German Car Zone

I've driven the VW Passat CC today and yesterday! 2.0 TDI, manual, full option. Great car.....the automatic parking option is freaking awesome!!
If we ONLY look at the side view pic, the Passat even is the prettiest of them all, imo!

The CLS wins for me. It's the original and all the others should be better looking than the 'prototype' that started the whole niche, but they don't. Some look better in particular areas, but overall the CLS and VW have done this concept the best imo.

Rapide and CS are the best looking ones, but both are concepts. Passat CC is the best looking of the production ones. I saw the one with the sports package (the one they showed at Montrey) and was stunned at how good it looked.

The Porsche and the Jag doesn't really look like a coupe.

The Fisker Karma is the sexiest HANDS DOWN! I mean come on! Just look at it. The Aston Martin would look pretty cool as well if it didint look so much like a stretched DBS.

Shock!!

The CC looks great in some photos, and ghastly in others. I guess the proof is in person.

I vote the CLS. The original is still the best in terms of proportion. A tough act for MB, and anyone else for that matter, to follow, but I'm sure they'll come out swinging.

^ From what I've seen in spy pics so far, the next gen CLS is going to be even better than the current one....just as sexy, but obviously more modern. And most important: less banana because of that new wheelarch that the E and E coupé have too. I'm looking forward to the new CLS more than the E-coupé, that's for sure!

The new Audi A7 will certainly take over the championship belt for banana on wheels.

^Well, the camo is still pretty heavy on the A7, but that car (for me) is the one that could either turn out to be pretty sweet or very ugly, I'm not sure yet

The next gen CLS will be a sight to behold. They've got experience now with this kind of cars unlike all the others, and the styling of the new E will look very good on this car!

The next gen 6er will be a classic coupé and, like E65 vs F01, be less controversial. For two full generations, 6er will not have 'real' competition in the form of a true coupé from any of the German car makers. Mercedes has the CLS 4 door (E-coupé will not compete with next gen 6er), Audi the A7 4 door and Porsche the Panamera of which I am not quite sure what to call it.

Are you so sure about that?

I would think being an E-Class would make the coupe more upscale like the E. The E and 5er we know are direct compeditors. If one believes the new E-Coupe can`t compete with the 6er theres always the CLS which is even more upscale than the E-Class and already competes with the 6er pricewise.

I agree with your opinion about the Rapid!
It just pulls the purity out of the DB9.. I don`t see the point in that at all.
It`s not a successfull attempt at the coupe theme simply because the design is not orignal.

The Karma pulls it off better (depite some generic touches) it`s way more dynamic looking!

I like the Lambo to but somehow the C-post makes it look like an excutive sedan.

These cars are not coupes, thay shouldn`t be seen as such..
I call them 4-door exotics.