iamii

Looks pretty sweet, taking some styling cues from the SLR, and the SL.

General Giap

very nice i like how they adopted the slr F1 style front end this car is styling. people saying the new GTO is cool should come look at this.

brandon11983

I have mixed feelings about the front end. I don't like the top up version at all. I keep my eye on this one.

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castex

Fussy, tubby, ugly. A horrid little turd of a car. I do like the wheeels, though.

General Giap

the coupe is definitely better looking than the convertible

soccerchamp76

Even as one of the biggest fans of the SLR, I do not like this car.

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DEI37

The convertible looks alright top down, but the coupe...yick. And, who's the asshat comparing this to the GTO? Egads, man! What are you thinking? Two different classes of car. Apples and oranges, dude, apples and oranges!

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viper11885

I think it looks alright. The back looks a bit awkward though. Have to make final decision when I see it in person though

One thing about these cars that I don't like is that once it is out, there will be a lot of people driving them. Seems like the car looses its uniqueness (is this a word? ). So I'll probably be sick of it .

silent_jay

i believe he was saying that everyone in the GTO thread thinks it is a beautiful car. he was just saying they should come and look at this car for sheer beauty.

could you please try and respect the members better and refrain from namecalling. i think your mature enough to come up with something better than "asshat". let's show other members some respect. please and thank you.

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castex

Bravo, Silent Jay.

In fact, the new SLK - like the old one - has an electric hard top. Consequently the car is both coupe and convertible, and the cars you see above are identically ugly, but for the wheels.

silent_jay

thank you castex

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bad30th

Just my opinion.

I'll agree about the wheels being nice tho

Peryn

Hmm....for some reason i find it looks kinda like the s2000. Cant tell ya why though...odd.

Anyway, i have always been a fan of the SLK cars. This one is almost ready to break that pattern though I like what they did with the fron half of the car, but the back half, and with the top up - the roofline - i think...well, Mercedes should be able to come up with something better.

Id still wanna test drive it though

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MSD

Exactly the point I was going to make. Please keep it civil.

I like the car, although I think it could use a bit of work, slimmer back side to make the car less wedge-shaped, maybe different headlights, but overall, I think they did a good job. I realize that slimming it is probably impossible due to space needed to retract the top, maybe something could be changed in a coupe with a solid top.

silent_jay

a soilid top would definitley make this a more appealing not a big fan of convertibles. maybe a more pronounced slr front end the similarities are there but just draw it out a bit more.



love that puking guy that's funny shit i laughed my ass off the first timew i saw it

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Cynthetiq

i've never liked the SLK with the top up.... and most convertibles don't look as nice with the top up.

top down... that I like.

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irseg

Looks much better than the older SLKs, which I thought looked way too much like the convertible Geo Metro.

I think it kind of devalues the SLR by having a front end that looks so similar on their entry-level convertible though. It'd be like Chevy making the Cavalier look like a Vette.

coventryblack

I Agree with Isreg; the old SLK had a snub nose and they have addressed that with this revision. That having been said, I don;t like the SLR, and I like this even less. And, they sloped the body line so much that no matter how large a wheel you put in the back, with the space between the wheel arch and top, it will look like a 14"

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mrbuck12000

Its a benz and i'll never get one, but this one looks kewl.

Mr b

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BoCo

SWEET!!!

I want one.

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twilightfoix

i like it, reminds me of the mclaren-mercedes

powerclown

derivative for a mercedes...Im seeing a 91 lotus elan...



oooogly benz!

silent_jay

i love the Elan it's a sweet ride

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Scorps

Wow they do look like the same type of body style!

I have always liked the benz but this one is flat out ugly!

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TM875

I was talking to one of the Merc reps at the Philly car show, and he said that Mercedes is taking almost all of its roadsters in the same direction as the SLK McClaren. Personally, I love it. I really think it's the right way to go.

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silent_jay

i agree 100% and I still love the Elan

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BigTruck1956

dunno...i still like the older body SL's much better...

this one looks too hunched forward or somethin

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mr_mcrafe

Looks alright, I really don't like the roof of the coupe, how it curves and then sharply hits the body. Doesn't exactly look aerodynamic.

Scorps

Not aerodynamic? its the back of the car!

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