Let's say these renditions of the A/S7 and BMW's four door coupe are accurate, who do you believe will lead the segment in the future?

CLS because that's the only REAL car.

I am sorry but this poll is not accurate.

Whereas the CLS and A7 will be positioned against each other .
The car based from the BMW Concept CS will be positioned above the new 7er whereas the A7 and CLS are E-Klasse/A6 based models. The CS will be built from the new 7er .

CS prices will begin where the A7 and CLS end. Not to mention the larger 7er wheelbase will provide it with more space and individuality from both the A7 and CLS.

The CS is described as BMW's "Bridge" to Rolls-Royce , The A7 and CLS are not as determined by both Audi and Mercedes-Benz that these cars will be the bridge to Bentley and Maybach.

I vote for the only real car

Well to my defense SCOTT27 I got the pic from this thread (Preview: 2009 BMW four-door coupe ). I'm not a auto industry insider or nothing like that, but it only makes sense that if BMW is calling this new model a four door coupe, it would only make sense for me to assume it's in the same class as the CLS Mercedes!

a for mondeo and a Rolls Royce Phantom are both sedans mr storebrand, should i assume they are in the same class?

If they were competitive company's then yes. Considering there's more then a $300,000 price gap then no!

BMW are calling the car "a 4-door GT".

Not a single time "4dr coupe" words have been used by BMW officials!

Btw, Aston Martin Rapide - it is also a 4dr coupe, and it doesn't compete with CLS - since the Rapide costs as much as RR or Bentley.

Or perhaps VW Passat CC - also a 4dr coupe - but quite much cheaper than CLS.


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As Scott said: 4dr GT will be based on 7er, and will be somewhere in MB CL price range.

The BMW 4dr coupe that actually competes with CLS price wise is ... X6.

The upcoming 8er from BMW will have the ODC from MB to fight with or maybe MB will move the next CLS upmarket to properly fight the 8er,either way the upcoming 8er will have a rival from MB for sure.

No ... even MB will be forced to move upmarket. To distinct the brand even more from brands like BMW, Audi, Lexus. To position Mercedes-Benz brand even higher - not with a supercar like SLR, but with a true super-luxury car: the ODC based car.

ODC will be positioned above CL - and therefore above BMW 4dr GT.

ODC will be MB's bridge to Maybach - since there very probably won't offer a baby Maybach - eg the "Maybach 53". While the new Maybach will still directly compete with Phantom - which will be positioned even higher in the next generation.