bitkahuna

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ignite and museum commercials are spectacular. great stuff.

bitkahuna

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must be why your sig says: "Lexus is really starting to get me interested in MB 550,BMW 550,AUDI S5,& JAG XF"

dunnojack

what year was your benz? 1996?

Has anyone heard any problems from the 2008 C class yet?


look at this. The E front end makes the bmw, and especially the jag, look plain. the E looks mean and evil. The jag looks the blandest

PAULGS430

Y2K GS4-platinum edition Silver/blk ,01GS3 White/beige,02GS430,02BMW M3 convt. Silver/blk w/blk top,01 Range Rover Silver/blk 2-tone piping,
02 MB S-500 Sport package blk/blk. - mine - too many to list
02 MB S-500 Sport package Blk.Beige amg wheels - dad - still has his & can't wait to switch. He still likes MB thinking about new E-550.
03 MB S-500 Blk/Beige - uncle - regrets getting MB
05 MB C-class Blk/beige - friend - she says never again.

Bit - My experience was nothing but endless problems. MB sucks in reliability. The new 09 MB-550,BMW etc. look like real good choices compared to what the Lexus GS have right now. I still like the styling & design of the MB e550 & S-class. I wouldn''t get 1 from my exp.My experience tells me NO!
I had 3 GS before that were modded to the bone. The current 3rd gen. is weak & under powered.

Gojirra99

I regard the non-AMG benz, which means the vast majority of all Benz, as appliances too Yes, I have driven all of them
Even AMG Benz have numb steering compared with BMW's.

Those are good commercials btw, but the new E-class still needs to grow on me, and I don't think I would ever like the bland rear end.

KILLERGS4

I agree, they just was to downgrade the car to Hyundai status...The new SLS Gullwin has tail lights similar to the 2010 E-class except the SLS tails are not as long...

LexFather

What automobile company puts another out of business? They put themselves out of business. There is ample consumers for all 3 brands.

Its funny how a Lexus can look like a Hyundai but a Benz cannot

KILLERGS4

because the Genesis is trying to copy Lexus...

-J-P-L-

Anyone else boggled at Mercedes calling the E-Class the most advanced car they've ever built?

Um, what happened to the S-Class? So has the $90,000 S just been rendered obsolete by the $50,000 E-Class??



Seems like they're throwing their own flagship, which is absolutely more advanced, under the bus in order to push the new E.

LexLaw

Yup!! As soon as I saw that ad I turned to my then fiance (newlywed) and said what was that all about? So now an E is that much more "advanced" than the "dated" Flagship S-class?? Come on MB I love this new E and all but damn.

LexFather

Well newer cars usually have the newer tech so even if the E-class is below the S, it probably has a few new features the S does not offer. Similar to how Acura advertises the ridiculously slow 0-60 in 6.5 second TL as "the most powerful Acura ever" lol...

The new Lexus RX and HS have features that the ES, GS, GX, IS-F do not have...

New car= newer tech

-J-P-L-

There are certainly cases where lower models may contain some new tech not found in the company's flagship but to call the E more advanced [overall] than the S is pretty ridiculous. It's not like the S is at the end of a 5 or 6 year life cycle either, it came out in 2007. And as it is, it packs more technology than any car ever created alongside the LS600hL and 760iL. And it's not just tech features, it's the whole package we're talking about.

It's just a bad move in advertising to crap on your own flagship that is known as the standard of the world.

FKL

Not sure how it is bad at all...you are nitpicking. The 2010 S-Class gets all these new features anyways.

memasterac

This E550's front bumper should be standard on all new Es. The reversed L-shape LED lights on other Es make me puke.

Gojirra99

They have to save that bumper for the AMG kit so they can charge you more if you want it