz C-Class

Date Posted 05-26-2005

The 2008 Mercedes-Benz C-Class isn't due until the spring of 2007, but as our latest spy video shows cold-weather testing is already well underway. Although the full-body camouflage hides the important details, it's easy to see that this C-Class will wear a much sleeker shape than the current model.

Most observers expect a C-Class sedan with more angular headlights and a tightly cropped rear end reminiscent of the new CLS sedan. A larger size is almost guaranteed as its arch rival, the 2006 BMW 3 Series, has recently grown to provide more room for adults in back. Interior details are still unknown, but given that the 2006 S-Class will get an iDrive-type controller it won't be too surprising to find one added to the C-Class.

A wide range of engines are on tap for Mercedes' new entry-level sedan although the current use of four-cylinder power plants is being reconsidered given their downmarket connotation in the U.S. The current 3.5-liter V6 used in the E-Class and M-Class vehicles is likely along with an even more powerful version of the current 5.5-liter V8 in the C55. An article in the German magazine AutoBild suggests that the normally aspirated V8 will have as much as 402 horsepower while a range-topping 6.3-liter V8 could offer 470 horses.

Tasty details for sure, but given that the 2008 C-Class isn't expected to go on sale until the spring of 2007, and the fact that it will be facing newer competitors like the 2005 Audi A4 and 2006 Lexus IS 350, the C-Class is going to need all the help it can get.

http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do...ticleId=105774

:)

Welcome to Today

https://mbworld.org/forums/c-class-w203/109352-2008-c-class-article.html

:)

awww man :( :D

I thought the w204 was due as a 2007 model, this article suggests that it will be a 2008 model... what gives? :nix:

The V8 AMG is due out in 08. Take notice they don't say anything about the V6? Its what MB did back in 01. They didn't release the new AMG body version until 02 year models.

Always was to be in the 08 model year as long as I've been following it, released in "Spring" 07 (yeah, just like the V6 C230's). People, including myself, are sometimes guilty of referring to a future car by the year it is to be released...so that could be it...whatever the reason, I think it's fairly definitive now...mid '07.

Cheers.

Well whenever it will be released.... I don't care that artists rendition of the new c class looks is amazing. Hands down it top s the new 3 series and the current c design. Looks much bigger too and with a more powerful engine and sleeker ......ummmmmm looks like I'll be with MB for quite a while :y Lets just hope the new design really is close to that artist's rendition.

the w204 is not nearly done yet.. they are still in testing phase which will not be done until end of this year then go into first line of production, trust me i know as i have driven them hehehehe. The turbo diesel model is bad ass.. the FMIC looks fuggin huge :-) :zoom:

i really like the coupe. i think it looks HOT! especially the headlights!

Have you seen the new S and CL? Bangle city. They even have the hideous bangle butt, and the worst flares you ever seen. Bell bottoms for your wheels.

......I completely agree with that. Whatever happened to leaving something good alone for 10 or 15 years? ? Maybe it's because society has become so relentlessly consuming, out with the new, hurry up with the next..of course it's not new. American car companies have changed models from year to year for decades. The new body GM truck get new grills, and headlights every six months. Never for the better, just for the different. Sucks. Everything is so disposable, regardless of cost.

With MB, and BMW its true that they had to evolve because the japanese brand engineering luxo cars were doing little but copying them. If you don't agree, I suggest you check out the Lexus LS, or the original Q45. Continuing proof is the Scion TC, which sports more than just a little BMW dna.

However, now that the clones are more established, some of them, namely infinity, are developing there own style, own DNA. Lexus keeps telling us they will, but those cars aren't here yet. Acura, oddly enough, seems to be de-evolving- its cars simply look more and more like the domestic appliances that spawned them.

So, although in the past they needed to re-invent themselves, I do not think that's the case now. MB's current design language certainly has a lot of life left in it. What's coming up, IMHO, its ****. And its **** because there new head designer is just looking to put his stamp on MB styling...not because there is a real demand for change. I would love to see second generation cars based on the current language. The current Coupe owes much of its look to the SL. I'd like to see a version that caries that even further, more slope to the nose, and more sculpting to the sides like the SLR carries. Similarly, the CLS shapes could be merged with the current W203 Sedan shape...and we'd be thilled. I can't say I was always a fan of the sedan shape, but with the latest changes, and with some nice rims, I think its evolved into the best looking small luxo/sporty sedan out there. The new 3 is just plain dull. The ES is still dull, and the G35 sedan's look already has wear holes in the material. New A4 is just the old shape with a guppy mouth.

Do you actually live in the US? Most American models have a much longer shelf life than comparable imports. Sure, there's constant fiddling with minor styling touches- but much of that, particularly GM, comes from not having enough development money(too many versions of the same car) to do anything more than a design a mildly different nose. Even with that, the car's don't change radically.

GM trucks have looked the same for well over a decade. Its hard to tell the truly new platforms when they arrive. Only Ford makes a break at each generation. Dodge just 'supersized' its language- and played brilliantly to its market.

revolution is inevitable...MB made a revolution jump from w124 to w210, w202 to w203, bulky S to current S class, and it was well over 10 years ago. it's time they do something different.

The current S is only about 5 years old.

The design language they have now was more or less introduced on the CL/S. The oval lights on the E were the only thing that predated the current styling. Its too early to shift gears.

This build should have been evolution, not revolution. The new CLS and SLK were likely cooked under the old head stylist, and only minor changes could have been made by the new regime. I'm not looking forward to the new rides. It seems all the European makes just want to **** all over their designs lately. BMW is doing the Kia meets Pontiac thing, Audi is sticking the uggly fireplace grille on its cars, and now Benz has gone to the crapper. Even VW has taken an ugly turn. New Jetta is just stupid looking. Looks like a sentra with a chrome sports bra.

