[W126 Coupe] New CL

[Chris Goldswain]

I agree with Dawid, its OK but doesn't do much for me either. But then, I 
haven't really liked anything Mercedes has put out for the last 10years. 
What really gets me is the high window line... can you say Chrysler 300? I 
personally think it'll look dated in a few years. And they can call it a 
coupe all they want, it's not, it's a 4-door sedan with crappy head and 
legroom in the back.

Jeremy Clarkson from Top Gear took an AMG version around their track and 
the thing was a monster, but at the end of the day he said that it's still 
a D.C. Mercedes and that pieces would probably start falling off within a 
year.

Chris Goldswain
H.Y. Engineering
Phone: (604)583-1616







-----Original Message-----
From:	Dawid Loubser [SMTP:dawidl at solms.co.za]
Sent:	Wednesday, July 05, 2006 11:43 PM
To:	Mercedes Coupes Mailing Lists
Subject:	Re: [W126 Coupe] New CL

 << File: ATT00002.html >> Maybe most people feel like I do about it, in 
that it's nice to see
how they reverted to some design features of older models,
I particularly see a lot of W126 inspiration in the front (shape of
lights, strong wedge shape when seen form above, etc) - but also
feel that somehow they got it slightly "wrong" this time - it's not
original enough. Some parts of it look too much like the CLK,
and sadly some parts of it are highly reminiscent of the current BMW
6-Series! (the hoods shut-line line going up from the
lights.) This shut-line also looks really awkward from the side, and
I imagine will look bad in years to come (in a 20-year old
CL). It emphasises even minor misalignment ....