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Yaz · 06-26-2006, 08:48 PM

WHOA! Thanks Alex. This is just incredible! I've never been this excited since the new S-Class came out.

Even though I love the final interior, I wish they used one of those interior sketches for this CL - they look out of this world.
BTW, this thing is making me like it more than the S-Class already :-D

Top Secret · 06-27-2006, 12:10 AM

This is my favourite CL-Class picture:

Looks so freakin' good!

Wish they used this interior design though. Similar enough to the S-Class, but still marginally different to tell the two apart. Nice.

SDNR · 06-27-2006, 12:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Osnabrueck

Great post.

Looking at the sketches it's clear that some very brilliant ideas about this car's profile and hindquarters got disemboweled on the way to the lathe.

The most compelling of all these sketches is here:

I believe there were two design briefs here: one for a totally unique car, and another (more realistic) call for an S-Klasse coupe.

There were great ideas here to do something pretty awesome, but instead we got something attractive and perfunctory. I can only guess that budget considerations tied this car down, since it's pretty low volume nook in Mercedes' range.

Looking at the above sketch I hope that some of these lines will work their way into the next-generation SL.

Interesting that you would choose that picture Osna -- I like it too ....but the rear styling in that sketch does share similarities with the BMW 6er ...don't you think?

SDNR · 06-27-2006, 12:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Top Secret

This is my favourite CL-Class picture:

...He he ....I have that pic on my desktop right now ... it seems we share similar taste quite often TS.

PanterroR · 06-27-2006, 04:26 AM

There were definitely much better designs for both exterior an interior for CL according to those sketches, imo. Pitty...

Merc1 · 06-27-2006, 04:35 AM

That happens anytime a new car is designed. It can't look exactly like those sketches, the car has to still be functional. The new CL is awesome regardless.

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Centurion · 06-27-2006, 05:36 AM

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Originally Posted by warot

I wished they would have used that steering wheel instead

I feel the same way but then again it is much cheaper to use the same as the S.

El Zorro · 06-27-2006, 09:49 AM

Beautiful car! Very interesting to have a look behind the scenes of the design process, thanks AxlAmg!

Those people are indeed very talented. They have to come up with fresh and appealing designs, whilst building a connection with predecessor models.

This image shows for example that they wanted to create a connection, by taking care of the typical shape of the front grille:

And it seems like they changed the shape of the head lights after this:

The head lights of the new CL are very nice, too bad they didn't change the rear lights too

Alx · 06-27-2006, 12:15 PM

Great points Zorro.... The detail is for sure key here.... Lots of attention to their design... Bringing back the flagship!!!

Michael · 06-27-2006, 12:26 PM

Interesting point brought up by Zorro on the whole connection from the past ordeal. I personally can see that with new deisigns cars never get that exotic stylish design that can be found in many of the pictures that Alex posted. Truthfully I would really like to see some of those designs. However, like I have said in the CL threads, I think that MB had to stick with a very conservative appeal and not out do the S class.

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