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Yeah, I am no fan of the interior styling too. It's too 'pointy' so to speak for my taste.
But, at least it's a lot better than the C-class already. Much better without that ugly pop up screen.

In 2009 Mercedes will launch a successor to the Mercedes CLK which Daimler will move up a notch to the E-Class level. The underpinnings will still be provided by the current generation C-Class, but with a style reflecting very much the new E-Class. We will see a preview of this styling in person in just a few weeks when Mercedes unveil the ConceptFASCINATION. The new direction of its coupe is an attempt by Mercedes to return the E-Class to the legendary status once achieved by the W124 E-Class generation.

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^damn that looks very very good..
Somehow im not concerned about the rear in this car..but in the E i am
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Wow!! Loving the rear..so sporty.

Not impressed by the interior though, but will wait on giving it a final opinion until I see official photos.

The round tail pipes look horrible the new rectangular ones are the way too go for the new breed of Mercedes.

So, finally, it is going to be called E-Class Coupe?.

^^^^^^^ That's the rumor... We won't know fur sure though, till it's debut I guess... I hope that if there is a name change, the price doesn't go up too much because it is based on the C class.

To name it an E, despite being based on a C, gives MB the opportunity to really make a profit on this model....

It kind of reminds me of the E92... Not completely, but I can see some scant similarities. Not that I care because that is the perfect design for MB to use as the bench mark for its design.

This car is looking great!!!

Good Chop...found it in E90post

wow those latest pics look hot hot hot...
If it turns out something like that it will be awesome.....

Yeah me likes that .. that front looks hot
and the whole profile of the car is very nice
it will be something very diffrent to the competitions 3er coupe or A5.. wich both are very traditionall... especially the BMW

It would have been nice if they had tapered the trunk to a point where it meets the bumper, and continue it through the bumper as this cgi and the concept does, but this spy pic indicates that is just not the case.



i really like the spoiler lip this cgi incorporates. Maybe MB needs a little help.

Could you please explain that a bit better??? I'm not sure what you mean...

From what I know about this, the CLK name is being retired and this car will just be a different nameplate - like CLE or something along those lines.

You can see how the spy pic (actual car) does not have a rear bumper that comes to a pointed crease in the middle under the license plate area. You can also see that the cgi has a spoiler shape integrated into the boot lid, which the real car does not.



See how the trunk, and rear bumper come to a point in the Fascination concept. Something they should have carried over to the CLK. It adds a lot of interest to the rear end.

Renaming the CLK to E-class Coupé makes less sence than this.
Droping the CLK name isn't a smart move after it has established itself this way. Repicking the E-class name as such wouldn't affect the brand or the model negatively, but it would proove that MB is acting pretty schizophrenic these days. Otherwise I can't understand why they renamed the C-Coupé to CLC if they had the attention the reduce the "confusion" with all the abbriviations they have their line-up.
But anyway.. this wouldn't be the first time MB acts like every departement has its own strategy.

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I fully agree with you on that. I don't like all these wacky name changes.

I'm glad they didn't, we have seen too much of it already in Cadillac's designs

It may actually be there but cleverly disguised... If you look closely there is a silver tape around the middle of the bumper...

Yeah, you're right. If you look closely at the reflections and shadows you can see the point of the bumper and the protrusion off the lip of the trunk. It might not be as exaggerated as in the chop, though:

That's MB playing a prank on us. Looking at the boot lid and bumper there are zero creases like those seen on the conceptfascination.

Note that the CLK is now referred to as E-Class Coupe & Cabrio

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