2005 S class ?

[gcoupe6mt]

http://bilder.autobild.de/bilder/1/41404.jpg
http://bilder.autobild.de/bilder/1/41672.jpg

Nice elegant front end, but they try to make the rear similar to the Maybach, which is blah !! What do you think?

Can anyone of you read German ? (http://www.autobild.de/aktuell/neuheiten/artikel.php?artikel_id=5334#)

['87 Sentra]

I don't know if I like the back of it, but the front sure looks very nice.

[G35RIDER]

If MB is gonna try to make there cars look like Maybachs they might be killing some sales of the maybach, a modified S-class is quicker then a Maybach and seats more people, Some people might prefer an S-Class limo that resembles the Maybach alittle then the Maybach itself.

[Vans]

looks great but autobild usually chops photos of other cars to get their renderings. looks nice though

[222Max]

If MB is gonna try to make there cars look like Maybachs they might be killing some sales of the maybach, a modified S-class is quicker then a Maybach and seats more people, Some people might prefer an S-Class limo that resembles the Maybach alittle then the Maybach itself.



I doubt it. Maybach is a built-to-order limo for the uber-rich. This S will be luxurious but it probably won't come anywhere near the hotel-room luxury of the Maybach.

Mercedes will sell very small numbers of Maybachs at a high profit margin for each. More less-rich customers may be drawn to the S-class because it has some traits of the ultra expensive Maybach though.

[TroopaFanatic]

Very bland. I'm surprised, considering how many really nice MB designs have come out lately. The sides remind me of the TSX - very plain with a single downward character line and the door handles directly above it.

[M_TYPE_X]

Can anyone of you read German ?[/url]





"Die Neue S-Klasse, Das Auto für die Volk"

Translation: The S-Class, the car for the poor people who don't have a Maybach on order.

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[Chip_Letzgus]

That's one badass Camry.

[ginohblee]

That's one badass Camry.



i was thinking the exact same thing http://forums.freshalloy.com/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

[M_TYPE_X]

That's one badass Camry.



i was thinking the exact same thing http://forums.freshalloy.com/images/graemlins/shocked.gif



I see it now! http://forums.freshalloy.com/images/graemlins/blush.gif You pay the price premium for the "Toyota quality" but you don't actually get the quality, cuz you're paying extra but getting a Benz

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[NismoS224]

The front end lights along with the fenders also remind me of the RX-8.

[Misfit]

.... Maybach is a built-to-order limo for the uber-rich.



Not just Uber Rich - a Maybach owner will ride in the back - most S-Class owners still want to be behind the wheel - Maybach competes more with Rolls

[MiReLaNsKi]

Anything but bland. Look at those RX-8 inspired front fenders. And that strangely familar Nissan Teana inspired lower c-pillar as it flows into the Teana like tail-lights. It looks better that the current car. But...I think with the the 7 series's refresh this car will need to do more to bring about a presence all to its own like the seven. The seven and the Q45 and Maserati Quattroporte scream exclusivity. This car (the new S-class) can get lost which is not neccessaraily bad. It works for Toyota.

[G35RIDER]

.... Maybach is a built-to-order limo for the uber-rich.



Not just Uber Rich - a Maybach owner will ride in the back - most S-Class owners still want to be behind the wheel - Maybach competes more with Rolls



Not entirely true, I've seen a Maybach 62 where the guy who owns it only sits in the front passenger seat. It's not the driver seat but the guy is old and has his own driver.

[Misfit]

Not entirely true, ....



It is never *always* true - I mean Subaru actually sells SOME Forresters to other demographics that are not middle aged lesbians ,,, SOME ........

In general though the design was for chauffering ....