View Poll Results: Audi A5 Coupe vs MB E350 Coupe
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Audi A5 Coupe vs MB E350 Coupe
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Porsche Macan S SportDesign / Ex M-B's: 11 & 10 & 06 E350's, 02 S500
I'm sorry but as a professional graphic designer I'm going to have to pick the E350 coupe. I very carefully watched the comparison video. The E350 is graceful and elegant with flowing lines front and rear. The grill and nose gives it a needed aggressive look. As for the back end looking like a Honda Accord I'm surprised that you all don't realize that it's the Japanese and Korean designers that take their styling cues from the expensive cars. The Hyundai Genesis sedan has a slightly modified replica of the 350 sedan grill. To me the A5 is boxy, yes it has a rather nice side line but overall it's more squared off looking on all four corners. I have never liked the big gaping Audi grill. As far as interiors go I will have to go with the E350 again.
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.
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Here are some sick pictures of the S5 of a fellow MBWorld.org member.
https://mbworld.org/forums/cls55-amg...even-20-a.html
https://mbworld.org/forums/cls55-amg...even-20-a.html
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Porsche Macan S SportDesign / Ex M-B's: 11 & 10 & 06 E350's, 02 S500
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.
My first car was an Audi 5000 . I beat the hell out of that car.
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Porsche Macan S SportDesign / Ex M-B's: 11 & 10 & 06 E350's, 02 S500
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.
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.
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2009 SL550 Roadster Diamond White, 2008 CLK550 Coupe Obsidian Black
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
#87
If so, I had somewhat of a similar experience.
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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.
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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.
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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.
haha, I went private. Would of been hilarious if we turned out to be classmates.
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2010 ML350 designo, 2011 E350 coupe
E coupe looks much better. It's like an arrow, fierce and impetuous.
A5 looks boring - too smooth and spineless
A5 looks boring - too smooth and spineless
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#99
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.
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2010 ML350 designo, 2011 E350 coupe
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.
The E-class edginess looks good in the sedan but IMO doesn't transfer well to the coupe.
Last edited by ELECTROVAMP; 06-12-2011 at 06:57 PM.