vodc4

wad da ya think?

think it looks nicer than the previous model....but the headlights are ugly..

http://www.imakenews.com/autospies/e...e000123884.cfm

Mike T.

But as they go, this one looks OK. The nose is a massive improvement over the current model.

One problem with the current ML is it looks like an obese A-Class, especially from the rear. Having written that, I note that over 500,000 have been sold, so it's been a success along with all the other horrible SUVs like Explorers, Range Rovers, Excursions, Hummers, Blazers, etc....that pollute the roads, both literally and figuratively.

If they sold it with the 270 CDI engine, it's be much better, maybe even have neutral karma Hey, it might even work better off-road with all that low-down Diesel torque.

Now watch the sales of the just (very mildly) facelifted ML plummet as people wait for the better-looking new one...

MagicianB

Booo I like the ones now. Looks like they just mutilated the chin and so it has no dominating look I love the MLs don't change!!

Drew_ML

That is a photoshopped picture off of a press photo of the current model. Don't expect the real vehicle to look anything like the picture. It could be completely off as this is simply an artist's rendering of what he thinks it may look like.

Matt230K

Yeah, that has to be a photoshop. It's way too similar to the current model. The new one is supposed to be unibody instead of body on frame, so it will probably be quite different. But it is definitely time for a new ML. Sales have already dropped off. I wish it had been here for this year, '03, or at least next year. Hopefully it will be an early '05 model.

pocholin

Is it me, or does it look kind of smaller towards the back???

Kaefer

Whether it is photoshopped or not, I don't care. What I do know is that they have had some horrible quality problems with the thing, and they need to correct that. I test-drove the ML and the X5, and I have to admit, the bimmer was SOO much better. And the competition in the SUV market is vicious! Look at the new Volvo, the new VW, and even that new Porsche. MB had better hit a grand slam with the next release of the ML. My hope is that they will.

Juan

TXTiger

Looks too much like a marketing photo, I would expect with a launch date so far in the future they would be disguising it and the only pics you would see would be with all the black cladding to disguise the shape underneath.

session

Moving this to the ML forum.

tifosiv122

Reminds me a lot of the Acura MDX.

Erik

kmtadc

I like the 2002s. This one...just ugly. Like someone said earlier, kinda looks like the GX from Lexus. If that happens, MB goes to hell.