C-Class (W205) [Spyshots] 2015 Mercedes-Benz C-Class (W205) Spy Photos

[michaelhutchence]

I don't believe in that rendering too.

 

[SKY]

Time will tell. There were some forumers who doubted about previous renders, but Autobild got almost every recent Benz right YEARS before the official reveal.

Some examples:

Maybe with the exception of the C-Class LCI, every render here was released at least a year before the official reveal. In the case of the W222, it dates from October 2010, almost 2 years and a half before the reveal.

 

[DjordjeC63]

W222 rendering is partially correct, graphics of headlamps will be different, same case with bumper, grille and wingmirrors.

 

[SKY]

W222 rendering is partially correct, graphics of headlamps will be different, same case with bumper, grille and wingmirrors.

That´s bacause some changes can be done to those minor parts. The W222 rearlights graphics are wrong too. But they nailed the overall car. I´m pretty sure back in 2010, the W222 S-Class used the CLS LED design and still had the LED fogs too. The wingmirrors are an obvious change too, I doubt MB had the final design in 2010.

 

[Mr. Mercedes]

Liebling, ich habe die S-Klasse geschrumpft!

If that's a dig about it being a mini S-class, don't even get started. *cough, BMW, Cough*

 

[LaArtist]

^Haha the whole bmw line up is the mini or maxi of the model next to it..

Same goes for audi

 

[aleks_16]

And every Mercedes is looking uglier and uglier in different ways. I dont have bitching for a long time,

 

[SCOTT27]

That´s bacause some changes can be done to those minor parts. The W222 rearlights graphics are wrong too. But they nailed the overall car. I´m pretty sure back in 2010, the W222 S-Class used the CLS LED design and still had the LED fogs too. The wingmirrors are an obvious change too, I doubt MB had the final design in 2010.

If you think everything is coincidental? Then welcome to the auto industry MATRIX. Nothing is ever what it seems , renders are almost to the point , exact ideas are from various stages of development.
Some BMW models featured in magazine renders are actual propositions in the final stage before the design freeze. Why does this happen?

Debate and to get the march on the competition , feedback is essentially important at this stage in order to incorporate any further changes before production sign-off. With the advent of the Internet and the industry in photographing prototypes progressing rapidly a new model is further open instead of a behind closed doors preview to the public which is why many , many manufactures visit this site and many others when photographs of latest models testing hit the net in order to progress the development and encourage further debate , debate means more interest and it is all about what maintains that interest right up to the first official pictures. Pages of forums are used to see how the information is flowing and yes you would probably find somebody in a marketing meeting saying " This person is a silly ass"

The days are coming due to advances in testing that a prototype could be developed entirely indoors and at BMW there are almost there , current examples of the 2er which was done entirely indoors and internally at proving grounds with the car just doing its final evaluations in public.
I am told that Mercedes-Benzes renders are exact from day one because they are in a conceptual design stage where they progress with polarising design ideas which needs to be communicated for further gestation. Look back at the Chris Bangle 2001 era and you will see the same.

Now do you want the red pill or the blue pill?

 

[SKY]

If you think everything is coincidental? Then welcome to the auto industry MATRIX. Nothing is ever what it seems , renders are almost to the point , exact ideas are from various stages of development.
Some BMW models featured in magazine renders are actual propositions in the final stage before the design freeze. Why does this happen?

Debate and to get the march on the competition , feedback is essentially important at this stage in order to incorporate any further changes before production sign-off. With the advent of the Internet and the industry in photographing prototypes progressing rapidly a new model is further open instead of a behind closed doors preview to the public which is why many , many manufactures visit this site and many others when photographs of latest models testing hit the net in order to progress the development and encourage further debate , debate means more interest and it is all about what maintains that interest right up to the first official pictures. Pages of forums are used to see how the information is flowing and yes you would probably find somebody in a marketing meeting saying " This person is a silly ass"

The days are coming due to advances in testing that a prototype could be developed entirely indoors and at BMW there are almost there , current examples of the 2er which was done entirely indoors and internally at proving grounds with the car just doing its final evaluations in public.
I am told that Mercedes-Benzes renders are exact from day one because they are in a conceptual design stage where they progress with polarising design ideas which needs to be communicated for further gestation. Look back at the Chris Bangle 2001 era and you will see the same.

Now do you want the red pill or the blue pill?

You have covered this previously, it makes sense, yes. But BMW and Audi never get as detailed on renders as MBs on Autobild, that was why I said it.

I can fully imagine a BMW executive commenting klier´s opinion about a new BMW Concept, or saying I am too pesimistic. It would be funny if they follow some of us.

