Mtl20v

My fiancee works for MB Canada and here is her demo E350 coupe with Navi and sport packs.

Wig

A very nice perk of the job!

I think the coupe is beautiful, but it is such a shame about the small triangular section of window that spoils the 'pillarless' look. I wonder whether this was for structual safety, or just a design error.

Mtl20v

Honestly...I didnt even notice that till you pointed it out. It's probably due to wind noise or something.

amdeutsch

Looks to me like they couldn't make it work from a design point of view, retracting the rear window completely.

Also interesting to note that the sunroof slides above now instead of under.

Did you even look at the pic?

K-A

Wow, my favourite part of the new Coupe is those SEATS! Those look wicked.

The glass sliding over the roof seems a bit reminiscent of cheap sunroof hack jobs no?

Any pics of that M3 behind it?

James Nevin

This demo is a limited edition of 50 in Canada 25 -350's & 25 -550's--Special Designo interior and titanium wheels-- Called the Prime Edition--black interior with metallic grey leather inserts on the seats and the door panels.

The small windows at the back are to accomodate the fuel filler pipe on the right side--left side to match

JP

220S

Yeah, give me that AW M3 any day over the MB.

gaazmon

Ya, I saw that too. Definitely should not be there.

Also, the pano roofs all slide over, not inside.

gaazmon

Damn!!! Those seats are nice.

amg07

Actually, if that little triangular section was not there, then the rear window would not be able to be rolled all of the way down (an even worse look!). This is due to the "pontoon" styling cues in the rear quarter panels and so a tradeoff was made.

gaazmon

With the CLK though (W209), you could role the back down all the way and no fixed glass. The CL's are like that too, love that feature as most coupes (almost all out there) have a fixed rear window (unless you get convertible).

K-A

Hmm, interesting. I would have definitely preferred them to axe the "pontoon" (apparently inspired) hump, to in turn as well axe the weird little fixed glass thingy.

DerekACS

Agreed ! The glass roof in the open position with the pop-up deflector looks very messy. Coupling the open sunroof with the weird "pontoon" rear fenders makes the car appear very ungainly to my eyes.

The first two coupes that I recently saw on the road struck me as being very unattractive. The front end styling, although immediately apparent as a Mercedes, doesn't quite work for me and the rear quarter panel is a styling disaster. My immediate reaction was "how ugly !". Yet, in many of the MB press photos, the car (with closed sunroof) appears to be very attractive.

K-A

Yeah it's really hit or miss with me too. I see some in pics and I'm like "wow that actually looks pretty good", then I see it in person, and am almost immediately turned off. The front looks like it has a big ol' snaggle tooth or something, it seems pretty bland and boring albeit trying relatively hard to look extreme, a little incoherent, etc. I really want to like it, but just can't get too in to it. I never really liked this past CLK at all either though.

The current CL, albeit a bit too "generic" looking considering what you're paying is so much more class, not only because of its status, but the design is much more relaxed and refined.

gaazmon

Ya, the new style pano system looks cheap with that net thing sticking out vs the older system like mine have a glass piece that angles up.

Same here. See pics and it's nice. See in real life and it's eeehhhhh, no.

I liked the current gen CLK before the exterior facelift. Idk why, but from behind, I like the 03 - 05 CLKs way more than the 06+ ones. The facelifted ones look "fatter" from behind or something.

icecream

wow!! lovin those seats

i agree that the small triangle in the back ruined the sleek look, i don't really like the back either......

or maybe i just jealous i only have the w209....hahahaha

vcruiser

yeah i keep seeing that one.. i was in it today actually at MB West Island . . unless your fiances is from silver star!

would give my c350 up any day for this!

vcruiser

yeah i keep seeing that one.. i was in it today actually at MB West Island . . unless your fiances is from silver star!

would give my c350 up any day for this!

gaazmon

Exterior wise, I think I prefer the C350 way over the E, but interior is another thing (I prefer neiter!).

edd1e22

Got any more pics....of the GF? Nice looking ride btw!

K-A

Finally saw a couple of Coupes driving today, totally GOOFY (cartoon-y almost looking from the front, not bad from the side, and boring from the back, a true character mash-up.

CharlyE500

The front is OK look but the rear is still ugly as the 4 doors.
That seat looks very unconfortable...... for a coupe, i rather the Audi A5 in and out much better...

amg07

Well since the sedan has the pontoon appearance and the E class Coupe shares more with the E than the C, I guess they just decided the tradeoff was worth it rather than design separate rear panels for coupe.

K-A

From what I've gathered the Coupe shares much more with the C than the E? Besides some aesthetics and techno goodies, etc.

You can definitely tell the interior is more C than E, and the times I did see it driving, the overall shape and demeanor of the car made me think it was a C at very first

Mtl20v

No..she works reception at WI. (the cute one )

Figured that would come up !



the car is small like a C. REally looks like a C. It is built on a modified C-class chasis. It's more C than E.