One german company however, is getting it right. Opel. New cars look great! We don't get them here...yet. All the new Saturns are basically Opels with mild changes. Can't wait. Perhaps a new Sky or an Aura to replace my Benzo.

is that convertible the clk???

I think revolution is a good move. You gotta change the design to make it stand out. Other manufacturers have copied the current MB theme for too long. It dilutes the styling.

In europe the C32 AMG ended production, only C30 CDI AMG still on production but for short time :wall:

Like who? Its only been 5 or six years. MB moved to the current language to GET AWAY from Lexus, which was clearly mining the MB look.

I gotta agree with Outland. Revolution is a generation too early. BMW does evolution, revolution, evolution, revolution for major facelifts. Or at least, they used to. I prefer evolution, evolution, evolution, or at least when the design and styling has been good, as it has for this current generation for MB. Evolution would have been welcome for the next generation, at least in my book.

NEW Less Disguised Pics of W204 C-class!!!
 

Here's the link:
http://www.germancarzone.com/showthr...3&page=9&pp=10

Scroll on down through the page where you'll see minimal disguise on a set of pics and then some new pics by Scoochythatone(famous for MB spy photos) where you'll see a glimpse of the interior. Now my opinion: The new minimally disguised photos scare because they seem very close to the photoshops done by Huckfeldt of Autobild, which are bland and simply boring. I just can't believe that MB would also this to take place because he obviously has inside info that lead him to these. It's just NUTS!!! :hammer: :beat: :duh: Conclusion: the new C looks like one to dissapoint! :mad:

thanks for the link. I am disappointed with the new design too. However, at least it doesn't appear as controversial looking as the new S-class.

no way it will look like this in real life, they can do beter then that. :mad:

it reminds me of a cadillac CTS for some reason.....maybe just the front.

Glad i got a 2006. Perhaps by the time i go to trade in this, they will have advanced past that design.

I like the front but the back is disgusting :mad:

+1

Ewww. Yuck. Nasty.


Bout the only nice features are the wide prominent grille, and the sporty looking air dam under the nose...the rest is ****. Overall, it looks like a conservative (even more so) Acura RL....with a full diaper rear end. Farkin MB...had to ruin it. I really hope this is just another bad Photoshop.

that's a big grille :naughty:

Those cars in the photos are not the W204. They are test muels for the W204 in W203 setups. The trunk lid is all wrong.

Looks just like my sister's Acura TL

You dont like the new S class mick? I love it. :y

The taillights and the 7-series style trunk bother me. they look odd and I can't get used to looking at them.

I saw the pics of the 2009 bmw 7-series at autobild.de and even BMW won't design a trunk like that anymore. I guess, they found out people don't like it so much

:)

damn, **** you MB

Thats why my next move is going to be the Cls500 amg package .

Winning looks
 

Strong frontal appearance with an agressive stance. I think it'll be a little different in the back though. Overall it should be a winner and great seller. We'll see in about 1.75 years.

Couldn't agree more. New S is fugly. The ONLY thing MB got right was the front end. The rest of the car is just nasty...big ford focus wheel flares, bangle butt, truly ugly tailights, and that drooping ass that the maybach has.

And if that ugly BMW meets Stratus/Breeze tail wasn't enough...the damn thing even looks like the ugly 7 series on the inside. MB styling is farked, unless there's some serious home runs coming that we don't know about yet.

They gotta go with the C-class headlights. Gotta be round. It think it gives a unique look to the car. Here's to hoping they'll scrap that crappy headlight design for the original.

or maybe sooner due to stiff competitions from new Lexus and new BMW models :)

DaimlerChrysler to cut Mercedes C-Class production

12.05.2005, 03:19 AM

FRANKFURT (AFX) - DaimlerChrysler AG is cutting back the output of Mercedes-Benz C-Class cars in the main production facility in Sindelfingen from January, Handelsblatt said, citing a company spokesman.

It said the spokesman declined to give any reasons for the decision.

The report added that although it is normal for a car to post declining sales towards the end of a 7-year life cycle, sales of the C-Class have fallen more steeply than expected. A new C-Class will be launched in two years.

In the first ten months of this year, C-Class sales have declined by 13 pct to 335,600 units.

from:
http://www.forbes.com/markets/feeds/...fx2368432.html

Whats not to love? I love the New S Class :y

http://www.rustalk.com/motor/plakat/...nt/800x600.jpg

that is an awesome Carlsson S class

hate the back, and oh by the way, those are some sick rims on that S, anyone know what kind they are?

You know what would be cool on the Black S class pic above if the black strips above and below the clear tail brake lights if they you could type messages like STOP or tell the person behind you to turn off there brights, or tell the person behind to gett off your butt and go around you. Ofcourse this would be done by the computer in ther car with voice command. It could even be linked to your navigation system telling the person that you will be exiting in 1/2 mile for example.

I love the new S-class S500 380hp...more powerful than current 5.5 NA amg v8...no wonder AMG's moving to 6.3 :naughty: it's scary how cars are going faster and faster...

I don't like the way the fenders flare... the front fenders remind me of an RX-8

I think the new C looks quite nice. And i'm sure the rear will look a little better than the photo IMO. The interior also looks nice.

People just need to get use to the new look, just like the new S. Before the new S came out publicly, people said it's ugly, now that it's out, people are starting to like it. Just wait and see, i'm sure MB will do a nice job.

Oh, btw, i just saw the new S today in Cape Town,SA. It sure looks good. :y

More pics:

www.germancarzone.com

Thanks a bunch Vivaki! You always do find the best spy photos...like when the GCF forums were still alive! If you find more like maybe some interior shots please post them here as well. Thanks!!!:)

one more...plus estate version as well:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...lass_Sedan.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1.../C_Class_T.jpg
(Carpassion)

Thanks :y

here's the closest we've got to the interior:

http://autocar.co.uk//Car/Mercedes-B...3555643130.jpg

I just noticed how large the gauges are and they have chrome trim rings! That's cool!:)

I like the new C-Class and can't wait til 07. Yes I know that the new c-class looks a little like the new BMW, Acura TL, Toyota Avalon and new S-class design. But that is the new direction/future of the luxury cars. At least I have some time to save money for the purchase.

I don't like it. Looks like an Acura to me and if I wanted an Acura...well...I would buy an Acura. I am thinking maybe a CLK for 2007

hey here are some more pictures I came across:

http://www.c-registry.com/forums/att...1&d=1134572074

http://www.c-registry.com/forums/att...1&d=1134572120

http://www.c-registry.com/forums/att...1&d=1134572120

and theres a ton more spy pics here, at this link : http://www.c-registry.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13

This looks about right... I like it.!! :y

http://www.c-registry.com/forums/att...1&d=1134572887

I like this one a lot!!

W204 Video Clip.. Must see ;)
 

Amazing handling and looks more wide...


http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/website/video.php?id=63239


Enjoy this test..

Very nice clip! This made my dull Thursday :-)... Although even with how its starting to look, wider, etc... I still love my w203 styling the best...

- Eric

dammit, wont work on my Work Computer.. will have to wait till i get home.. DAMN!

I found it very hard to get a good idea of what the car will look like with all that cladding/tape on it. Does look wide though!

Thanks

New body
 

Considering MB and Chrysler are now the same company I'm afraid that the cladding is actually a new styling element. Have you ever seen a new, black Dodge Charger?

Haha, very good point, but let's hope not! But then on the other hand, that will make our W203's that much more valuable to us and to potential buyers, so maybe it should look like a Charger!

wow.... very interesting.... cant wait till the coupes come out =T been waiting for it

Nice clip, the pic at the end looks pretty cool too.

Awesome! :cool: Does anyone know if this will be a 2007 or 2008 model?

2008. The cladding is highly effective i'll tell you that much.. dammit! I cant wait to see what MB will do w/ the w204!

If it looks anything like the spy photos Ive seen so far, I hate it. :y

Just trying to be open minded. Don't hate me because I said it first.

i think mercedes shot and released this spy video clip. The video was too well filmed to be coming from a spy video photographer. If it did come from such a person, then he's a genius.

Honestly, i think it's going to look much better then The Spy Photos..

Just being extremely Optimistic :crazy:

Thanks for the Video ! Ill save my opinion when i see the car :p

nice clip! yeah can't wait to see the actual body when they're done.

here..the new W204.

and the convertible..

I just don't like the rear of the W204(tail lights) , front looks fine tho !!
:y

Why would they move away from the figure 8 headlights that look so good?

New head designer. The current cars are all evolution of the design language started by Bruno Saco(sp?) with the last gen E, and put in full force with the now pretty old CL. His successor further refined it with each subsequent design onward till the new CLS, I believe they were all penned under the same leadership. He left, and I think he's at VW now...correct me if I'm wrong...anyway, I think the new guy is out to leave his mark at MB with a new design language. I think cars like the Kia and Hyundai coming out with quasi E-Class and C sedanesque headlights also had an impact on the death of the much prefered round lights. I love em.

W204 Introduction
 

The W204 is scheduled to be introduced this September at the Paris Auto Show

Kool beans, cant wait to see it.

Damn... looks like we've got another 8 months to go! :wall:

http://automobilemag.com/2007_sneak_...s_cclass_1.jpg

Also, found this.. looks like a photoshop, but hey one step closer to what it may look like. :y

So if its not going to debut until September, does that mean its going to be 2008 (delivery starting in May/June)?

big time p-shop...

look, hood star and grill star. but, I'm sure it's not too far off--a mix of the new S-Class and CLS...

There was no word when the W204 would be in the US. Based on past introductions it will probably be in the spring of 2007 as a 2008 model in the US

The headlights are wrong.

"Additional spy photos taken away from the test track reveal a modest rear-end design that incorporates some elements of the latest S-Class. A quick shot of another prototype with the hood open revealed nothing shocking as it looked to have Mercedes' latest 3.5-liter V6 providing the power. Assume there will be the usual options for either manual or automatic transmissions."


http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do...ticleId=109192

I'd trade mine in if it looks like that but I'd have to get the three fiddy

I like everything but the front end. It just doesnt do it for me!

Compared to BMW's 3er, it looks dreamy

my next car outta college will either be the new C or the new BMW 3-series. I hope its released soon.

The new C will look identical to the S class, but smaller and with a bit less technology.

:rolf: :rolf: :rolf: anything compared to a bangle design is dreamy!

actually i've seen a bunch fo those covered up new c-class around here in my home town (redondo beach, ca) sometimes i see them in 2's. problem is i never have my camera with me! argghhhhhh. they are much bigger than the current c-class, look 'beefier' but then again it could be all the black covers. now i have my camera with me at all times, just in case.

How about these:

http://www.discountpartcenter.com/ph...es-C-class.jpg

http://www.discountpartcenter.com/ph...es-C-class.jpg

Sweet.

Not to shabs.. very CLS like..

If it looks like that then I am DEFINITELY trading in my car. ***** - I might sell it tomorrow and drive the old mx-6 til that comes out

Hahahah, I like it also, but I just got my wheels :nix:

Don't get too anxious about the arrival date of the W204 here in the US. Just remember that some new models in the past haven't appeared until fall. I hope it's March but don't make any plans until someone can tell us just when the US models will appear.
I have been wondering if MB will one of these days go back to the system they used to have some years ago where they deliver European models for up to a year before starting US deliveries. With MB's great concern about
getting top quality ratings in the US they might want to be sure any new model is debugged before bringing them here.
A recent case in point is that they were delivering the new S Class for European customers when I was at the factory last September. They are still not delivering the W212's here.
Be patient.

what they need to do is standardise the model names. My C230 should be a C250. Labelling some cars in the line according to displacement but not others is rather assinine.

