2009 Mercedes-Benz CLC: What could have been

Bangleism Evident on Paper

Mercedes-Benz CLC: The One That Got Away / DAIMLER
Mercedes-Benz Got Kinky On Paper / DAIMLER
Mercedes-Benz Got Kinky On Paper / DAIMLER
Mercedes-Benz Got Kinky On Paper / DAIMLER
Mercedes-Benz Got Kinky On Paper / DAIMLER
Mercedes-Benz Got Kinky On Paper / DAIMLER
Mercedes-Benz Got Kinky On Paper / DAIMLER
Mercedes-Benz Got Kinky On Paper / DAIMLER
Mercedes-Benz Got Kinky On Paper / DAIMLER

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ANWARTAREEN

this looks very nice. when it due in the market.

January 31, 2008 8:32 pm

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ANWARTAREEN

this is very good looking car. when it is comming to the market.

January 31, 2008 8:36 pm

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Straiyan

Mini SLR or what. Well can't blame them, seems as though they couldn't give a flying jumbo jet f*ck about this car.

February 1, 2008 2:47 am

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Aesthetics

there more conservative with cost than design which has to be the reason they went for the C-class looking one, less new parts and more parts sharing, not a good idea when it comes to brand 'image'. manufaturers should take full advantage of a 2-door or coupes sense of style to stir excitement not only in the brand but in the range. a conservative car should stay 4 doors

February 1, 2008 4:27 am

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Straiyan

Yeah exactly, i guess they're more interested in their saloons cos let's face it, 2 door 4cyl coupÃ©s didn't make MB the oldest and the most respected lol.

February 1, 2008 6:47 am

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Wunderkind

The inspiration of the first sketch must have came from the stillborn SLK-T from a few years ago. It was supposed to be a derivative of the fixed roof SLK much like the BMW Z4 in proportions and shape. The bespoke bodywork would have made in very expensive. But it would have been soooooooooo nice! A missed opportunity.

February 1, 2008 4:39 am

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Kgomotso

Everytime i see that pic at the top, my heart skips a beat. That looks like it would have been a killer in metal. The proportions are perfect.

February 1, 2008 2:10 pm

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dbehmoaras

i like this rendering myself but it looks too much like a bmw the most realistic rendering is the picture with the front of the blue car at an angle with a red reflection because after all this car is really supposed to be a 2 door c-class unless benz intends for this to be a completely new model

February 1, 2008 6:38 pm

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Penner

Number 3 (sideview) 'd have been stunning.

February 1, 2008 7:20 pm

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Blody look like a nissan!

February 2, 2008 2:26 am

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Cobra

Mercedes designs are getting absolutely terrible lately....

February 2, 2008 9:11 am

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The sketch looks like a BMW. Bangle-designed BMWs were very bad for the Bavarians, no matter what the company says. Most people did not like them and the sles figures say they were right. Some of the above comments are on the money. Recent MB designs have been derivative and unexciting, but most of all boring. When the W140 S-Class came out it was criticised for being too big and slab-sided. Looks fine now, which everything from the late 90s onwards have not, the magnificent CLS excepted.

February 6, 2008 6:46 pm

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