Merc Builds an E500 Coupe: Want to Call it 'ELK'

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YSSMAN
RE: "ELK" Name

I made that part up, noting official from Mercedes on that. Yes, the animal name was intended.
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Ugh...YSS...Don't do that to us. I'm betting many people saw that and took it literally...

So what we're looking here is probably a CLK.
 
Oh look... another Mercedes, designed to fit into another niche that's ever so slightly different from the last one. Only this time it doesn't even look very good. What's that rear arch all about? Doesn't do any favours for the styling whatsoever. It's like they got bored half way along, and leafing through a car magazine they saw a picture of the current Dodge Charger.
 
Lol MB... Will they ever do anything right?

Well not really I actually kind of like MB but they do do a lot wrong.

I hope that car looks better without the tape because in those pictures it's not very good looking.
 
@ homeforsummer:

This is a replacement for the current CLK, not a new niche. It does, however, look to be pushing closer to the CL in terms of size. Shorter overhangs probably would help that a bit, although that would probably mean they'd have to do some extensive modifications to make the convertible version.
 
Well, there she blows. It will replace the CLK.

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http://www.leftlanenews.com/mercedes-benz-clk-class-future.html
 
Actually, its pretty good looking. Although, I think dropping the CLK name will lose some identification for the car. Which isn't a good idea...
 
I think it's a good looking car. They probably could have stood to make the C pillar thinker, or something to make the greenhouse look a little shorter.
 
YSSMAN
Actually, its pretty good looking. Although, I think dropping the CLK name will lose some identification for the car. Which isn't a good idea...
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Yeah, killing the CLK name is a horrible idea. Calling it "E-Class Coupe" is just stupid, too. I'm still going to call it CLK unless someone else comes up with a better idea.

Why didn't they just make a CLK? Why did they have to come up with this thing, which is enormous, but not as enormous as the CL?

As a matter of fact, maybe they should call it "EL". That's not too bad...
 
I agree with pretty much you guys' sentiments. I love the CLK--as does alot of people. So why kill it?

How about ELC?
 
This thing's growing on me, but I still think the front end is all wrong. The headlights are a major turn-off. the back half is a complete tank, and the front is trying (and failing) to be sleek and slender.

I guess I'll have to take the W204 C-Class as the only thing they've done right recently. :irked:
 
waggles
Love the way it looks, why kill off the name?

CLK worked just fine.
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It's better to build an identity specific to the E-class rather than the CLK, which is unrelated to any other model in their lineup. To this point, the coupe will be named E-class Coupe, which is obviously heavily referencing the E that it's based on.
 
exigeracer
It's better to build an identity specific to the E-class rather than the CLK, which is unrelated to any other model in their lineup. To this point, the coupe will be named E-class Coupe, which is obviously heavily referencing the E that it's based on.
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The CLK has always been based on the C-Class chassis. Besides the obvious visual similarities and the "C" in its name, the CLK didn't need any more reference to the C-Class, because it's been around long enough to build up its own identity.

Nobody who bought a CLK wanted a C-Class Coupe. But technically that's what they got. So why would anyone want an E-Class Coupe? I'll go beyond what Waggles said and say that no, CLK didn't work just fine, in fact that name was it. E-Class Coupe is just not it.
 
Sorry for the randomness, but I was reading the Wiki article on the CLK, and came across this:
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The W210 E-Class itself was inspired by a 1993 concept car which the CLK eventually looked very similar to.
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Does anybody know what this concept car is? I can’t seem to find it.
 
This car shares that same rear quarter line with the Hyundai Equus.

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Keef
The CLK has always been based on the C-Class chassis. Besides the obvious visual similarities and the "C" in its name, the CLK didn't need any more reference to the C-Class, because it's been around long enough to build up its own identity.

Nobody who bought a CLK wanted a C-Class Coupe. But technically that's what they got. So why would anyone want an E-Class Coupe? I'll go beyond what Waggles said and say that no, CLK didn't work just fine, in fact that name was it. E-Class Coupe is just not it.
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The typical C-class owner isn't as likely to buy a CLK as an E-class owner will pick up an E-class Coupe. It's a different market where the target buyer has more disposable income and is probably more likely to spring for a Coupe version of his daily driver. Naming it the E Coupe is just dummying it up for them. The E-class has also always been classier and more upscale, despite the larger volume in sales, than the C-class, so this is removing the CLK and pushing what would be its exact replacement a little more into the luxury segment.

I'm not saying that it's smart or right, but that's how I read it. Seems rather logical.
 
You may be right. I guess I just don't understand rich people.
 
And it thinks the power windows will still work a month after you buy it.
 
Omnis
This car shares that same rear quarter line with the Hyundai Equus.
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The Benz has been out longer, so technically the Equus has the styling of an E-Class.

And that rear quarter line is becoming a new styling trend I think. Even the Chevy Traverse has one.
 
It's supposed to represent the classic separated fenders from cars of yore.

This is a 1947 Bentley that evolved the separated fenders from earlier cars:

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1939 Mercedes:

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Here's a 1957 Ford actually imitating cars from the prior decade, incorporating fins:

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That was the style back then. It just so happens that everyone did it, and it looked good, so everyone is doing it now. So yes, Hyundai is just copying because they weren't around back then.
 
I'm also under the impression that it is there to deal with the issues that arise from the rising belt line, mostly the issue of the rear wheels looking 2 inches smaller than the fronts. It does break up the body between the windows and the wheel well quite nicely, although looking rather out of place in some instances.
 
Philly
The Benz has been out longer, so technically the Equus has the styling of an E-Class.

And that rear quarter line is becoming a new styling trend I think. Even the Chevy Traverse has one.
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I said they share it. Didn't imply copying. The Equus competes with the S and the 7 though.

I wonder how this car would look with combined headlights.
 
That line really only works on coupes – the rear door handle on the Hyundai looks like it’s lost and scared.
 
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I think it's just ugly.
Could've been great. It seems to borrow design parts from many cars and not having a problem showing it, but at the same time, it's not working as a whole.
 
JCE
I agree with pretty much you guys' sentiments. I love the CLK--as does alot of people. So why kill it?

How about ELC?
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I think that all this nomenclature is German-based, and I think the 'K' is coupe.

It just occurred to me, though, that there's no totally unifying pattern I can see, because we have the S-klasse, the SL-klasse, and then the unrelated SLK-klasse.
 

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