MB is so late in bringing out the W204, by the time it gets here, the 330i, IS350, A4 probably all got a face lift.

I sat in a new S Class over three weeks ago. I watched in dismay as no one could turn off the nav system. Great QC! :y

looks like a CLS with slightly modified headlights and a different roofline. :confused: i think the tail will be more s-class/maybach like.

just found these
http://bilder.autobild.de/bilder/1/50079.jpg http://bilder.autobild.de/bilder/1/50074.jpg http://bilder.autobild.de/bilder/1/50078.jpg http://www.germancarfans.com/spyphot...02.mini12L.jpg http://www.germancarfans.com/spyphot...214.002.1M.jpg

I'm cool w/that... my car will still be the "current" c-class for a little while longer. AND as much as I love the A4, they get facelifts more often than a beverly hills housewife....

LOL! - I swear sometimes it seems like I'm the only one that HATES Audi interiors.

Damn, I'm actually liking it.

I guess our cars will be outdated soon.

yep . But people say don't buy the 1st year model, so it's better to drive an outdated car than the latest car with 1st year's problems :)

exactly, that's why the 05 is a great year to buy... you have it as the current car for 2 years and then when the second year of the w204 comes out, the 05's be four years old and prime time to trade or sell.

Something to keep in mind about all of these "first look" vehicles is that sometimes they are production trials vehicles that will never find thier way into the hands of a customer. They are used for several different things, and a lot of time they are used for training, but are not final spec. vehicles. So, it's not surprising that they aren't perfect. Hold your judgements until you see a production vehicle. Not to say that they are perfect, but don't judge the model line on a car that may be destined to be crushed one day.....

They're not usually real vehicles at all - they're usually PhotoShopped pictures that are computer generated.

New grill
 

I certainly hope they will use that new grill from the spy pics because I really like the shape. It is more agressive and beefy looking. I have always said the mercedes either needed to get a more streamlined, sporty, aerodynamic front or a larger more agressive front instead of a mix of both. The mix of both types makes the car look tame and timid with it's small kind of stubby front end. BMW has it down pat with the large agressive fornt ends and I think M-B is starting to notice from their success.

ive seen modded new s-classes and it looks great......can't wait to see the new c-class since it does look like a mini me version

if it has the grille of the huckfeldt, and everything else of the one above it, would be absolutely perfect!

so that's all we get huh? any newer pictures out lately?

What do you want? You can keep photographing a turd each day, but its still a turd no matter how many pics you post of it. :rolleyes:

from germancarfans.com
 

Mercedes-Benz is preparing an all-new C Class to debut in spring 2007. It will be a completely new model offering standard RWD and AWD as an option. Code-named W 204, the car will be available in four different styles, as sedan, station wagon, sports coupe and convertible. The next C-Class’ styling will adopt elements from the new S Class which debuted this year.

These photos are showing for the first time a prototype of the station wagon which is still disguised plus latest photos of the C-Class sedan.

Power will come again from a variety of four- and newly developed six- cylinder engines. A sporty AMG version is in the pipeline, too.

nice shots - it looks pretty big as well! seems almost E-class sized (from the 4th photo)

New W204 Spy Pics ("New Mercedes C-Class Sheds Disguise on Autobahn")
 

From GermanCarFans.com

Click here for story and more pics

http://www.germancarfans.com/spyphot...315.002.1L.jpg

http://www.germancarfans.com/spyphot...002.mini3L.jpg

Hey is that the new S??? Oh, no its the new C, shocker! Looks good.

New headlight design... booo!!!

Body looks nice and aggressive though.

Im liking it. :y

yep - that's it. Big fugly headlights.

the grill looks a lot wider too :)

the pic at the website shows that the w204 got two exhaust pipes, one on each side.

I see they have solved the brake dust problem. They have made the wheels look like they have not been washed in years!

How boring. It looks like the Honda boys faxed over an RL design they thought was 'too agressive' for the luxury appliance division.

Those headlights are really awful. The clamshell hood is interesting.

yeah i'm guessing its a c350 in that pic

This is what they say it will look like.

again....a mini s-class

That is not the AMG grille. The W204 AMG grille will have fewer slats and be in some ways connected to the SLK / SLR look.

The trunk is much more vertical looking and the tail lights errrrmm ... average. The AMG logo will be on a metal trim strip with chrome and on the other side of the strip will be the engine. So now if you dont have the engine ..... the AMG trim will make no sense.

As for the dual exhuast .... depends on the engine.

The whole car is wider and taller. Like I said about 6 months ago ... I saw it in the flesh. It was a no camera day but these photos are the real thing.

The headlights look good from the side but when you are in front of the car it looks like a Honda or GM car.

damn, summed it up in three words.

at least its better looking than the 3 (in my opinion)

hahaha yehp

That wasn't a very high hurdle to jump

Is the driver a midget or is the photochop job bad?
 

Cz

If the next generation C class looks like that. Sign me up. I love the New S and this C looks good too !! :y

Here's another photoshopped pic:

http://www.auto-motor-und-sport.de/s...itel_C_355.jpg

looks pretty good to me :y could have been more adventurous, but since Merc is going back to their roots, i guess that's not gona happen. if anyone's seen the B-class, i guess the front will look very similar.

i'm a bit worried about the rear lights though. not a big fan of more "vertical" rear lights...

so, how did you get this miraculous opportunity?

Not a c
 

This Red Beaudeux is an S, you can see by the side view mirrors compare to the silver ones.

anyone know when they will start selling the new C , is it a 2007 model :banned: ?

it should be available by august if not sooner according to an MB sales rep I talked to. the new 2007 redesigned model will be similar in price.

ohhh new W204 PICS including Interior
 

Okay i found this on the http://thehollywoodextra.blogspot.com/
check them out, not sure if i like, but the interior has improved.....

actually I like the current instrument layout better because the tachometer of the new instrument panel is smaller than the speedometer. I prefer them to be the same size.

back looks great...slk-ish. Interior is gross. I hope its better than that!

