Good Looking C Class Merc Shocker!

mike65

as opposed to



Nice to see a touch of the old SEC look re-appear.

Mike.

JHMEG

Those headlights look like the ones on the Hyundai Santa Fe. Definitely an improvement.

ninty9er

It looks cheap and Korean

drdre

Back looks like a 3 series.But still an improvement.

unkel

You're joking Mike, right?

That's horrible :mad:

bazz26

Chrysler's idea of what a Merc saloon should look like! Terrible.

Is it me or are compact German saloons loosing their looks these days? The BMW E90 3 Series is no stunner in the looks department either.

ninty9er

I think Audi are the only Germans who know how to build an attractive car these days...albeit a conservative look

Anan1

I have to say, the older one looks a lot better.

junkyard

It looks like a KIA, in fact most Mercs do, it wouldn't bother me anyway, I wouldn't touch a modern Merc with a barge pole, overrated rubbish and a ****e dealer network too.

Drax

I think it looks a lot worse than the old version. Reminds me of an old lancia or something.

Cmar-Ireland

Looks like it has Opel Astra headlights! And those wheels are just not right for a merc!

rebel.ranter

It's brutal, thankfully it's not an official picture.

prospect

The nose is WAyyyy overstyled. Much to fussy and nothing flows... yuck.

Stephen

"Bluetec" - that's their fancy new diesel engine isn't it?

MercMad

Yeah thats the Avantgarde one, which is the only one that had the grille with the star, all the others have the traditional rad with the star mounted on the bonnet.

I am undecided about the looks, but it seems that the trend is for more prominent noses, which deform predictably for the pedestrian NCAP test. A lot of cars will go this way, also the dash will start to look similar as the rules for display systems (Sat Nav etc) have meant that they all have to be mounted quite high, only a certain defelction of the drivers line of vision is allowed !

smcgiff

If you photoshoped out the Merc badge in the front and presented that to the general public I'd imagine you would hear comments such as boring, basic, uninspiring. Of course with the merc badge loads of people would say it was classy.

It's woeful to be honest, but I've never been a fan of Merc saloon looks. Some of their sportier cars are nice though.

OfflerCrocGod

It's awful, burn it - the new one AND the old one.

smcgiff

The more I look at the above picture and by covering the front grill and light cluster - Is this a rebadged Rover 75?

JHMEG

Just noticed it has the curved window line, and general banana-inspired styling that the awful looking CLS has.

CLS:

smcgiff

It does look better in the second pic to be fair. Still no beauty queen though!

ninty9er

I like thew CLS (the headlights are a bit odd though)..the shape is good..that C-Class is just wrong though...looks like a car that you'd expect to pick up new for about €22k-€25k

MercMad

Actually it does look rather like an Avensis !

mkdon05

who would buy this?

OfflerCrocGod

The CLS is the best looking Merc ever.

RobAMerc

Can anyone explain what we are supposed to be looking at ?

This is not a pic of the NEW C class this is a pic of the outgoing one or am I missing something ?

[Edit] Sorry - the top pic didn't load for me earlier.

I dont tink this pic is fair - I have seen it in others and it looks waay better - best wait to see it in flesh I'd say

Anan1

OfflerCrocGod wrote:

The CLS is the best looking Merc ever.

Mercedes have built far better looking cars than the CLS. Quite apart from the prewar supercharged cars, what about the gullwing and the Pagoda SL? The W126 S-class was also in a different league to most modern Mercedes designs. If it comes to that, even the current E-class is far better-resolved than the CLS.

mike65

I dunno, I kinda like it. Sorry.

Mike.

Anan1

mike65 wrote:

I dunno, I kinda like it. Sorry.

Mike.

Well I suppose if we all liked the same cars there'd be no need for a forum.:)

Royale with Cheese

The back of the CLS is absolutely hideous. It is such a stupid looking car. That new c-class looks a bit crap too.

JHMEG

OfflerCrocGod wrote:

The CLS is the best looking Merc ever.

Oh god no. It's hideous. Even the Peugeot 607 looks better.

Anan1

JHMEG wrote:

Oh god no. It's hideous. Even the Peugeot 607 looks better.

Even a crashed 607 looks better.