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2011 Mercedes SLK (updated revealed in French vid inside)

Old 07-04-09, 03:04 AM
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definitely looks more like SL
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Old 07-04-09, 03:13 AM
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This car looks hot. It will be more amazing when Mercedes stuffs the 6.3L v8 in it..
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Old 07-04-09, 08:33 AM
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Originally Posted by Allen K
Hood is a bit too busy for me and the entire thing looks crunched. Stupid pedestrian safety laws...
Oh, is that why all the cars coming out now look like they've hit a wall.

Well, allow me to have a perfectly controvercial opionion right here. If pedestrian was stupid enough to walk in front of the moving car they should get hit, preferibly by an old school Camaro or Firebird (when they had the 3 points on the front) or by a Range Rover or other large brick shaped SUV (I'm 5'10" & the Rover hood is at my shoulder, if I were stupied enough to step in front of one it would eat me). Pedestrian stupidity shouldn't be the reason that all of a sudden If I want a new car it has to be halla fugly & pre-crashed looking.
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Old 07-04-09, 10:35 AM
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Interesting enough renderings, but I still want to see what the new SLK will really look like.
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Old 07-04-09, 02:28 PM
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looks too much like an S class. tail lights lifted straight from S. Headlights slightly modified S.

i doubt that they'd make the roadster like that.
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Old 07-04-09, 10:44 PM
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I have liked EVERY generation of the SLK.

There I said it

Seriously I always liked this car.
 
Old 07-05-09, 12:11 AM
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Originally Posted by 1SICKLEX
I have liked EVERY generation of the SLK.

There I said it

Seriously I always liked this car.
it didn't grow on you?

you got so many cars growing on you lately, you must be like Devastator from transformers:

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Old 07-05-09, 07:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Faymester
Oh, is that why all the cars coming out now look like they've hit a wall.

Well, allow me to have a perfectly controvercial opionion right here. If pedestrian was stupid enough to walk in front of the moving car they should get hit, preferibly by an old school Camaro or Firebird (when they had the 3 points on the front) or by a Range Rover or other large brick shaped SUV (I'm 5'10" & the Rover hood is at my shoulder, if I were stupied enough to step in front of one it would eat me). Pedestrian stupidity shouldn't be the reason that all of a sudden If I want a new car it has to be halla fugly & pre-crashed looking.
Faymester for the new role of global auto standards tsar!
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Old 07-05-09, 10:15 PM
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Does anyone else notice how the headlamps are very similar to the Infiniti G's design?
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Old 07-05-09, 10:30 PM
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Originally Posted by 1SICKLEX
I have liked EVERY generation of the SLK.

There I said it

Seriously I always liked this car.
Only 3 generations (if you include this one) and still not an ugly one yet.

Can't say that about the BMW X(3/4) or RX-7.
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Old 07-06-09, 12:05 AM
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Now that's a Benz I could be proud to have. Finally!
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Old 07-06-09, 02:06 AM
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I am not sure if I do like the new design or not......seems a little too blend.
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Old 07-06-09, 04:53 AM
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Originally Posted by dunnojack
i don't like this rendering

the current slk is unique, esp with the mclaren slr beak.

this rendering is just a mishmash of the S and C and M class. and too many LED's.

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Agree 100%!!! McLaren front gives it its edge, too much like a SL.... and the SLK55 AMG is a BEAST!!!! Been looking at one for the Missus...
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Old 07-06-09, 09:13 PM
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Originally Posted by MPLexus301
I know that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but to me the current SLK doesn't look remotely aggressive, even in AMG trim. It just looks...mild.



In fact, I have always thought that the overall shape of the car and many of it's details are quite reminiscent of the SC 430.
does this one help? Black Series wanntabe...
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Old 07-06-09, 10:21 PM
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Originally Posted by kyang91
I am not sure if I do like the new design or not......seems a little too blend.
No concern, we haven't seen the final or real design yet.
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