HighestOfHigh
Cornering Kingpin
Side profile and front bumper I will give to BMW. Everything else I give to Mercedes.
Poll BMW 4er Coupe vs Mercedes-Benz C-Class Coupe
sanpt7777
Headlight Hero
Which flaws?
PC Valkyrie
Headlight Hero
The rear of the new C-coupe just does not appeal to me. I'm really not a fan of those rear lights and sloping trunk lid/boot. Droopy looking boots never looked good for me.
PC Valkyrie
Headlight Hero
^ 911 huh?
Hahaha.....I thought somebody may say that.....
I knew from the very beginning that if I ever was fortunate enough to get a 911, it would have to have a wing or ducktail to break up that sloping 911 rear end. If I had gotten a standard 911 Carrera S or GTS, I would have ordered the Aerokit to have that "wing".
tristatez28lt1
Tire Trailblazer
There should be a question mark rating because some posts just do not make sense - probably not even to the poster.
Beemer B773ER
Tire Trailblazer
I have noticed when you sit down behind the 4-series and down on your knees and lean a little to the left I have noticed that the rear is super sexy. I wonder if I will get the same feeling with the C Coupé
Andreas... why on earth are you down on your knees behind a car? Stuff is supposed to come out of the exhaust, not go in it!
The man really loves his car, don't we all?Andreas... why on earth are you down on your knees behind a car? Stuff is supposed to come out of the exhaust, not go in it!
Centurion
Apex Apex Predator
The rear troubles me too. The traits of a stunning coupe are simple:
It looks wide from the rear and sleek from the sides. Mercedes have deviated from this recipe in pursuit of targeting the young. The C-Coupe looks heavy and droopy from the rear and the green coupe make it looks shorter than it is. It was more in common with the CLA than the S-Coupe which is a big disappointment.
alexschoen
Precision Tuner
Yes, the new E-coupe will be different from the sedan, but quite close to one of the existing coupes. To the extent that (I know) that one of the MB board members mixed up the new E-coupe with another one during a design presentation last year...
Thats because the 4-Series is as familiar as last-night`s potato soup. (Change up the menu and some want to turn up their nose. It is a subconscious thing.)
BMW keeps dishing up the same stuff and it is a little bit boring imo.
As I posted earlier, the 4 possesses numerous elements of coupe designs from the past.
BMW hardly ever pushes the envelope with something new different.
Thay stick with the tried and tested method with small evolutionary changes
Compare this to the new C coupe. Nothing about it can be traced back to the previous C-Class coupe or the CLK for that matter. The interior, even though derived from the C-sedan is a clear step ahead of the previous C-Class and CLK. It is completely different from those models or any other C-Class.
The C-Coupe and sedan take design cues from the new S, I know.
The evolutionary changes to the new S compared to the previous version are obvious and progressive. Not the baby steps BMW takes with it`s models.
sanpt7777
Headlight Hero
Yeah that's kind of what I was saying before. Not only the 3er coupes always look like the sedan, but also they always have very similar proportions to past generations.
I think you guys are missing the fact that Mercedes are not meant to look sporty, they are big fat luxury cars. At least IMO.
The 3 series coupe and now the 4 series are far too important for BMW to push the design envelope, they did with the 1st gen 6 series when Bangle was in charge.
The previous C class coupe never really looked like an original idea, it looked and left like a car that was not part of the original design and engineering process, and that is probably true, so it is a good thing that the new coupe doesn't look anything like the previous C.
