2010 Mercedes-Benz E-Class Spied Nearly Naked
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I saw the new E-class in black driving on the 405 freeway through Long Beach yesterday.
It had very minimal camouflage, basically flat black paint and some small vinyl appliques.
It reminds me much of the C-class and surprisingly it's barely larger than my W204.
The butt end definitely looks like a generic Japanese car. Very disappointing.
For this car I can truly say, BUTT ugly !!
It had very minimal camouflage, basically flat black paint and some small vinyl appliques.
It reminds me much of the C-class and surprisingly it's barely larger than my W204.
The butt end definitely looks like a generic Japanese car. Very disappointing.
For this car I can truly say, BUTT ugly !!
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I've been on this forum for a number of years, and every time a picture of the new model comes out, people always blast its design. Then when it actually comes out, people start to like it. I suspect this new model will be the same.
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A case in point, is the 'Bangle-debacle' of BMW design. Some people never got over it. Many owners fled and replaced their existing models with another marque altogether.
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I guess I am in the minority that IMHO, the earlier executions of this middle class Teutonic executive saloons were my favourite in terms of exterior styling - cars like the W124 E-class and the E28/E34 generations of the BMW 5-series still strike a chord with me whenever I see a well preserved example on the road, especially in the AMG/M flavours.
Even the W126 S-class, both the SEL and SEC versions, still look great whenever I see them on the road. I had built a 1/24 scale Tamiya model kit of the Lorinser version of the 560SEC as a teenager and it's still an understated elegant design that is timeless.
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I think the sport version of this car with AMG package will look great as the current one does. I hated the current generation W211 until they did the facelift in 2007 and now I liked it enough to buy one. I think this car is gonna look great in person and the coupe looks even hotter.
I agree rear end though is a slight let down.
I agree rear end though is a slight let down.
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I drove along side one for about and hour this morning in Colorado. I assume they were doing high altitude or cold weather testing. A w211 was with him for a wing man. Nothing I could ding on the new car. It looked good.
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No camo on it at all just lots of road salt. Looked to be a shade darker than Barolo with ash leather.
The car will look really good with the AMG kit on it.
The more I think about it I'm pretty meh on the car. I definately did not have the reaction to it I did the first time I saw a W210.
It has more sculpting than the S class and looks closer to a C.
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I do, my wifes and my son's cars. And actually I like the japanese design in some japanese cars. But when I buy german, I don't want japanese styling. When people look at my E500 from any angle, there's no mistaking it for a japanese car.
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I'm friggin' brain dead. I had a good SLR in the back seat.
No camo on it at all just lots of road salt. Looked to be a shade darker than Barolo with ash leather.
The car will look really good with the AMG kit on it.
The more I think about it I'm pretty meh on the car. I definately did not have the reaction to it I did the first time I saw a W210.
It has more sculpting than the S class and looks closer to a C.
No camo on it at all just lots of road salt. Looked to be a shade darker than Barolo with ash leather.
The car will look really good with the AMG kit on it.
The more I think about it I'm pretty meh on the car. I definately did not have the reaction to it I did the first time I saw a W210.
It has more sculpting than the S class and looks closer to a C.
Same here, I like alot of Japanese cars, but if I want Japanese I'll get the real thing, when I buy German I want something very non-Japanese looking and certainly not something striving to look Japanese.
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I cannot judge based on those pictures but I can say that Mercedes will have a very hard time to make something better than the current E-Class (w211). They shouldn’t lose the rounded head lights, this is the E-Class signature!
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Am I the only one who thinks the LCD panel looks a bit cheap-y? I've never driven one so I can't say I have much experience with it, but whenever I look into one or see pictures it doesn't strike me as all too fancy per-se.
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Lumeniscent display has even low end Toyota, so from this point view it can be considered cheap. Actually Toyota first introduced this type of display and then Mercedes copied it for S class.
I can't be certain if it is real picture (not photoshop), however I like it more than current E class has.
I can't be certain if it is real picture (not photoshop), however I like it more than current E class has.
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Lumeniscent display has even low end Toyota, so from this point view it can be considered cheap. Actually Toyota first introduced this type of display and then Mercedes copied it for S class.
I can't be certain if it is real picture (not photoshop), however I like it more than current E class has.
I can't be certain if it is real picture (not photoshop), however I like it more than current E class has.
The W212 will not have an LCD display for speedometer, it will have a conventional display.
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I especially like the new gen COMAND display with the LCD display of the radio and audio functions, but on an old style analog scale - that was pretty cool in my books.
So, I wouldn't have minded if the W212 instrument panel followed the W221 S-class.
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Amazing how much estrogen they were able to inject into that design... That thing looks AWEFUL! I still love the w210 the best, but after so many years I'm also warming up to the w211 The current E63 is perfection for the w211 as far as looks are concerned.
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At the time I leased my E63, I had actually ordered an S550 4matic so had a few test drives in the W221 S-class. IMHO, the displays worked really well and were flawlessly executed.
I especially like the new gen COMAND display with the LCD display of the radio and audio functions, but on an old style analog scale - that was pretty cool in my books.
So, I wouldn't have minded if the W212 instrument panel followed the W221 S-class.
I especially like the new gen COMAND display with the LCD display of the radio and audio functions, but on an old style analog scale - that was pretty cool in my books.
So, I wouldn't have minded if the W212 instrument panel followed the W221 S-class.