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

[GTA45E]

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.

In this case, the dropping line would have to be redesigned to be flatter so the door handles could fit which would defeat it`s purpose. How you explained it doesn`t make since because the line drops down too sharply for the door handles to be placed opon it or even be in line with it.( Vision and imagination before words.) The purpose of the dropping line is to convey the anti-wedge shape.

 

[Zafiro]

CLS would have a great sideprofile if the design hadnt been so messy.

 

[K-A]

In this case, the dropping line would have to be redesigned to be flatter so the door handles could fit which would defeat it`s purpose. How you explained it doesn`t make since because the line drops down too sharply for the door handles to be placed opon it or even be in line with it.( Vision and imagination before words.) The purpose of the dropping line is to convey the anti-wedge shape.

And therein lies the flaw. The "anti-wedge line" seems like it was literally drawn, and then placed on the car. I.e, it looks like it had nor has any relationship whatsoever with the CLS's design, its architecture, or any of its other elements. If you look at the first CLS, the side line is remarkably well designed. It starts at the front bumper, and then gains momentum, flying all the way to the back, in line with all the cars detailing. That's why many people still believe it's more beautiful than the current CLS, with all its broken lines and broken aspects.

I think the CLS's dropping line sometimes looks really dynamic and interesting when at certain 3/4 frontal views, as it has a certain "movement affect", but in most other angles, it looks like a "broken line" to me.

CLS would have a great sideprofile if the design hadnt been so messy.

I agree. At night, when all you can see is the cars silhouette, and the lines are too shadowed to notice, the shape and architecture are stunning. The broken elements frivolously take away from what could have been a pure and simple design that focuses on the natural dramatic nature of the car: The ultra sleek profile.

Simple is everlastingly "in", Apple has frontier'd that back in for our modern times. Many of us still like complexities, but M-B should have went for an "Apple approach" with the new CLS, monolithic, pure, and "pretty". Instead, I see something with lots of ideas, thrown in, but underneath them all, a form that would look best if it were just left to a natural and simple language.

 

[GTA45E]

Evidently the designers got something right. This cars attracts so much positive attention on the road it`s just about ridiculous!! it looks so much better in the metal than in photos, so much presence in a not so large package. This new one is the most feminine of all the newer Benz designs. It`s the poll leader so far on germancarfourm.com

 

[K-A]

I love the front and rear, for the record. The front is almost truck-like blunt from up close, but considering they don't have much wiggle room there, it still looks quite epic especially from a little distance.

 

[Zafiro]

I saw my first 640iM Gran Coupé today. Wow looks amazing and I actually fit comfortable in the backseat without my head bumping in the roof (I'm 183 centimeters tall). But its one big car.
I also had the opportunity to sit in the new M5. The frontseats are to die for, feels like sitting in a luxury sofa.

 

[hoffmeister_fan]

I saw my first 640iM Gran Coupé today. Wow looks amazing and I actually fit comfortable in the backseat without my head bumping in the roof (I'm 1.83 cm tall). But its one big car.
I also had the opportunity to sit in the new M5. The frontseats are to die for, feels like sitting in a luxury sofa.

I'd imagine you would have issues in a model car or a matchbox car. ;-)

6GC for me. It took BMW forever to make one, but when they did it looks so good from all angles, let alone from profile.

 

[Zafiro]

I'd imagine you would have issues in a model car or a matchbox car. ;-)

6GC for me. It took BMW forever to make one, but when they did it looks so good from all angles, let alone from profile.

Of course I meant 183 centimeters. LOL