RE: Mercedes Concept SUV - more details
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What I don't really get about these things is that they just look so stupid in motion, especially when coming up behind them (funny that, I always seem to be passing them, despite these being the mega-super-enthusiast-driver's choice of conveyance, at least according to some around here). The first time I saw an X6 was a few years ago when I wafted past one on the motorway south west of Prague and, although I'd been following the motoring press enough to know what it was, I somehow saw it at first without analysing it and it just looked highly comical, like a kind of cross between a white turd and a toad scuttling along. Odd, that the shape of a vehicle should have that effect.
EDIT: I've just had another thought about this. I've been 'hands on' messing about with cars since my teens, so I think I've just developed a sense of the language of good car design, i.e. what it takes to make a real driver's car, not just in terms of drivetrain but also structure. If it's not a drivers'* car or a practical load lugger, what is it really? A marketing fiction for fashion victims would seem to be the only other function.
EDIT: I've just had another thought about this. I've been 'hands on' messing about with cars since my teens, so I think I've just developed a sense of the language of good car design, i.e. what it takes to make a real driver's car, not just in terms of drivetrain but also structure. If it's not a drivers'* car or a practical load lugger, what is it really? A marketing fiction for fashion victims would seem to be the only other function.
- = i.e. a car for drivers, not for those who have the driving done for them by committees of (albeit highly skilled and talented) engineers.
Edited by Richard A on Tuesday 22 April 16:38
I do wonder about the Germans. Clearly, M-B is not above doing the American and Japanese thing of "bolder grille, giant wheels, fender flares" and to what end? What kind of client are they trying to attract from a high CG, heavy, and fuel-consumptive barge? Lord help you if you should have to back up or parallel park this pig.
Used to admire M-B but this newfound bling phase of theirs is off-putting, to be sure.
Used to admire M-B but this newfound bling phase of theirs is off-putting, to be sure.
At least a proper 4x4 has some practical uses.
But this type of car serves no purpose.
I had to borrow a Q 5 the other day, it's the first time I've driven a high car and it felt rubbish around a corner.
The thought of trying to man handle a hot one of these doesn't bear thinking about.
Style over substance.
But this type of car serves no purpose.
I had to borrow a Q 5 the other day, it's the first time I've driven a high car and it felt rubbish around a corner.
The thought of trying to man handle a hot one of these doesn't bear thinking about.
Style over substance.
Leggy said:
At least a proper 4x4 has some practical uses.
But this type of car serves no purpose.
I had to borrow a Q 5 the other day, it's the first time I've driven a high car and it felt rubbish around a corner.
The thought of trying to man handle a hot one of these doesn't bear thinking about.
Style over substance.
I personally think it is hideous and, even if I could afford one it would not appear on any list of potential purchases. However, taste is a very personal matter and some will have both the disposable income and desire to buy these. Suspect M-B are thinking of USA and China as real markets.But this type of car serves no purpose.
I had to borrow a Q 5 the other day, it's the first time I've driven a high car and it felt rubbish around a corner.
The thought of trying to man handle a hot one of these doesn't bear thinking about.
Style over substance.
Cynical journalism...let us decide for ourselves if we like it or not rather than giving us your bilge.
Maybe the market for this type of car is someone who doesn't need a box to carry stuff, and likes a higher driving position. These tall cars handle as well as saloons so why not take advantage of the improved visibility.
Maybe the market for this type of car is someone who doesn't need a box to carry stuff, and likes a higher driving position. These tall cars handle as well as saloons so why not take advantage of the improved visibility.
I've been tempted by the idea of some of the new MB crossovers but I've seen a few GLA's over this weekend and in the metal they just don't look very cohesive and if the interior mirrors the A-Class's the quality of the plastics, fit etc isn't good at all for the outlay.
Agree this looks very similar to the X6. Like when Mazda created the 121 out of the fiesta similar.
Agree this looks very similar to the X6. Like when Mazda created the 121 out of the fiesta similar.
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