Hot! Mercedes-Benz, What's Next?

[Ozy]

Saw this on Instagram, what a great - and hopefully accurate - render

 

[leylandi]

It definitely looks better than the G60.

 

[leylandi]

 

[Design FIRST]

It definitely looks better than the G60.

Well...that's like YOUR opinion, man. :

 

[Swissbob]

It definitely looks better than the G60.

Only with a sunroof.

SCNR

 

[leylandi]

Well...that's like YOUR opinion, man. :

I said it taking the front into account

 

[Design FIRST]

I said it taking the front into account

LOL ! I personally prefer that of the G60. I'm afraid that I am not at all a fan of M-B's illuminated "radiator" shield. Too blatantly "seeking the future in the rearview mirror" to me, I guess. Not at all a tastefully nuanced subtle reflection, but simply far too "in your face" and contrived.

 

[AbsoluteUnit]

LOL ! I personally prefer that of the G60. I'm afraid that I am not at all a fan of M-B's illuminated "radiator" shield. Too blatantly "seeking the future in the rearview mirror" to me, I guess. Not at all a tastefully nuanced subtle reflection, but simply far too "in your face" and contrived.

I don't think the G60 is a nuanced subtle reflection, either.

 

[Design FIRST]

I don't think the G60 is a nuanced subtle reflection, either.

The non-M version isn't too "in your face" IMHO:

Still, I think that I will much prefer the "NKL Style" LCI.

 

[Ozy]

Well...that's like YOUR opinion, man. :

You almost never see them at this angle, and perfect lighting. The only spec I can sometimes appreciate is a blacked out one, otherwise a particularly ugly car compared to previous 5 series generations.

 

[Design FIRST]

...a particularly ugly car compared to previous 5 series generations.

My initial thoughts when the G60 was first presented.

Yet since, the car has really grown on me. And cars that tend to "grow on you" can often indicate enduring design. Far more so than cars that are immediately perceived as "pretty" or "beautiful". I'm seeing more and more of these G60/61s in my region. Which surprises me as our economy is really in the dumps.

 

[AbsoluteUnit]

My initial thoughts when the G60 was first presented.

Yet since, the car has really grown on me. And cars that tend to "grow on you" can often indicate enduring design. Far more so than cars that are immediately perceived as "pretty" or "beautiful". I'm seeing more and more of these G60/61s in my region. Which surprises me as our economy is really in the dumps.

I fundamentally disagree with this.
There are cars that I thought were beautiful the moment I saw them, and they remain beautiful forever. I don't think anyone can look at the 300SL or Pagoda SL or the original 635i or Aston Martin DB9 or the Ferrari 458 Italia and so on, and argue that they were an "acquired taste" that they thought were ugly in the first instance. But all of these cars are enduringly beautiful.

Polarising cars can become better appreciated later, certainly. But I don't think the G60 is that. But of course that's my opinion. The G61 carries the bulk a lot better.

 

[Tuffode]

G60 and the upcoming C Class EV both look terrible, at least the C Class is its' own platform so it's not ruining the ICE version as well.

 

[Design FIRST]

I fundamentally disagree with this.
There are cars that I thought were beautiful the moment I saw them, and they remain beautiful forever. I don't think anyone can look at the 300SL or Pagoda SL or the original 635i or Aston Martin DB9 or the Ferrari 458 Italia and so on, and argue that they were an "acquired taste" that they thought were ugly in the first instance. But all of these cars are enduringly beautiful.

I could argue that these examples transcend the ranks of higher volume manufactured 4 door products. I perhaps should have emphasized that I am referring to more commonplace, even ubiquitous, 4 door automobiles.
At least your examples of the 300SL and DB9 (but especially the later Virage) are bonafide works of art at least as much as they are automobiles. As far as more modern Ferraris are concerned, I shouldn't really comment. I've just never been the fan of those.

 

[Matski]

or the original 635i

 

[leylandi]

 

[leylandi]

There is no truth to this. We have developed our own new family of modular engines—FAME (Family of Modular Engines)—which covers all displacements, and are already compliant with EU7, China 7, and U.S. regulations.'

'There Is No Truth to This:' Mercedes Won't Use BMW Engines After All

Chief Technology Officer and member of the Mercedes Group Board of Directors, Markus Schaefer, said that the two rival automakers won't share engines.

www.motor1.com

 

[leylandi]

The Mercedes engine portfolio is newer than BMW engines. It didn't make sense to me.

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[klier]

Ah damn, I was looking forward to humiliating you to no end.

The SL keeps its own crappy pathetic little 4 pot. Noted.

 

[AbsoluteUnit]

Ah damn, I was looking forward to humiliating you to no end.

The SL keeps its own crappy pathetic little 4 pot. Noted.

Think they're binning that for the M256 tho.