RE: Mercedes E-Class Coupe: Review
Discussion
Oddball RS said:
And the prize for not reading the article goes to........
I read it. It'd be 50 grand by the time you add a few options, a ridiculous amount of money for a four pot. The six pot starts at 50 so will be more like 60 unless you want boggo spec. Either way I was bitten by Mercedes with a 2002 SLK and some experience of a 2006 SL, both of which were made during the dark times for the brand when the bean counters took over. The myriad of problems with both and the general dealer inability to fix them has made me very wary of switching from the blue propeller.
You can also get a 8 year old Aston V8 Vantage, its not comparable!bennyboydurham said:
I read it. It'd be 50 grand by the time you add a few options, a ridiculous amount of money for a four pot. The six pot starts at 50 so will be more like 60 unless you want boggo spec.
Either way I was bitten by Mercedes with a 2002 SLK and some experience of a 2006 SL, both of which were made during the dark times for the brand when the bean counters took over. The myriad of problems with both and the general dealer inability to fix them has made me very wary of switching from the blue propeller.
Nonsense. The list price for an E300 AMG Line Coupe is £41k, broadspeed already offering a £4k discount. The spec on an AMG Line is decent, even with £3k of options which is about right IMHO, you'll still get it for 40k.Either way I was bitten by Mercedes with a 2002 SLK and some experience of a 2006 SL, both of which were made during the dark times for the brand when the bean counters took over. The myriad of problems with both and the general dealer inability to fix them has made me very wary of switching from the blue propeller.
Oh, and dismissing a car from 2017 with brand new architecture based on an SLK from 15 years ago and an SL from 11 years ago. Yeah that's sensible...
It does amuse me how people keep bleating on about the "stuck on ipads". The new E-Class has one (or two if you spec it) fully integrated screens, as the interior pictures show. The new 5-Series has a separate, stand up screen on the top of the dash, yet no complaints? Could be the blue and white badge, I suppose... 
RedRob67 said:
It does amuse me how people keep bleating on about the "stuck on ipads". The new E-Class has one (or two if you spec it) fully integrated screens, as the interior pictures show. The new 5-Series has a separate, stand up screen on the top of the dash, yet no complaints? Could be the blue and white badge, I suppose...
Or perhaps they just look out of place (to me they do!)Other than that what a great looking car
popeyewhite said:
Guvernator said:
Even the interior looks pretty decent.....until you get to those ridiculous stuck on ipads that is.
Look at the photos, I think you'll find a. there's only one what you call an 'ipad', and b. it's not an ipad. Am I looking at the same photos as everyone else? 
See those two things outlined in read with 3 inch bezels that look like they came off a laptop from the 80's and the edges sticking out like they are stuck on top of the dash rather than integrated into it like in other cars? That's what I'm talking about, they look like ipads, and knock-off ipads at that. They have taken enough stick from owners and non-owners about them, just do a search for Mercedes floating screen. I'd have thought they'd have listened to their customers and changed it by now but obviously not.
Very nice, seems like they've really gone for it on interior quality.
I suspect they have indeed gone for it on the interior quality. Have they done the same to the exterior quality? The interior looks like it could damage your eyes in much the same was as if a child were to spend too many hours in front of the telly. It looks seriously busy.
I suspect they have indeed gone for it on the interior quality. Have they done the same to the exterior quality? The interior looks like it could damage your eyes in much the same was as if a child were to spend too many hours in front of the telly. It looks seriously busy.
MarshPhantom said:
Whatever anyone thinks of the looks, MB have to admired for not constantly knocking out the same old same old like VW, AUDI, BMW, Porsche.
Are you for real? Go back a few years when BMW released the radically different E60 5 series and E65 7 series!!This E class looks VERY similar to the C and S class coupes (not that that is a bad thing) but to say the others are knocking out cars all looking the same and to say this is different seems somewhat bizarre!
Because the BMW 6 series looks identical in every way to a Z4 or 3 series
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Why?
The 6 series doesn't and has never competed with the E class.
The 6 series at a list of £67k competes with the CLS and Audi A7 with the Gran Coupe and kind of on its own with the Coupe and Convertible.
Mercedes seem to have gone much like Audi by making their models clones of each other, the last E Coupe was lovely but this seems too safe and a little boring although the interior is quite impressive, but I'm unsure about the dash...
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Why?
The 6 series doesn't and has never competed with the E class.
The 6 series at a list of £67k competes with the CLS and Audi A7 with the Gran Coupe and kind of on its own with the Coupe and Convertible.
Mercedes seem to have gone much like Audi by making their models clones of each other, the last E Coupe was lovely but this seems too safe and a little boring although the interior is quite impressive, but I'm unsure about the dash...
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