W211 AMG Discuss the W211 AMG's such as the E55 and the E63

Tired of Jangy/Jrcart...Check out the official new E

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Old Jan 6, 2009 | 10:53 PM
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Tired of Jangy/Jrcart...Check out the official new E

Even I cannot take much more of the incessant bickering, so let's get back to why we are here.............The new E Class:

Unfortunately, maybe Jangy vs Jrcart is better.






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Old Jan 6, 2009 | 11:07 PM
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Hmm...that may take some getting used to. Not sure I like the interior. And what are those on the front inlets?...LEDs? They look kind of random there. I guess what will ultimately decide it is was kind of powerplant they stick in the AMG!
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Old Jan 6, 2009 | 11:09 PM
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Hey Dave, hope your doing well As far as the new E, looks kind of girly to me. Look at that thing next to your sig pic - I mean not even close.
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Old Jan 6, 2009 | 11:13 PM
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Interior looks way too much like the 5 Series. Exterior is very ordinary. At least I won't mind owning an out dated body style .
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Old Jan 6, 2009 | 11:20 PM
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I'll reserve final judgement until I see one in person, but from the pics I've viewed so far, if I was in the market for an E I'd ****** up an new leftover '08 for 25k under sticker right now.
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Old Jan 6, 2009 | 11:23 PM
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All the new E classes have taken a bit to get used to but I dunno about the new ones. The airdams look old style on that body. And I've always hated the double fogs on each side. But, new is new.
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Old Jan 6, 2009 | 11:23 PM
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Looks great to me. I link the interior very much. It's going to have S-Class style ambient lighting too.

Where did the OP get the pictures?
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Old Jan 6, 2009 | 11:31 PM
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I think it looks wickedly terrible.
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Old Jan 6, 2009 | 11:32 PM
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Hey Chris, good to hear from you. I'll assume you are responding in an attempt to challenge my driving expertise. Unfortunately, you will never be on my level, so ****-off and die.

OnT: I can only hope that these pictures are not representative of the new E, especially the AMG. They really do look pretty pathetic.

BTW, I just read an article that said the "wealthy" are not purchasing or driving their high-end vehicles as much in these unfavorable economic times for fear of being seen as insensitive to the "less fortunate". Haha......well, are you insensitive?

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Old Jan 6, 2009 | 11:38 PM
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idk i like the shift lever whyd they get rid of it!? good news is the amg version will have aq coupe grill and flat hood.
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Old Jan 6, 2009 | 11:41 PM
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[QUOTE=Rock;3256842]Hey Chris, good to hear from you. I'll assume you are responding in an attempt to challenge my driving expertise. Unfortunately, you will never be on my level, so ****-off and die.

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LMAO! just blew pepsi out of my nose.
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Old Jan 6, 2009 | 11:47 PM
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me likey! cant wait to see the amg in person.
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Old Jan 6, 2009 | 11:48 PM
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I'm confused now. Is Huyndai copying Mercedes or Mercedes copying Huyndia?
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Old Jan 6, 2009 | 11:51 PM
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Audi guys are gonna be all over us on the "glued on" looking LEDs.

Other than that, when they finally get off their A's and put in the TT's, I'm in.
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Old Jan 7, 2009 | 12:07 AM
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The door panel looks old school...

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Old Jan 7, 2009 | 12:09 AM
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Old Jan 7, 2009 | 01:41 AM
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Old Jan 7, 2009 | 02:12 AM
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i'd say hang onto your w211
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Old Jan 7, 2009 | 03:32 AM
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now i'm even happier i bought a 211 instead of waiting for the new body... its too runded on the exterior, and too much like a bmw on the interior in relation to the idrive type screen...
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Old Jan 7, 2009 | 03:41 AM
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I like the exterior, but the interior is missing the curves in the dashes like the W211
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Old Jan 7, 2009 | 08:44 AM
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I don't like the exterior- reminds me of a Hyundai Genesis
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Old Jan 7, 2009 | 09:00 AM
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I don't know.... I don't know.... now I keep having a Honda Accord flash in my head when I see this.
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Old Jan 7, 2009 | 09:19 AM
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Old Jan 7, 2009 | 09:30 AM
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I knew the interior was going to be great but this is ... GOD it's beautiful ! ... would you looke at that wood panelling ?? it looks like an old school Jaguar .. I love it, I absolutely love .. and for BMW interior-fans, they've done it better than BMW ! .. but what the hell happened to the rear end what's up with those tail lights ??

but I do agree the whole thing needs time to grow on people .. I'm not very sold out either .. but then again, almost every E class went through the same
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Old Jan 7, 2009 | 10:01 AM
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I see alot of old MB style hidden in there, espeically the door. I have to agree with most that the car looks hundyai from the back, and maybe camry from the front. It also doesn't help to look at the base model with the tiny wheels and such. Kinda how a C300 is blah and a C63 is wow. All in all I'll take a W211...
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