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Which four-door coupe has the best looking side profile?


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With the right wheels the CC is one of the best looking sedans on the planet :)
The pre-facelift one in black looks totally premium even better than a 3er IMO :)
 
It's also unfair that the CLS gets a fully glossed up doctored photo, while everybody else gets kind of unflattering, more mundane pics (relatively speaking at least).

This is how the CLS's profile looks to me most of the time, showing off the hideous detailing at the forefront.

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The Rapide obviously has the most gracious profile of them all, however it features the most useless backseat. Mercedes still does things best with the CLS.
 
I must say, I still am a big fan of the (even present-generation) CLS. That's a car that's definitely grown on me over the years. Another sentimental favourite of mine is the much-maligned but highly attractive in-the-metal Audi A7. Gosh that's a fine looking car with terrific on-road presence in real life. A can't believe I'm saying that about a fastback. How fickle that we humans can change our minds on a whim? Well, ok, some things remain constant; the Panamera continues to look a little bit sh!t no matter what they do to it.

The Rapide, however, is of course the ultimate example of the four-door coupé theme. Rakish. Gorgeous. Sonorous. Outgunned.
 
A few months ago I purchased an 06' CLS55 with 28K miles and it has been good to me so far :)

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^ Classic looking Benz you got there. Clean, uncluttered design.

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Thank you :)
I really like the design, which is why I bought it. I will say that I've also driven the all new CLS63 and it's remarkable how much AMG has stepped it up in terms of driving dynamics.
 
Aston, GranCoupé, Merc and then the Sportbacks have potential. But IMHO none of them are PERFECT.
 
Tell the mods to edit the header with this photo. Thats actually a very good profile shot. (sports-pack with AMG wheels)
I like the CLS followed by the Porsche Panamera and Austin Rapid. The Audi has a problem with the rear doors looking like thay were cut off and I don`t like the rear hatch. It also comes up short on rear head room compared to the sleeker CLS. (Ive been in both back to back.)
The BMW is simply not unique enough, (too much 5er going on in the details) and it`s just plain dull in most shots


It's also unfair that the CLS gets a fully glossed up doctored photo, while everybody else gets kind of unflattering, more mundane pics (relatively speaking at least).

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If you don`t like the CLS now, wait for the f/l around 2016.
I can imagine most of these strong details you`ve been having issues with, will be toned down a bit.
 
M-B wouldn't rearrange the door lines for an FL though.

Anyone else every pay attention to how the CLS's door handles don't even line up with the dropping line? I mean, IMO, the best designs have door handles actually designed INTO the lines, but the CLS not only lacks that... the handles don't even follow the path of the line. More disharmony factor to me. :unsure:
 
Anyone else every pay attention to how the CLS's door handles don't even line up with the dropping line? I mean, IMO, the best designs have door handles actually designed INTO the lines, but the CLS not only lacks that... the handles don't even follow the path of the line. More disharmony factor to me. :unsure:

What about the latest CL. It`s door handles don`t follow the body line either. How many time have has this been pointed out to you. As I stated before, it`s clear that you don`t have an eye for abstract forms which is why you can`t see certain details and simply don`t understand whats going on with design schemes. These subtle schemes are hidden from you, therefore you cannot connect them because you only see the "black and white" images. This is one of the reasons you
Critisize so much.
Allow me to point out a little of the abstract world to you so you can see how the door handles on the CLS flow down in a stepped 3-line path. This is how the door handles are connected. It`s likely you will see this on the next S and C-Class models. dropping line/abstract line/ actual door line./
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The dropping line and eyebrow ideas came from you know who. I need to find the name of the BMW designer who designed the CLS.
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C'mon. I wish I could tell you that every flaw you see is "because you don't understand the invisible abstract forms that are in front of you, but not really". Must make it really easy for those who's work you are a fan of, to please you. ;)

The CLS's downward line goes down at a certain degree, and the door handles are above it, and SLIGHTLY move downward, yet DO NOT follow the form of the door line (or greenhouse for that matter). Therefore, making yet another wayward path within the CLS's many disconnected, wayward paths. Yes, the handles follow their own path, but they're on their own movement, disconnected from anything else on the car (which is my criticism of the cars flaws in general, too many crashing elements, unbecoming of what professional design we come to expect from M-B).

