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(First pics) New comming CL with AMG bodystyle!

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Old Jun 15, 2006 | 05:58 AM
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(First pics) New comming CL with AMG bodystyle!

Looking good!

They are from www.500sec.com

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Old Jun 15, 2006 | 06:31 AM
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Hmmm. I dont like it at all. The best benz is still a 2005 CL55. WTF did they do to it? Its fugly.......
Look at the rear lights...Jaguar S-Type?
Look at the rear windows.......Ford Taurus?
IMHO they've destroyed the CL.
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Old Jun 15, 2006 | 06:42 AM
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Oh my God!!!!
IT'S THE UGLIEST THING I EVER SEEN!!!!!!!
What were they thinking?
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Old Jun 15, 2006 | 09:56 AM
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Hmmm. I dont like it at all. The best benz is still a 2005 CL55. WTF did they do to it? Its fugly.......
Look at the rear lights...Jaguar S-Type?
Look at the rear windows.......Ford Taurus?
IMHO they've destroyed the CL.

Don't worry guys; I think those pictures are a 'little' photoshoped! Especially the lights!

Only the AMG bodystyle is real and looks not bad to me!
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Old Jun 15, 2006 | 08:50 PM
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I am liking it
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Old Jun 15, 2006 | 10:32 PM
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Looks like a hybrid of the CLS & S. I like it!

AMG version with turbocharged 6.2L engine & 5sp tranny should kick serious ***!
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Old Jun 16, 2006 | 02:52 AM
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It seems to me that the front shot screams Toyota and the rear shot is just a styling mess.
Sales (or lack thereof) are probably dictating change.
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Old Jun 16, 2006 | 04:28 AM
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I thought the 209 CLK was a bad copy of the CL profile. Now the new CL profile looks like a bad copy of the 209. Car looks clunky.

Front end is OK, if unoriginal.

Those big S-influenced rear wheel arches are aching for some DTM widebody treatment and serious rubber. Bring it on!

I hope the rest of that rear end is a photoshop fake. Or maybe MB figures that the Taurus rear window will please the soccer moms enough to give their husbands the green light to actually go out and buy this heap.
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Old Jun 16, 2006 | 05:55 AM
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dont forget the headlamps look like an rx8 had some bad offspring with a scion TC. I hope it doesnt come out looking like this. They have to do way better to improve over the existing CL.
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Old Jun 16, 2006 | 02:56 PM
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I'm reading the same thing all over again, ppl hateing the way it looks. But their tune will change after they see it more on the road and the current cl gets old. Read dislikes of the E-class when it was introduced, same on the S-class, matter of fact all the styles. People just need time to warm up to it, some slower than others but it will happen.
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Old Jun 16, 2006 | 03:59 PM
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Old Jun 17, 2006 | 12:19 AM
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Old Jun 17, 2006 | 01:49 PM
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The current CL55 is one of the best looking coupes from Mercedes. It has a classic and aggressive look that I've always admired.

This new CL body styling looks horrible. I really hope it doesn't look like that.
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Old Jun 17, 2006 | 01:56 PM
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I hate circular rear windows. Ford Taurus anyone?
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Old Jun 19, 2006 | 03:09 AM
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Old Jun 19, 2006 | 10:53 AM
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Yes, it is like a Taurus. They even bring the oval into the tailight lenses. Hope they change that.
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Old Jun 19, 2006 | 12:24 PM
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everyone said the same thing about the S 550, now everyone is drooling over it. Once this car hits the market and people see the final outcome im sure people would love it....just as the new S 550.
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Old Jun 19, 2006 | 02:13 PM
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everyone said the same thing about the S 550, now everyone is drooling over it. Once this car hits the market and people see the final outcome im sure people would love it....just as the new S 550.
I totally agree!
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Old Jun 19, 2006 | 04:57 PM
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the front looks like a 6 series wannabee
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Old Jun 19, 2006 | 06:40 PM
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it's called photoshop people...
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Old Jun 19, 2006 | 09:08 PM
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Wait until the press release, wait until you check it out in person...then judge the car's appearance. If you like it, then great. If not, well, the very elegant and sleek W215 just became a lot more affordable.
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Old Jun 19, 2006 | 09:11 PM
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heh I think it looks great
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Old Jun 21, 2006 | 10:07 PM
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You guys are crazy.. that car is HOT. It looks like they photoshopped out the maskings.

Hopefully they'll keep it a low production car unlike the SL. I doubt it though heh.
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Old Jun 22, 2006 | 08:53 AM
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http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/2826/cl2167iy.jpg

here is a better pic for you guys

i like it...
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Old Jun 22, 2006 | 11:08 AM
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not ugly...not sporty ...it just doesn't look nice.
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