Oh well Can't stay with MB forever, maybe I'll try BMW or Audi. I knew they would manage to f this car up. Damn it looks more like a females car than ever. Oh well

I hate the way the steering wheel on the w221 looks and this is patterned the same way... lame.

Exterior, still ugly. The rear is Acura RL Ugly.

Interior...egads, its really nasty looking. AND absolutely identical to the spy pics that have been floating around for what, 3 years!!!!

Wow....if that's the new C, no more MB's for me...
 

Ditto.

Methinks I'm gonna keep my W203 for a while....and save up for a 997TT... :y

Actually, the instrument dials are different.
https://mbworld.org/forums/attachmen...id=77101&stc=1
https://mbworld.org/forums/attachmen...id=34562&stc=1

Looks like an Acura RL... :duh:

Glad I got an '06.

rear looks like a new S class to me. too bad it doesn't have the flared out fenders too though.

you know what they say...

"it'll grow on you" sigh.

flip
:wwf: :wwf: :wwf: :wwf: :wwf: :wall: :wall: :wall: :wall: :wall:

the website says the exterior pic was drawn by an artist. It's not real :)

yeah, but its real. Most likely the exterior renditions are right on the money as well. YUCK YUCK YUCK!!! WTF is MB doing? I won't be buying another if it looks this bad.

That interior could be right out of the seventies or eighties if it weren't for the slit for a cd.

Yep, I concur, it does not look too good. I think the interior of the new Volkswagen GTI MkV looks much better.

Yes, definately it does. I'm digusted at the direction MB is going in for new models. The CLS, SLR and New SLK will be the highwater marks of the outgoing styling language. Blocky, overwrought styling and ugly headlights are back it seems.

And, as a bonus, we get ugly interiors, asian styling, BMW trunklids, and, if you look closely, the car in the picture has an I drive, or whatever gay ass name the MB marketing hacks come up with to call the MB version of it...probably Mousetronic.

On the plus side, the C350SE Coupe is getting great reviews in Europe and England...and I can't buy one....fricken MBUSA....

I think all the new Benz's have been designed very well, Especially the new MLs, i love it. The slk, the s class, the cls and the gl, are amazing designs. I really dont think we will be disappointed. I will reserve judgement till i see it in person.

I hope that's not the new C. The rear looks too first-generation Acura CL. :(

The steering wheel looks awful too.

I guess we can take solace in the fact that the new CL is even UGLIER. Looks like an accord that got fat.http://www.germancarfans.com/spyphot...317.001.1M.jpg

http://www.germancarfans.com/spyphot...001.mini1L.jpg

All of those pics are photoshop fakes, confirmed over a year ago.

the new S class looks nice...but if thats the new c... :wall: :wwf: :nix: makes the car look cheap....

2008 C Class
 

here's the link for 2008 c class:

http://www.emercedesbenz.com/Mar06/2...dMLKClass.html

I gotta say, it looks very nice! :y

too round, i dont like it. the front is ok, bigger and more agressive, but i prefer the current model. IMO.

Hyundaii i will have a ball with this..it will be much easier to copy. Unfortunately, like the S, it seems a little bland to me. The current styling screams Mercedes Benz, but the up and comming just kinda wispers it..

still looks like Baby S to me...
MLK looks much better compared to X3

Blah
 

TOYOTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA :mad:

Makes us W203 owners appreciate our cars even more. :y

The front looks good to me. I like the S-Class so I will like this one as well but the rear bumper isn't that great. I see the rear bumper being easily scratched and stuff.

The MLK is hot! I think it looks very agressive versus the X3. The X3 looks weak but this MLK looks muscular. :y

this is nicer than most of the pictures circulating the web. Its definately a mini S, and Im sure the Amg kit on it will look pretty sweet.

The front is hot cause it basically mimics the new S, which is on fire by the way, but the back is lacking. Reminds me too much of the toyota camry back. Kinda dissapointing. I'm not gonna criticize too much until I see official pics on the official MB website and also see it in person. Plus, Evil Duffman is right, the AMG sport package will prolly look hot as hell.
:zoom:

Not feeling it

Looks like ****. Bland city. Could be Acura if you replace the Grille. The MLK (supposedly this was to be called MLX before Lincoln went nuts with the crappy three letter names for all its cars) is even worse, it looks like the outgoing RAV4.

The front looks very good!! I hope the rear will be much better in reality.

Loves it.

maybe in reality it will look better. i'm just hoping for a c-class diesel to come over to the US.

the front is bland and the rear looks like an Acura CL.

i've seen that picture many times, and yes it is a Photoshop..

we will wait and see what the real one will look like, then i will make my decision!

ooooyyye... Not feeling it either. The front looks like an Acura and the rear looks like Camry.

-Jeff

with all the comments here, it's funny how the design implies copying the Acura and Toyota's ;).

Isn't it also ironic those were the same comments when our current generation debuted, and now everyone thinks it looks like a goddess?

..I can't think of a single toyota or acura that looks like the current w203. Nor a honda for that matter. Evolving traditional styling cues exclusive to a mark into a brand new car without producing somthing that looks dated already is an art MB has mastered long ago. I'd hate to see those classic cue's disappear. To me it's what makes them beautiful. Often copied, but never the copiest...that makes one a Goddess.

I don't remember any such comments, nor do I see any resemblence, past or present in the Toyota or Honda line that resemble any of the 4 W203 cars.

well, if the W204 doesn't turn out good, there's the 2008 Audi A5 :)

http://www.channel4.com/4car/media/s...lustration.jpg

It looks like a Jap car to me. Whatever happened to European artwork. First BMW, now Mercedes. Is Jaguar the only company that uses clay to develop their art instead of letting a computer draw a robot?

