Leaked photos: new Mercedes C-class

[Just_me]

Källa

Spy photographers have captured the 2008 Mercedes-Benz C-Class with less disguise than ever before. They even managed to get long-lens pictures of the car’s tail without any disguising at all.

An official unveiling is expected at the 2007 Geneva Motor Show, with sales starting shortly after.

[ae86_16v]

Taillights look like a baby CL.

[blue8]

taillights were taken from the civic coupe!!!
it does not have the standard Benz-sedan grille yet...

[TopGearNL]

Looks a bit Asian to me, like a Honda

Still its not ugly!

[blue8]

true!! well i never really thought that any of the new generation Benzes (from CLS - S - CL) were ugly. i actually like that each car looks unique from one another

[Sir_GT]

OMG... Hyundai/Kia/SsangYoong tail lights?!

Thank goodness for Audi and Porsche. The only German cars with proper rears left!

[Just_me]

[chest3r]

WOW!! Ultra secret pics!! :shock: If Mercedes knew who took this pics, the guy would have serious trouble. :roll:

The car looks quite similar ( not to say exactly the same) to the photoshops done by AutoBild. Those guys never fail.

I think the car doesn't look very good. I don't really like the rear and the front looks boring

[TopGearNL]

Originally Posted by dani_d_mas Originally Posted by TopGearNL Looks a bit Asian to me, like a Honda Still its not ugly! I think it looks quite nice actually - more CL-ish than the previous version which was plain dull and boring I like it! :good:

Well I did say that I didn't find it ugly, I just said what it reminded me off

Looks better then the old one I agree!

[Fleischmann]

*yawns* boring. A smaller CL Mercedes, which isn't an all taht good looking car to start with

[tom333]

Not only is that thing ugly, it's super conservative and boring like mercedes styling almost always is.

I thought boring mercedes design was over when the new S class came out and the CL63 (which is almost avant garde) but they're back to that same old stuff that is lacking any excitement.

[Mattk]

Yeah, this looks boring. Not ugly, just unremarkable. When you're competing with the 3-series and the A4, conservatism probably won't cut it. And the tail-light cluster design looks like that of Hyundai's Elantra.

[Ghostbat]

Originally Posted by tom333 Not only is that thing ugly, it's super conservative and boring like mercedes styling almost always is. I thought boring mercedes design was over when the new S class came out and the CL63 (which is almost avant garde) but they're back to that same old stuff that is lacking any excitement.

You like the new W221 S-Class and call the C216 "almost avantgarde" yet you fail to see the similarities between those two cars and the new C-class?

[LEXION]

From WorldCarFAns quote:

In full showroom trim

Pre-production of the next generation Mercedes C-Class is under way in Daimler-Chrysler’s Bremen plant. The sedan is the first to be released at the 2007 Geneva Motor Show. Then the station wagon will follow about half a year later in fall 2007. Altogether it will be a completely new model range offering standard RWD and AWD as an option. Code-named W 204, the C Class will be available in four different styles, as sedan, station wagon, sports coupe and convertible. Power will come again from a variety of four- and newly developed six- cylinder engines. A sporty AMG version is in the pipeline, too. These latest photos are showing a red sedan prototype with only a few strips of black camouflage tape removed by image editing.

[ferrarif1fan89]

not bad, just not good. it'll sell like crazy, which is what mercedes wanted all along. :roll: