2007 MB C-Class... Con't Thread 2

Alx · **2007 MB C-Class... Con't Thread 2 -** 01-13-2006, 08:15 PM

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Mr. Mercedes · **Re: 2007 MB C-Class... Con't Thread 2 -** 01-22-2006, 04:24 PM

Is this the new C?

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bum-man · **Re: 2007 MB C-Class... Con't Thread 2 -** 01-22-2006, 05:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Mr. Mercedes

Is this the new C?

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No. C-pillar is wrong, it's just a PS.

PHYBENZ · 10:31 AM

nothing too new but had to post it!

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Deutsch · **Re: 2007 MB C-Class... Con't Thread 2 -** 02-02-2006, 01:05 AM

Looking like a formidable competitor to the E90.... don't know that it will beat one round the Nubrigring though

Merc1 · **Re: 2007 MB C-Class... Con't Thread 2 -** 02-02-2006, 01:54 AM

This latest round of pics really shows how the car will look to me. It looks much larger than before, but all new cars now are swollen with slab sides it seems to meet various regulations in Europe and the U.S. The rear end looks just like the new CL while the profile looks like (again) a shrunken S-Class.

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Deutsch · **Re: 2007 MB C-Class... Con't Thread 2 -** 02-02-2006, 01:56 AM

It's still a tad bit to camo'd for me to judge in all truth and honesty. In time as the camo comes off we'll indeed know just how good or bad this car will look. So far it's looking kinda chubby...

Merc1 · **Re: 2007 MB C-Class... Con't Thread 2 -** 02-02-2006, 02:01 AM

Yeah it does look like it has some girth to it, but all cars are doing this now to meet regulations for different countries around the world it seems. This tall and slab sided design is killing the beauty in some cases, but how else do you pass side regulations.

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Deutsch · **Re: 2007 MB C-Class... Con't Thread 2 -** 02-02-2006, 02:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Merc1

Yeah it does look like it has some girth to it, but all cars are doing this now to meet regulations for different countries around the world it seems. This tall and slab sided design is killing the beauty in some cases, but how else do you pass side regulations.

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I think these new pedestrian safety standards being pushed upon makes selling cars in Euro. by the ENCAP are making very interesting impacts on design. Some makes I expect to see more active safety advances, such as the spring loaded- upon impact hood- Jaguar utilizes for the new XK. Otherwise you have MB making what appears to be inspired by a baby's forhread, hoods. I mean, I have no idea what the ENCAP will do if god forbid, some broken hearted drunk leaps out a window and lands dead on the hood of a new S class... then it must be MB engineers fault for him having died, because the hood wasn't thick enough to buffer the impact... give me a break. Cars will be cars, drunks will be drunks, no matter what you do, you can never close that window for margin for error. Things happen, a part of life we as humans still don't seem to respect nor except. especiall the ENCAP. Whatever the case, I dont' expect to see anything radical, you'd be suprised what tricks designers use to mask such regulations imposed on cars.

Merc1 · **Re: 2007 MB C-Class... Con't Thread 2 -** 02-02-2006, 02:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Deutsch

I think these new pedestrian safety standards being pushed upon makes selling cars in Euro. by the ENCAP are making very interesting impacts on design. Some makes I expect to see more active safety advances, such as the spring loaded- upon impact hood- Jaguar utilizes for the new XK. Otherwise you have MB making what appears to be inspired by a baby's forhread, hoods. I mean, I have no idea what the ENCAP will do if god forbid, some broken hearted drunk leaps out a window and lands dead on the hood of a new S class... then it must be MB engineers fault for him having died, because the hood wasn't thick enough to buffer the impact... give me a break. Cars will be cars, drunks will be drunks, no matter what you do, you can never close that window for margin for error. Things happen, a part of life we as humans still don't seem to respect nor except. especiall the ENCAP. Whatever the case, I dont' expect to see anything radical, you'd be suprised what tricks designers use to mask such regulations imposed on cars.

Oh I agree and understand totally. I don't think these regulations make a real difference anyway, well at least in the case someone is hit by a S-Class or XK doing 40-50 mph, you're just about dead no matter how soft they make the front end. Maybe not, but I doubt it will make a difference, getting hit by a car is going to hurt no matter what. What I don't understand is why doesn't the European community try to seperate cars and pedestrians in the places where so many accidents happen?

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