New Mercedes S-Class Coupe Returns for Latest Round of Testing
The camouflage strip tease continues
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2011 Mercedes S-Class Coupe Prototype -
2011 Mercedes S-Class Coupe Prototype -
2011 Mercedes S-Class Coupe Prototype -
2011 Mercedes S-Class Coupe Prototype -
2011 Mercedes S-Class Coupe Prototype
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N20_Purge
The car looks good, but I don't like new naming ideas for Mercedes coupes. First E-class coupe, now S class coupe? Ugh....
June 23, 2009 7:19 pm
rcw
The funny thing about it is that the names that we have seen over the last few years (CL, CLK, etc.) are in fact the "new" names. The company is just going back to a naming convention that is more similar to what was used in the past.
June 23, 2009 7:42 pm
Murcielago2006
Whats with Mercedes and turning their luxury sedans into coups?!? First the E-Class now this? Whats next a Maybach coupe?
June 23, 2009 8:12 pm
joshg_5
Well, In all fairness, the new E-Class coupe is in reality a C-Class Coupe...
June 23, 2009 10:38 pm
wjaprep
the E class coupe and S class coupe both have been around forever, they just got rid of the names in 1997.
June 24, 2009 12:26 am
surubutna
WCF where is your head? this ain't a S coupé, this is the facelift of the CL Coupé...
June 23, 2009 8:19 pm
scratchy996
you tell'em, bro! these noobs even call the CLK an E class coupe ! that's madness !!
June 23, 2009 9:32 pm
odysseus
Where is your head? Mercedes will rename the CL into S-Class Coupé, because they are going back to the old naming convention!
June 24, 2009 6:30 am
Gajolen
Fre3dy and Rangerover.. You haven't thought about that Mercedes might be going back to the old names, like some of the other users wrote earlier?? or WCF just reffering to it as the S-class coupe because it is the s-class as a coupe and always have been that? Take care;)
June 23, 2009 9:35 pm
Gajolen
And it is a very nice car, I just liked the old one with the round headlights better.
June 23, 2009 9:38 pm
tbrodie
Yeah, I think this is just the CL facelift. (Mercedes seems to get a lot of attention for these by WCF.) Thank goodness they aren't going in the direction of the SL's most recent front end facelift.
A hybrid engine would be a nice update.
June 23, 2009 10:47 pm
wjaprep
you guys, theyre renaming the CL class S class coupe, where was all of u whn Mercedes anouced this?
Im glad Mercedes is bringing bck the S/E class coupe names. I alweighs found "CLK" and "CL" to be stupid names.
June 24, 2009 12:29 am
wjaprep
also, Im glad theyre boxing it up a litte, i alweighs found this car to be to round. OH, and they need to do something with those tail lights.
June 24, 2009 12:33 am
bILLIONAIRE
The thing is that all of you who thinks this is a cl should digg a little deeper. That car on the photos is a lot bigger than the cl cupe.....
June 24, 2009 12:41 am
nederina
since the e-class coupe is based on the c-class platform, the s-class coupe is based on the new e-class platform?
June 24, 2009 2:19 am
Razz
Well, it should be good looking after all but i dont get it - why making an S Klass coupe when you have already the CL wich is more or less the same? If they will sell also the S Klasse coupe in the same time with CL what would make the difference for a client to buy one or another?
What's wrong with you Merc ??
June 24, 2009 7:00 am
Shyne
I always hated the name "cl" for the s-class coupé.
glad that they are going back to the classic name.
i wonder if the go back to the "SEC" letters on the trunk, or if the just put an "S" in front of the number. hmmm...
June 24, 2009 7:18 am
aestival
The first S-class coupé (1981) was indeed SEC [S=S-class, E=Petrol engine, C=Coupé] (C126). Before that there were SLC's which were essentially lengthened SL roadsters with a fixed roof and rear seat. The W140 S-class was introduced (-91) and MB changed coupé name to CL in -94 (C140) (W215) (W216) and that it has been since then. I don't know whats gonna happen for the facelift version, but i hope they keep the CL-name.
July 2, 2009 1:03 pm
Flachzwilling
Jeeez...is it so hard to understand? Along with the facelift, the former CL is renamed S-Class Coupe. No "new model", just a facelift and renaming.
So, to get it clear:
CLK -- E-Class Coupe
CLS -- to be announced, may keep the CLS-monniker
CL -- S-Class Coupe
And the new E-Class Coupe is based on the E-Class, in contrast to the old CLK which was based on the C-Class
June 24, 2009 9:26 am
odysseus
Exactly! This means also, that the successor of the CLC is the C-Class Coupé. The new name convention makes it easier for Daimler to announce more variations from one model without confusing the costumers by silly combinations of characters... ;-)
June 24, 2009 9:42 am
benz_man
Don't be fooled by the hype, the "E-coupe" is still based on a C-Class. This time its the W204.
June 24, 2009 1:19 pm
wjaprep
the E class coupe is based on the C class, but it's also based on the E class, which is clear when you consider the E550/E500 engine and the interiors.
June 24, 2009 7:48 pm
benz_man
Keyword here being "based". The E-coupe is based on the W204 C-class while also sharing many components with the recently introduced W212 E-class. Just like each CLK before it.
June 26, 2009 3:53 pm
odysseus
What the hell is wrong with all of you? Mercedes is only doing a few reshapes and technical improvements on the CL and rename it into S-Class Coupé! It's an ordinary facelift!
June 24, 2009 9:35 am
GRAVE
It'll be harder to pronounce the models, imagin saying S500 coupe, S63 coupe ... feels stupid
I think with the CL it was better and i liked these two letters it suit the coupe
June 24, 2009 11:45 am
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