 

[LaArtist]

And every Mercedes is looking uglier and uglier in different ways. I dont have bitching for a long time,

hah that's personal preference..

Now what im talking about is evident to a blind man stroking the sheet metal of the recent audis and BMWs..
he would say.. yes this is the same car i just stroked a second ago

 

[Carmaker1]

That´s bacause some changes can be done to those minor parts. The W222 rearlights graphics are wrong too. But they nailed the overall car. I´m pretty sure back in 2010, the W222 S-Class used the CLS LED design and still had the LED fogs too. The wingmirrors are an obvious change too, I doubt MB had the final design in 2010.

Actually they did have it, the car had to have been finished in 2009 and likely the middle of that year with board approval. You won't see a prototype testing until a year to 1.5 years after a design has been chosen and pretty much the same for test mules to a lesser degree(few months after design selection). This first photograph was shown in an article for the E-Class Coupe in April 2009. In this 2009 photograph(the very first public image of the W222), the W222 is being detailed and directed during clay modeling by Gorden Wagener and former MB designer Fan Zhang to the sculptor, the actual lead designer of the W222.

The second photograph which was also shown in one of your older W222 threads and was taken on October 19, 2010 at Technology Center in Sindelfingen. All S-Class models have been designed nearly 4 years prior to debut, but I give credence to your theory about it using CLS headlights sometime during development. The CLS Auto Bild sketch in your other post is the most interesting as the CLS looked 100% like that photo from May 2008, but was obviously changed by its reveal in 2010. Anyway, the W205 design was even finalized in late 2010 as the facelift debuted, with 2011 being dedicated to readying prototypes. Mercedes-Benz has the highest lead time in the automotive industry for final design freeze to production of 3-5 years. Most of the other brands run from 18-39 months with Asian brands using a lower average as against European and American brands utilizing 2-3 years.

 

[Carmaker1]

Time will tell. There were some forumers who doubted about previous renders, but Autobild got almost every recent Benz right YEARS before the official reveal.

Some examples:

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Maybe with the exception of the C-Class LCI, every render here was released at least a year before the official reveal. In the case of the W222, it dates from October 2010, almost 2 years and a half before the reveal.

Thanks for pointing this out, as I came across these when I wasn't posting on here back in the day. Auto Bild is getting leaked information they likely shouldn't have as the very first design regs. filed for the CLS were on July 2, 2008 and prepared during the May and June 2008. Auto Bild's Huckfeldt posted those renders above at the very same time when the CLS looked like this at MB. It ended looking like this instead by 2010. BTW, the others such as the R172, W166, and R231 were rendered during each model's FEP testing period. Only the CLS and W222 renders were done well in advance of actual prototypes running.

 

[Carmaker1]

Anyway, back on topic. I am shocked at how this looks like a W222 was put in a microwave oven and shrunken with little design work needed. One has to do a double take to realize the differences in size due in the rear. It looks like they are going back to the W220/W203 era of nearly identical looks. The W126/W201, W140/W202, and the current W221/W204 didn't have as many similarities to each other, so I wonder why they're intent on the "mini S-Class" label being taken to a whole 'nother level. I'm just happy to see more pics and already have an excellent idea of what it looks like now, thanks to earlier photos showing the fascia and side profile without cladding.

 

[Keyonte]

 

[deity]

That's not it for sure, but I quite like it actually. I've been warming up to the sports grille and the headlight cluster.

 

[michaelhutchence]

The rear is awesome, but that front is taken already. The front is exactly the same with the one of the E class facelift so it surely won't be that. E and C always looked different.Mercedes knows very well to make the difference between their main sedans: C,E,S.

 

[LaArtist]

Wow i love all of it.. minus the obvious copy paste E class front..

Rear is gorgeous

 

[Yaz]

Anyway, back on topic. I am shocked at how this looks like a W222 was put in a microwave oven and shrunken with little design work needed. One has to do a double take to realize the differences in size due in the rear. It looks like they are going back to the W220/W203 era of nearly identical looks. The W126/W201, W140/W202, and the current W221/W204 didn't have as many similarities to each other, so I wonder why they're intent on the "mini S-Class" label being taken to a whole 'nother level. I'm just happy to see more pics and already have an excellent idea of what it looks like now, thanks to earlier photos showing the fascia and side profile without cladding.

Makes sense since the CLA will be the entry level MB now. The C will move up a notch now.
The C has always been a mini S in my book.

 

[Nicks]

Episode VI - Return of the Line-hater

 

[LaArtist]

^haha i wish the feeling was mutual.

Oh well.. nice for you to drop by on a short visit..

Bon voyage