K-A

I'll have to disagree there. Not one line on the E-Coupe flows from front to back, tying the car together. Numerous lines all going in different directions, which is done to give it a more aggressive, and "moving while standing still" look. Not my taste personally but sure people will like it.

Also, the last thing I'd call the new E's is graceful, and I personally don't find much elegance, but it is a "Benz", so it's almost like just staring at the badge my brain gets tricked into finding something as fussy a design still fairly elegant. As far as graceful, I don't think that word coincides with the car at all, I don't even think the designers intended for the car to be graceful at all.

Also, for the rear, I personally find it to be a carbon copy of quite a few generic Japanese/Korean cars, and not the rears that have copied the Germans initially either.

Interior I choose the A5 as well by a smidge.

All in all, with that said, I don't know why, but if someone was offering me both cars, I'd probably take the E-Coupe at this time. I admittedly think the A5 is a better, cleaner, and more timeless design, but for some reason Audi's have always bored me too much, although I highly respect them. Maybe it's because it's newer, so it's more interesting to me for the time being.

rieger

Here are some sick pictures of the S5 of a fellow MBWorld.org member.
https://mbworld.org/forums/cls55-amg...even-20-a.html

benz_addict

Pillerless?

A5 FTW...

K-A

That S5 in that Thread looks HOT!!!!

gaazmon

big f*ck up on MBs part. They were able to have the CLK and CL without any dinky pieces like that.

rieger

Most Audi's all you have to do is get new wheels and lower it a little and that is all that was done to that audi nothing more to make it look hot.

K-A

True. No disrespect to Audi's. Thus far I feel the brand has kept it classy and dignified, and I like the evolutionary process they've kept with their new generations. Everybody goes for the more dramatic popping-smoke effect these days, but Audi's done very very well for themselves lately, and are gaining TONS of ground on BMW and Mercedes, many are predicting they might be the Luxury Leaders worldwide in the very near future.

My first car was an Audi 5000 . I beat the hell out of that car.

ipp

Like this?

K-A

LOLL. No fortunately not that bad. But a completely busted up passenger side, followed by a complete Transmission failure lead to the poor thing getting sent to Salvation Army, or somewhere like that. That got me into my first "cool" car though finally.

It was bright Gold. 87 5000CS Turbo if I remember correctly. Not a very hot car to be driving around in an upscale area/School in L.A. I used to park it a block away from school.

Ahh the issues of being a High Schooler.

gaazmon

Ya, especially the high school we both went to. Lol, my first car was a 94 S420 white with gray interior. All my friends always wanted me to drive since I had all the room. Man, everyone thought I was a coce dealer

K-A

Hahaha, exactly, the School we went to would be none nice to a bright Gold, '87 Audi Box.

Minuteman

Did you guys attend H-W or a school in the valley?
If so, I had somewhat of a similar experience.

K-A

Yup in the "richest" part of the Valley perhaps. You being in a similar area definitely know what I speak of!

Minuteman

By this statement, I'm 99% positive I could name your school within 2-3 guesses. I had an "unfavorable" car for sophomore year and junior year but senior I had the nicest car in school.

K-A

Haha nice. I actually don't mind saying it but it would be funnier if you guessed it right, lol.

Minuteman

Before I guess, did you go to public or private? Only reason I ask is because I'm unsure if "upscale" is implying the school was private or just from a prestigious neighborhood.

K-A

Na it was Public, in just a rich little corner of the Valley.

gaazmon

lol, imagine if he went to the same School as ours

Minuteman

Calabasas High School, western part of the Valley (rich little corner)?

haha, I went private. Would of been hilarious if we turned out to be classmates.

K-A

Haha, bingo!

gaazmon

lol, that would have been great huh? Such a small world, especially the Valley.

ding ding ding

ipp

Get a room!

ELECTROVAMP

E coupe looks much better. It's like an arrow, fierce and impetuous.
A5 looks boring - too smooth and spineless

rieger

The A5/S5 has been one of the hottest selling coupes for a couple of years now. Willing to bet that the A5/S5 will outsell the E-coupe even though the E is newer.
The E-coupe looks more like the caddy Arrow look while the A5/S5 looks more like the Aston Martin smooth look.
The E-class edginess looks good in the sedan but IMO doesn't transfer well to the coupe.

ELECTROVAMP

The majority is not criterion of truth (Aristotle)

I think both Caddy and Aston have their own style. Juxtaposition of Audi - Aston and Mercedes - Cadillac isn't appropriate.