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Old 01-03-09 | 01:12 PM
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Originally Posted by encore888
IIRC the 3rd window is there to allow the rear windows to lower.
that doesn't make sense.
it's purely for styling.

they put that there so that they could extend the chrome trim farther back, to give it the illusion that the glass is bigger.

just like the 2GS




whatever their intentions, that 3rd glass ruins it

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Old 01-03-09 | 01:33 PM
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Dunnojack, the reason that window line is there on the 2GS is for 2 reasons
1. The C-pillar is the same
2. They wanted to show some GS "tradition" in that C-pillar
3. This continues in the 3GS with the same curved C-pillar (hoffmeister kink)
Old 01-03-09 | 01:58 PM
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Man that has to be the 2gs's worst angle. bubbly mess.
Old 01-03-09 | 06:38 PM
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Not that cool to me. This is part of the reason I bought an M6 instead of another Benz. Every Benz looks the same now......the SL looks like the CL....the SLK.....now the E-class coupe.
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Thought those tail light looked familiar,,,



And the headlights look vaguely familiar too,,,,

Old 01-03-09 | 09:06 PM
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i like it... !
Old 01-03-09 | 10:25 PM
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eh they improved on the front end but the tail lights are teh ew
Old 01-04-09 | 01:07 PM
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Old 01-04-09 | 02:54 PM
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tint the windows dark enough, and you won't notice the 3rd glass so much

and yeah, this thing NEEDS big wheels.


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Old 01-04-09 | 05:10 PM
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CL type front and Fugly rear. Maybe a GS coupe will come out
Old 01-04-09 | 08:20 PM
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Originally Posted by BlackGhost
Are you sure this is not a photoshop? I mean look at the front plate number. Its kinda having a curve in the middle of it going along with the design.
That is the way the license plate holder comes. My wife's friends CLK is like that. The license plate literally is bent into that shape. Doesn't look bad at all in real life.

Anyway, I like it. I tend to favor 2-Door Coupe designs so this car appeals to me.
Old 01-04-09 | 08:23 PM
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Car doesn't look bad. And that black GS looks gorgeous.
Old 01-05-09 | 12:58 AM
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that e class came out in 96 the 2gs not until 98 so no flaming please

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Old 01-05-09 | 01:06 AM
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god if mercedes could only make them reliable, I would spend the extra money. I cant wait to see that car at the SEMA show worked. Big *** 22's, a body kit, and a nice suspension set up and that thing is ready for the sun set strip in LA
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Originally Posted by drunk_dave
that e class came out in 96 the 2gs not until 98 so no flaming please
But the first generation Lexus SC came out in 1992 with quad headlights, and the Jaguar sedans have had quad headlights even way before that, in the the 60's/70's


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