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Mercedes C-Class Estate Completely Uncovered

Seen here for the first time with no disguising at all is the new 2008 Mercedes-Benz C-Class Estate. We now see more and more of the saloons on the roads – and we expect the wagon to arrive later in the autumn of this year after its official presentation at the Frankfurt Show in mid-September. We were lucky to shoot the car in Stuttgart earlier this week in full showroom trim. Like with the brand-new saloon, buyers will have the option between the four-cylinder C180 (156 bhp, compressor) or C200 (184 bhp, compressor) and the six-cylinder C230 (204 bhp), C280 (231 bhp) or C350 (272 bhp). Diesel enthusiasts might prefer the C200 CDI (136 bhp), C220 CDI (170 bhp) or C320 (V6, 224 bhp).

[Source: WCF]

OMG is this real..
that is one of the UGLYIEST rears ove EVER seen..
OMG.. what a sad sad thing

The rear didn't turn out as nice as some (early) CGIs suggested... It's too bland in my opinion. The design doesn't "flow"

The previous generation was very sexy and elegant compared to the 3er Touring, but now I would prefer the 3er design without a doubt. Audi still designs the best wagons I suppose.

Still have to get used to the boxy design of the C-Class... the tall hood (I know, safety regulations, but still), the squarish side mirrors (look waaay too big to me), etc.

It used to be so nice:

Shot at 2007-07-27

Uhh.. austere, bland and for the most part, ugly.

The W203 worked much better as an estate in my opinion.

I dont think the design is suprising, pretty much as expected, at least for me.

Oh dear. That doesn't work at all. The D-pillar is all wrong for this design and the transition from gorgeous sedan sees much of that aesthetic appeal lost in translation.

BMW's sublimely styled Touring and Audi's class-defining Avant punt this one on to the bottom step of the podium.

The C-pillar looks terrible and the lines of the windows and whole green house scream previous generation E-class. I'm very disappointed, especially since the sedan is dead sexy. Then again I don't care so much since estates are important to me.

Like the sedan much better, which is strange, I usually prefer wagons - but then again W204 never looked that good to me with out the sportier grill. And *** is wrong with the door handles - they seem to be randomly scattered.