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Old Mar 20, 2002 | 05:17 PM
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Question about E vs S Class

I wonder what will happen to the S430 once E500 comes out.
Any ideas or will it be also retired?
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Old Mar 20, 2002 | 08:33 PM
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Hopefully ones the E500 comes out the S-Class would have already had it's facelift.
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Old Mar 21, 2002 | 09:54 AM
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Silver-Lana,

Why would you think the S430 would be retired? The E320 went no where after the C320 was introduced.
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Old Mar 21, 2002 | 11:15 AM
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Silver-Lana,

Why would you think the S430 would be retired? The E320 went no where after the C320 was introduced.
I agree.. although it would seem a little out of place to have an S with a relatively weaker engine especially since the Appointments in the New E are pretty damn close to the S.
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Old Mar 21, 2002 | 02:18 PM
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Some people might just want a larger car... cause they have a bigger family or some other reason.

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Old Mar 21, 2002 | 08:27 PM
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Seems to me like the New E will be eating a lot of the S 430's business... just that the new E is more luxurious than E's used to be. I think its a good thing for the E class because it is MB's "bread & butter".
This would be akin to getting a C 430...
hmmm time to get a turbocharger

By the way, does anyone know if Barabus does engine conversions for the C class just like they do for the E and S ?

Include pretty pic of Barabus New E

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Old Mar 21, 2002 | 10:28 PM
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hmmm what's with the double foglights... isn't that a bit overkill

or is that to keep up with the theme of double headlights....
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Old Mar 23, 2002 | 11:37 AM
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That is after market / modded I think.

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