I thought that car was a Lexus the first time I saw that picture. Uggh! And, no, I've never thought the current w203 looked like a Jap car.

I like it! I was always hoping for an A4 Coupe, but they pulled the plug on that. Seemed like a no brainer once the Cabriolet came out...a full metal roof is pretty cheap.

Two downsides...the FWD, and that obnoxious Audi grille...but at least its distinctive...and NOT trying to imitate the weakest of the asian wanna be brands.

Please stop using the word "jap"
 

It's amazing to me how many people think it's OK to use the word "jap" on this forum. It shouldn't be tolerated by the moderators. :mad:

I agree, especially in this day and age...it can be hard though, as many of us grew up hearing our grandfathers refering to anything built over seas that way..probably no intention of rascism..

Jap is short for Japanese just as Amer is short for American, Swede is short for Swedish, etc. etc. I don't have time to type everything out, nor should I have to. If you don't like it, don't read it. I don't see anyone aorund here getting pissed off that people type Swede.

And, BTW, I spend some time on a motorcycle forums and everyone uses Jap for short because a large majority of the bikes are made in Japan and most of the people there don't even think twice about it which is probably why I didn't.

I agree. Turn the PC **** off folks. Why do you have to assume the worst intentions.

of course not. Racism was all but eradicated in our grandparents' days... :rolleyes:

Very nice and elegant , much better than the current C

'08 C
 

the '08 C = NO WAY :wall: Very bland, and the back looks like a Daewoo

Maybe MBWorld.org didn't exist back in '00, but those were some of the comments made, just like how the last gen S-class adopted "Camry-like taillights". Again, I will believe it when I see it.

As far as I can tell there are no rules disallowing the use of non-PC words. Last I've checked tuscanraider got banned for using n**.

So terms potentially deemed offensive to all other races are acceptable. Let the bashing continue!

Damn that CLS and it's effects. I don't like it cause I hate the CLS and subsequently the S-class and now this. Good God, someone needs to kick this guy's ass like they should do to Bangle.

oh I dont know, maybe because most people who use those terms are racist *******s perhaps? if you dont respect other people and who they are then what the **** value do YOU have?

The front looks OK but the back does look like a Japanese car.

I'm Asian and I take offense to word 'Jap' because it's intended as derogatory in the context in which everyone is using the term. When you say "that looks like a Jap car." The term is not just an abbreviation for 'Japanese', it also infers inferiority.

If you think the Japanese are inferior that's your opinion, but don't pretend that opinion is not rooted in racism.

Shut your mouth and know your role buddy. You just made probably the stupidest comment i've ever read on these boards!! Who the hell do you think you are?? People aren't here to be racists! They're here to talk about cars! I'm sure whoever said it looks like a Jap car, didn't mean it in a racist manner, and was by no means trying to disgrace you, nor your race.

It's people like you who create racism on these boards. Take a hike!

This thread should be closed and deleted...

Agreed

I don't know... it's not that bad, I've seen better but then again I really don't ever like much of anything when they first come out then the damn things grow on me, when the new A4's came out in 02' I think, I hated them, now they're one of my favorite bodystyles. They did mention it was to have the allmighty 6.3 ass whooper, but just wait till the aftermarket peeps start with the bodykits, in my opinion alot of cars look better with a good bodykit, it's like putting gel in your hair to tone down a bad haircut, I'm sure Brabus, Wald, Lorinser, Rieger & others won't let us down, besides, when you got mid 400 ponies pullin' your chariot who cares what the damn thing looks like!

P.S. - Racism sux people, I see it on BOTH SIDES of the river, it's bred from ignorance, lack of education & tolerance - whoever poseses it.

I partially agree with 1sikbenz. I think the new C from these photos won't be too bad. Still, I don't like the Audi A4s that much. And personally, I'm too conservative for aftermarket body kits. If it doesn't come the way I like it to come, then I don't buy it; that's my motto.

Then again, I might move on from Mercedes-Benz.

I totally agree with 1sikbenz's post script. It's ALL ABOUT A LACK OF EDUCATION. Where I'm from, I see the neavou riche with their big cars all the time often blaring their rap music through the windows. I wonder if they learned anything about decency from their parents. Can't stand poorly educated people. It's the only thing I'm snobby about and I'm not afraid to admit it.

This thread reminds me of the American Concentration Camps. Shudder...

Sorry to say to but white people kill me when they say this (and it is only white people who do this). Dude has no clue who made the initial comment but he is convinced that it was made without any malice whatsoever. And to add insult to injury, he accuses the person who ojected to the racist term of being a racist. Ain't life grand?

I think i felt a stirring in my pants. I like the bold approach Audi has been making

What's that Audi's drive train gonna be like? - It looks kinda big, is it bigger than the A4, I guess it would be, it's an A5 right?

mmmm I hope thats a W12 under that large hood

Bingo! You just beat me to it :stick:

It's no wonder I stopped frequenting this C Class forum. A bunch of whining, runny nosed kids who can't keep their minds on the cars if there is an opportunity to whine.
"Mommy! He used a word that in the eyes of some self conscious child like me, could have a perceived negative connotation, so naturally I assumed the negative."
Grow up!

And that ain't racist???:crazy:

Only if he used the term as derogative.

But your'e right, he shouldn't assume the jackass who made the comment was white. Regardless of "Sauceboy01"s color it was a jackass comment.

Because I get offended by the use of 'Jap' as a derogative, I should be censored. :rolleyes: I guess you guys are too young to remember the American 'Japs' who were sent to camps during WW2.

Uh, whatever. The **** goes on both side the fence. Its been my observation that the people most concerned about this are either folks looking to make a lawsuit out of something, or some white guy overcompensating so people don't think he's a racist. Mr Holy than thou...there's always one. And when there is any discussion of asian brand autos, someone always plays this card. And youve been trolling for it since you got here. Captain Lexus on deck, prepare for Lexus propaganda and PC correctness training.

