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Old 10-04-2009, 08:23 PM   #11
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^^ An MB official from the design dept has said the future Mercedes will be more bio, softer than the current ones. See the F700... So it is a given that the next S-Class will have a less angular design than the E-Class.

Hybrids, the way to the future? Not really. Marketing gimmick mostly... It's just not logical to carry two drivetrains. But it gives a green images, sells well in the US, so... cars like the S400 hybrid (with a tiny, light electric motor just to be badged as hybrids) are 100% marketing. Now the system is ready, they'll put it in every car.

Put the money involved in developping the hybrid system into improving the petrol engine, add start-stop ad braking recovery system to a conventional but modern car and I don't think the perf and consumption figures will be far from an hybrid...
Yeah, it is really a big gimmick as well obviously. I'm not well knowledged in the whole Hybrid thing though.

Yeah, the F700 is a clear sign of the roundness that will come back. Although, I will say, the F700 to me is the most hideous thing I've ever seen. It looks like a "futuristic car" concept that an American or Japanese company would show IMO.
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