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Replying to: ghulet (Jun 24, 2009 10:55 pm) I think dumb styling cues (like aggressive headlights) ar an admission that designers can't do anything else. The tank-window look is about safety...not actual safety, but the feeling of safety and isolation. I think the sheeple value that in these times. Even MB, which has a history of tall-windowed cars, has shortened them up a bit. |
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Replying to: fintail (Jun 25, 2009 8:09 am) I actually measured the rear window on the soft and hard top Miatas to see which offered better visibility. The hard top does - mostly because the glass is closer to your eyes.
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Replying to: fintail (Jun 25, 2009 8:09 am)
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.....for the new E-class....I don't mind the front fascia one bit, though it is a bit Asian-derivative (can I say that?), but the taillights look like those of a late-90s Infiniti Q45, very un-Mercedes like. Ick.
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Replying to: ateixeira (Jun 25, 2009 9:30 am) |
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Replying to: ghulet (Jun 25, 2009 4:56 pm) It seems, especially in these troubled days, the masses do want isolation - most of the popular small SUVs that somehow make their drivers feel safe aren't vehicles with the most glass area, either. People want to feel like they are in a room...and their driving often reflects it. |
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Replying to: ghulet (Jun 25, 2009 4:58 pm) Lexus used to copy MB pretty much line for line...now something has reversed. Hopefully this new E can have some Asian reliability to match its rear styling. I'm taking a trip to Germany this fall and have already booked a new style E (350CDi) as a rental...hopefully that's what I get, unless they want to upgrade me.
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Replying to: fintail (Jun 25, 2009 7:13 pm)
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Replying to: lemko (Jun 26, 2009 6:38 am) 
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I attended my local MB dealer's new E-class preview hoopla yesterday evening. They had 3 E350 coupes, 3 E350 sedans, and an E550. The coupes are interesting - like a mini CL in a way, but with an odd soft pillar in the rear side window. Pano roof is standard on the coupes, which is cool. The coupes I saw had somewhat odd bucket seats that reminded me of the high back one-piece units from 70s domestic cars. The odd edgy detailing and fakey Japanese rear ends will take some getting used to. I did notice that on one sedan, where there is no real front bumper and it simply ends at a peak or a "beak", there was already a scratch on the frontmost pat - I suspect this part of the car will take abuse from bad parkers. Fit and finish on the cars was pretty much flawless, and the paintwork on the cars was perfect - of course the cars were screened before being shown, no doubt.
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