Being oversensitive and pointing out everything you think is racist or offensive is just bull****... people say or post things pretty often that for one reason or another someone else isn't gonna like. People say things every frickin day that's offensive...to me, to you...to someone. Some of its gender based, some of its ignorance, some of its frustration, some of it is just joking around, some of it is just people being people, and yes, some of it is racist. That's life. I don't disagree with much of the sentiment here, but I don't think we all have the right to assume there's malice or its intentionally meant to degrade or insult someone. This is the internet. You don't always have the full picture based on often quickly typed responses.

But You want to discuss racism. Fine. Its off topic and belongs there. Some actual car discussion would nice now.

I'm no fan of the new S. Its not elegant from any angle. I'd go so far as to I'd rather have the 7series, the car that people like to point to as the first sign of the german styling apocalypse. And, cover your ears, I think Bangle is actually a pretty smart guy, but just not the guy for BMW. The cars he's crafted are interesting...the Z4, the 6 series, the 1 series Coupe(if it ever materializes on the showroom floor)but not always beautiful(5 series, new 3).
And many of them would look more at home in a Pontiac showroom than a BMW one.

The CLS, I do like, very much. Same with the new SLK, save the F1 nose...I think it would have looked better with the twin hood buldges from the original 300SL, like the first SLK had.

The best looking new car out there? Its American. The Saturn SKY...wow, what a looker.

I second that - and when they release the turbo version... that'll be a fun one to have. May not be the fastest out there, but with a turbo there's always room for easy, inexpensive (compared to ours) upgrades!

Some more spy photos of the new C-class!
 

http://www.worldcarfans.com/spyphoto...d-new-spy-pics

Got a new interior shot and photos with the current c next to it.

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My say:

Looks like the designers ran out of ideas. the speedo looks like it's from the current e. and isn't audi have the same centre screen design? (if i remember correctly) but i'm sure they don't want to have the same design as the S becos then they need to have two different dash for the same model like the bmw's 3.

Side mirrors are clunky:

http://www.germancarfans.com/spyphot...001.mini6L.jpg

Erik

maybe it can fly with those things :rolleyes:

Have you guys seen the Lexus IS's side mirrors? They're clunkier. Imagine some supermodel who had Dumbo sized ears. That's like the one thing I really don't like about the car.

the back of that car is too big compared to the front, looks odd.

Well, I have to say, I think I won't be desiring the new C Class once it comes out.

The new E Class facelift is coming out soon. I think it looks alright.

cars ugly.

they really are ruining the look

im glad I have my 05 sedan ...

its basically another cadillac CTS.

sad.:wall:


if were lucky they might change it.

still looks like baby-S

The lines of the new C seem to be more dramatic, but fabulously unoriginal at the same time. The Mercedes line over the years has carried a shape of elegance that falls on the side of classy or sporty. In the craftsmanship of a small sedan, the lines should complement its stature, not make its smaller size obvious. It is hard to picture the car with the padding off; maybe enough curves are present to make it pop and not the way of the new BMW 3 Series.

The engineers behind the new body style know that when you throw a three-pointed star on the hood it immediately gives a car class. This car may need it; I think they could of done much more with the design, however it is not all horrific. It missed the mark just enough to make me confident I won't fall out of love with my 2006 C230 and leave her for a younger one.

Personally, I dont' see how anyone can judge how great/bad the car looks with that much masking on it. Sure, you can see some of the major lines - but the beauty comes out in the details and how they flow, which are all still hidden. And regardless... it'll never be as ugly as the new 3 series.

I'll reserve my judgement until we see some un-masked pics.

I like what they did w/ the nav screen... how it pops up only when you are using it... or thats what it seems like.... w/ the new body style the new C class will definately be the baby s.....

-j0hn

That looks like the luxury version based upon the design of front spoiler and I prefer the look of sport version over the luxury version. I think the W204 is going to be okay. I can see myself trading my W203 for it in a couple of years.

First of all, I don't think it'll be as ugly as the 3 series.

It so far doesn't look too bad. Although I'm not a big fan of the new S Class (I still think the W140 S Class was the physically most beautiful car Mercedes ever made), I think the C Class will look somewhat like the new S CLass.

It won't be too bad though. It'll still be the best looking car out there.

Personally, I don't like the:
Lexus' front nose and side mirrors
Infiniti G35 looks a bit like a space ship, just a bit; they're coming out with a redesign though
BMW 3 series is a bit boxy these days, interior is useable though
Never was a big fan of Audi, although it doesn't look bad at all.
Cadillac CTS was never really that big on my list either. It looks a bit alien.

I've always liked the overall look of the W203; it just looks sexy.

The new W204 lost most of its curves. Kinda like how the current Viper did after the redesign. The Viper of the 1990's were sexy and curvy. The current one just sucks balls because they squared out everything, rendering the design boring and flat.

Cars are like chicks. Sex appeal matters.

Just wait for AMG to come out with a kit for it. I'm sure it'll look better once that happens.

I have already seen the AMG version and it looks more like the SLK nose with a different grille.

I can't say it was breathtaking.

Do you have any pics? I would love to see it.

I have to say, seriously, if you look at the W203, I can find no complaints. Look at the front, the car looks great, the side, not bad at all, the rear, a little high and chubby but otherwise excellent.

It's truly a flawless car.

Compare that with the Lexus IS, the front looks a little low, the side doors look too big and there is no impact strip line to break the huge expanse of spacing, and the rear is good, but the rear window is so thin that the driver can hardly see out.

The BMW 3 series, the front is liveable, the side is too chisled, same as the IS. The rear is pretty bad, boring taillight design.

The interior of the C Class is faultless as well, especially the facelifted model.

The W204 is going to have a hard time to beat it.

Doesn't look too inspiring.

Everybody's seen this link from a previous post on this forum right?

http://www.emercedesbenz.com/Mar06/2...dMLKClass.html

I think it looks liveable. Am I the only one? Regardless, I still think my C looks the fine the way it is.