I'm sure some people like its abstractness, but c'mon, theirs no "connection" there, it's a random form drawn in by the designers. No genius there, IMO, because there's nothing there that I'm not seeing.
 
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You see , thats the problem!
I can already see where we are going with this and I`m going to leave it here. We have covered these details more than enough. lets stay on topic with the "best coupe profile"
 
I misunderstood the question. Edit:

1. Mercedes CLS

The design may have some controversary, but the overall shape is the best. It is even better than the previous one, because the previous one had dropping lines front and back, by looking at the shape only you couldn't tell where is the front or the rear of the car. It looked coupé-like just because it was very sleek. The new CLS is now very nice, slight more uprigth rear window with slight longer bootlid would make the shape almost perfect.


2. BMW 6 Series GranCoupé

The 6 Series GranCoupé is too sedanish, but that is because it is based on the 6 Series Coupé, which afterall is a 2 door 5 Series Sedan. For that reason the lines are also the same. A design completly different than the 5 Series Sedan and 6 Series Coupé, just like the 5 Sereis GranTourismo is very different compared to the 5 Series Sedan, but based on the same rear shape the 6GC now has would make it really nice. But the side window of the rear door would have the be shorter, it goes too deep into the C pillar. Then the front hood is too long in proportion to the distance from the beginning of the front door to the rear of the car. In fact the front overhang is too long.

3. Jaguar XJ

Overhangs are short, high shoulder line, everything looks almost right. But the black C pillar gives it an interruption. It should have been in body color. But rear boot is also a bit high, something like Alfa 155, of course not to that extent.


4. Aston Martin Rapide

The rear shape is just like the DB9, coupé like. But with the added door, it make the rear to heavy. The C pillar is too thick, it should have been shortend by a slightly longer and going bootlid.


4. VW CC

Rear shape is an improvement over the Audi A7/A5 Sportback. But overall shape is not that good because of FWD chassis basis.


5. Audi A5/A7 Sportback

There is potential but it still has nothing coupé like. A5 Coupé with two added doors would be the right shape. The A7 rear is even worse, the rear drops way to much. All in all the Sportbacks don't really look coupé like, but rather Audi 100 Avant, so coupish wagons and not sedans.


6. Porsche Panamera

It can't be called a 4 door coupé and in the same time it could be the only car to be one. The Pany has right proportions, it is just unusual. Overall shape is more like a huge, but not high, BMW 1 Series Hatch. The Pany is more a 4 door GT, a bit like the FF that has only two doors. It is "like it" or "hate it". Just as it is placed on last place, it could be placed first, it is just a question of what to understand by "4 door coupé". A different car or a sporty low sedan without window frames?
 
The 6 Series GranCoupé is too sedanish, but that is because it is based on the 6 Series Coupé, which afterall is a 2 door 5 Series Sedan.

Yet the CLS is perfect, even though it's based on the E class platform? These different standards make me laugh, sorry.
The 6 GC has more coupe roots than the CLS, because there is no real coupe based on the E class platform.


As I stated before, it`s clear that you don`t have an eye for abstract forms which is why you can`t see certain details and simply don`t understand whats going on with design schemes. These subtle schemes are hidden from you, therefore you cannot connect them because you only see the "black and white" images.

You have a very big mouth. Particularly because you see hidden lines that don't exist. Imaginary indeed. K-A doesn't like the design and he is very much allowed to do so. No need for you to try to 'teach' him. Particularly when you start talking about imaginary stuff.

BTW, for me the CLS is second after the 6er. It's a beautiful, exotic design. But after having experienced the 6GC, I gotta say it's on another level compared to CLS, Panny and A7. Well Panny is exclusive too, but just too damn ugly for words...
 
Yet the CLS is perfect, even though it's based on the E class platform? These different standards make me laugh, sorry.

I am not talking about platforms. I am talking about design. Take a look at the 5 Series GranTourismo, it does not have any exterior body panels in common with the 5 Series Sedan or even 7 Series. The same should have been with the 6 Series GranCoupé. The CLS does not have E Class skin thought it is based on E Class platform.
 

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