Fizzboy7

Here is a shot of the actual car undergoing testing in 2007, in preparation for the new 2008 model. Yet this car never debuted in the last three years, so not sure what's going on. Either way, it looks more like a hatch rather than coupe and a rehash of the last C hatch. Hope this isn't it, as I think it will fail just as bad as the last one.

http://www.worldcarfans.com/10709203...ed/lowphotos#2

onihc

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wasn't the original c-class coupe that ugly hatch with 1.8 compressor?

RXSF

It did come out and it is called the CLC in europe but is not available in the US market. The problem is that it has a w204 front end, an ugly looking rear end, and a w203 interior

IS-SV

^^^ wow, that's even uglier than the C70, not that it matters.

mmarshall

No. What you are talking about is the C230 Kompressor....a completely different car. The C230 was more or less like a grown-up Honda CRX. It WAS sold here in the American market for a few years....I went and checked one out for a friend of mine considering a possible purchase.



The regular C-Class coupe, a non-hatchback, was somewhat larger.

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mmarshall

We'll just have to disagree like gentlemen on that one. I consider the original C70 (not the later ones) a great-looking car......especially compared to the motorized shoe-boxes it replaced. Much of the auto press, at the time, agreed.

IS-SV

For sure it was reasonably attractive at the time C70, but it sure looks dated today. Volvo styling certainly wasn't great after that.

LexFather

http://www.autoblog.com/2010/07/09/s...agged-testing/

pvmike1

Not bad, but still pales in comparison to it's main competition, the 3 series coupe. Much better as a coupe than a hatchback though.

CK6Speed

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I like it. Yes, at the moment the BMW 3 Coupe might still have it beat, and also the Audi A5 Coupe in looks, but the this CLK or whatever is still a pretty good looking Coupe from what I can see so far.

IS-SV

Hard to beat the A5 styling, but at first glance looks like a good addition to MB product line.

I8ABMR

why is that MB can design a decent looking coupe bur Cadillac cant to save their lives. The butt on the new CTS coupe is way to high and angular

IS-SV

The CTS sedan has a similar less pronounced problem.

All those Escalade SUV-like boxy/squarish/angular lines on Cadillac cars look questionable and work poorly in the wind tunnel too. I was never a fan of taking the 'Slade SUV/truck styling into the cars.

knihc2008

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My gosh this is going to be a boring car. Who would choose it over a 3er coupe or an A5? The C-class sedan is so unabashedly upright and sedan-stately as it gets; lopping off two doors without changing any other styling isn't gonna give this car any panache it needs.

RXSF

they kept the window pillar...