Thanks for the pics!
The overall design layout does not seem that much changed: door shapes, wheelbase, roofline even the width seems identical. I actually took the side picture and superimposed it to one I have from my car and they are a near match.

I will be greatly disappointed if the beautiful headlights give way to very ordinary looking Opel Astra-like headlamps that are shown here.

The taillight seems to have been inverted.. looks like a Citroen Xsara back end now... yikes!

In other words seems more like an evolution than a full redesign... maybe a similar case to the new E-Class, albeit they did keep the lovely face.

Thanks for the link Patrick. It doesn't look bad so I think it'll grow on people in time. Once I see the AMG model in white with quad tail pipes everything's gonna be okay. :zoom:

maybe it's a safety feature where it adds "downforce" to the car. :rolleyes:
or else i can't think of a reason why they make it so huge!

http://www.germancarfans.com/spyphot...001.mini9L.jpg

i have no complaint except i don't like how they break the curve of the rear windows. to me most (if not all) MB have the rear windows to a point where BMW have the curve by the rear windows. i guess that's the style difference between the two brands. but now the new c have the curve just by the end of the window so to me it lost some of the MB style.

http://www.germancarfans.com/spyphot...01.mini16L.jpg

i hope people are not going to say they copy the center screen from audi A8 like the S from bmw. looks like the command control are all below the air-vent. so maybe it won't have the "i-drive" knob by the center then. i still can't get over that the speedo looks exactly like the E's one.

Hades

My pleasure to provide you with pics. Glad that you found them helpful.

I agree, the quad tail pipes does help.

As for me, I'm going to stick with my C until 150k miles (still got a long ways to go, it's been 16 months and only 10.5k miles); so I will see the next C Class when it is updated. Then again, I'll probably want to move up. I think I'm going to move over to BMW or Italian.

i am having trouble deciding if i should wait for the new C or just get the current C230...

from the looks of it, i dont think the new one will be all that bad.. my only complaint is that in the interior.. the center dash seems really cramped.. the air vents are so tiny, and i really dont like the pop-up screen..

This is my rule, and most people will disagree to it but oh well.

I always try to buy the car the first year it's been facelifted. I think that's the best, because by then, they'd have gotten all the kinks and bugs out.

So, if you like the C Class right now, get it. If not, get the BMW 3 series or the Lexus IS. Even those are the first years out and might have one or two kinks, they will still do better resale wise than a C.

Just happened to have a similarily angled picture...

http://www.germancarfans.com/spyphot...001.mini9L.jpg
http://www.spymac.com/upload/gallery...8_DSC_0037.jpg

They look pretty alike to me (side view, that is)

It will grow on alot of people after a year or so. All in all I think the final production version will be nice, including with the AMG package.

totally agree. When the new 7 series came out from BMW, I was like, who is going to buy that monstrosity. Today, if I were considering a 70-80k car, that'd be the first thing I'd look at.

Then again, I overrate BMWs. The only reason why I like them is because 1, they handle well, a huge criteria for me and 2, the BMWs include maintenance when Mercedes doesn't.

I would presume your comment valid if i were white. Unfortunately for your sake, i'm not. Sorry bud, you're fish out of water on this one.

I agree with you completely, ultraseven. The same thing has happened with just about every car that I've owned or actively researched during a generation change, including those from other manufacturers. There are still people that prefer the W202 over W203, W210 over the W211, W208 over the W209, and there will be people that prefer the W204 over the no doubt highly derivative/generic/featureless W205 :p:

I've noticed the same thing at Rush concerts. The loudest cheering is always for the songs that are for songs up to and including the previous album, but never for the one they are actually touring. They cheer for those on the next tour.

My two cents, I like the way the W204 looks in these pictures. If I were shopping new cars in the price range, and could wait long enough, I'd give it a close look.

Regards,

e harmon

As a W203 owner with the 2005 C230 Kompressor. I often find myself looking at the W202 modle year 2000 C230/C280 with sport package. I just really like that design.

While the W203 has no faults in the design, especially with the face lift, I still really like the W202.

My favorite S Class has been the W140, especially the 1999 model.

My favorite E Class has been the W210 2001, 2002 models.

I really like the older SL as well.

BMW wise, I really appreciate the 2001 740i Sport, 2003 540i and 530i Sport, and the E46 M3. Don't like much else from the BMW.

I guess I'm a sucker for older cars.

Yet, the new W204 C Class actually doesn't look bad in my opinion, most people here don't like it, but I don't mind it at all. But we'll have to see later on.

whoa, a W204 spotted in Philadelphia .

http://www.leftlanenews.com/2006/05/...ied-in-the-us/

I wonder why they test the car in PA, it's not an area where there are many temperature/conditions extremeties.

Simplicity is the BEST and MB know this .

(but interior do not like too much :(

There's more to testing than just how much it can take. Don't forget, these cars are designed in germany, where road conditions are much different than they are here.

Overall, I think its a massive letdown.

I think its pretty amazing that the same spy shots weve been seeing for nearly three years now are spot on! ITs DULL!!!!! Lets see...Acura nose, Lexus's LS400 headlights....pretty plain profile, full diaper ass, and it has really ugly shaped tailights.

We'll see, in due time.

I'm still looking at this link...

http://www.emercedesbenz.com/Mar06/2...dMLKClass.html

It looks liveable.

Thats what im fearing:bs:

I must be the only person who thinks that it looks liveable.

hey, i just notice now... the back light of the new c looks similar to the slk.

Hey, you're right. Looks also a bit like the previous Toyota Camry in the United States.

seem nobody has posted this photo shot. i guess i will do it. here's a interior shot without the covering:

http://www.emercedesbenz.com/Images/...esCClass_2.jpg

more info at:

http://www.emercedesbenz.com/May06/1...desCClass.html