2017 Mercedes-Benz C-Class Coupe

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08-19-15, 11:54 AM

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I don't get why Mercedes is cheapening their brand so much. This looks like a shrunken S-Class coupe. I know Mercedes is trying to use this to their advantage to spur sales, but it cheapens the brand IMO. Should be nicknamed the poor mans S-Class coupe.

08-19-15, 12:16 PM

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I absolutely love this design. MB has really grown on me. Is the 4 banger no turbo? It looks like it makes more power than the Lexus 2.0 turbo that is turbo.

08-19-15, 01:05 PM

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Originally Posted by COOLIS

Every C class since the first gen looks like a shrunken S class. It didn't hurt their image in the 90's and 2000's, why would it hurt it now?

08-19-15, 01:07 PM

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I absolutely love this design. MB has really grown on me. Is the 4 banger no turbo? It looks like it makes more power than the Lexus 2.0 turbo that is turbo.

Completely agreed, its a nice cohesive design, and the design seems to scale down better than the sedan did.

08-19-15, 01:29 PM

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Originally Posted by LexsCTJill

I absolutely love this design. MB has really grown on me. Is the 4 banger no turbo? It looks like it makes more power than the Lexus 2.0 turbo that is turbo.

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As previously reported, the C300 coupe features the same engine as the base sedan. That is a 2.0-liter, turbocharged inline-four engine delivering 241 hp and 273 lb-ft of torque.

http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/...WOT:MT|Reviews

In the IS, the Lexus 2.0 turbo makes 241 horsepower, and 258 lb-ft of torque.

08-19-15, 02:50 PM

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Originally Posted by jwong77

Every C class since the first gen looks like a shrunken S class. It didn't hurt their image in the 90's and 2000's, why would it hurt it now?

If you think a 95 C-Class looks like a 95 S-Class, you might want to visit your optometrist

. Same goes for the 02 C-Class/02 S-Class and 08 C-Class/08 S-Class. They look vastly different IMO. It wasn't until the newest C-Class did they look very similar.

08-19-15, 03:49 PM

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I'm perfectly ok with trickle down design.
S class inspiring design of C class is ok.

The other way around however... sucks.

08-19-15, 04:35 PM

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I don't see how anybody with a straight face can say this thing isn't gorgeous...let alone to call it "ugly"?!?!?

No accounting for taste I suppose lol

08-19-15, 05:09 PM

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I don't see how anybody with a straight face can say this thing isn't gorgeous...let alone to call it "ugly"?!?!?

No accounting for taste I suppose lol

Well, I can generally agree from a free-flowing styling point of view. But, sometimes car-buyers have to decide what's more important......looking at their cars, or looking out of them LOL.

08-19-15, 05:29 PM

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Originally Posted by COOLIS

If you think a 95 C-Class looks like a 95 S-Class, you might want to visit your optometrist

. Same goes for the 02 C-Class/02 S-Class and 08 C-Class/08 S-Class. They look vastly different IMO. It wasn't until the newest C-Class did they look very similar.

Really? Looks pretty similar to me

95 S class

95 c class

2002 S class

2002 C Class

08-19-15, 06:02 PM

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Agreed that every C class has looked like a shrunken S class. Only the E class really took out as something different but now it too looks like a blend between the S and the C lol

08-19-15, 07:50 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by COOLIS

If you think a 95 C-Class looks like a 95 S-Class, you might want to visit your optometrist

. Same goes for the 02 C-Class/02 S-Class and 08 C-Class/08 S-Class. They look vastly different IMO. It wasn't until the newest C-Class did they look very similar.

I think it may be you who needs to visit the optometrist. The C-class has always resembled the S-class, even when it was called the 190E.

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Agreed that every C class has looked like a shrunken S class. Only the E class really took out as something different but now it too looks like a blend between the S and the C lol

To be fair, the E-class really only started deviating when the '96 E-class came to the scene. I'll miss that differentiation. The W124 and before models were much more similar to the C and S-class.