German Car Zone

K-A · 05-05-2009, 06:16 PM

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Originally Posted by coolraoul

MB doesn't take its inspiration from Japanese cars to inspire trust... it does take its inspiration from the W124 and co, from its own glorious past. They are trying to recapture the spirit of the old Mercedes-Benz.

Both W204 and W212 are really good at that imo, they're maybe less elegant and refined then 203 and 211 but way more solid, reassuring, sturdy.

Yeah I agree with that. I guess it comes down to the fact that I really got into M-B when the 2000 theme came in, when they went with a more gracefully elegant, refined, exotic, rounded and curvaceous design language. I was a never the biggest M-B fan (although I loved them nonetheless) before then, and preferred BMW's. I love the history of Mercedes so I'm a huge fan of the 124 now, but back when it was in production (when I was a kid), I hated them, so I guess it kind of makes sense that I naturally wouldn't like their drawing on their 80's Sedan line for inspiration so much.