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  1. Sideways

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    #2 Sideways, Nov 9, 2009
    Does anyone else think of the Dodge Viper when they look at this car???
    I think this is a FAIL in automotive design as they have done nothing to make this car look better than the SLR.
    I can appreciate throwback design, but at least draw from the past...dont try to copy it...that is all this car is to me...a bad copy of an automotive ICON.
    Shame on you Mercedes for bastardizing one of your most beautiful designs.
    Thats right...I just said it!
     
  2. Steve

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    #3 Steve, Nov 9, 2009
    Yep, I was going to say it has a little RX-8 in it but Viper is MUCH closer. I think it's better looking than the current Viper, but does have a lot of the same overall shape.

    I like the relatively simple looking interior and I bet the sounds it makes are fantastic...can't wait to hear one.

    I also have a hard time looking at the front of some newer Mercs without flashing on the Cadillac CTS...those angular, three-across lower grille openings and the sharp vertical crease right down the center of some models (E-class for example) in particular...who copied who? This one doesn't have the central crease but it has the same lower grille design and I swear the second impression that flashed on me (after I got past the gull wings) was that Cadillac CTS.
     
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    #4 PGT, Nov 9, 2009
    Viper from the greenhouse back and S2000 up front. Bleh.
     
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    #5 Deviant, Nov 9, 2009
    It doesn't look bad and for what it can do I wouldn't kick one out of my garage but the side profile is a bit awkward and the McLaren SLR looked a lot better, modern with design cues hinting at the past where this is retro with design cues hinting at the future.
     
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    #6 minimark, Nov 9, 2009
    It's an almost, almost a great looking car but fails miserably.. While a fan of some long nose cars (see Jaguar mid 60's), this just looks out of balance somehow and the rear end could have been cut off an Acura....and when compared to the Italian effort in another thread, the Germans have laid an egg...:frown2:
     
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    #7 Steve, Nov 10, 2009
    I have mixed feelings...think I'll reserve judgment on this thing until I get to see one in 3-D...you know, in person. Might also be one of those cars that sort of transforms in certain colors. We'll see.....
     
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    #8 BlimeyCabrio, Nov 10, 2009
    If any of you h8ers win one in the lottery, kindly send it to me. I will give it a good home.
     
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    #9 Sideways, Nov 11, 2009

    They can keep the car...I will take the cash instead:lol:
     
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    #10 minimark, Nov 11, 2009
    :idea: We have a winner!
     
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    #11 goaljnky, Nov 11, 2009
    What saddens me the most is that these types of cars are not made for driving. I don't recall where I read it, but somewhere it said that these were slated and have been spoken for by collectors.

    One of my guilty pleasures is watching various car shows on HD. One theme that runs through all the Concourse De Elegance winners is that at one point it was a car that someone bought, or ordered custom because they were either going to drive it, or be driven in it. I certainly do not get that feeling from this one.
     
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    #12 Deviant, Nov 12, 2009
    Actions like this contributed to the bursting of the Supercar bubble of the late 80s/early 90s. It's impossible to really predict what will be a good investment, sure you can pretty much garuntee that eventually every Ferrari will begin to appreciate in value but having a $250K car become worth $300K 20years later isn't nearly as good an investment as buying a driving a normal everyday car that the becomes worth 3 times it's original value. That's why when I hear people refer to MINIs as a future collectible car I'm pleased, but still drive my car just as much as anyone and can't stand the idea of having a piece of garage jewelry. Cars were meant to be driven, even if only rarely on the weekends, not to sit in a bubble an looked at like a painting.
     
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    #13 nabeshin, Nov 15, 2009
    I like it. It just might have too many buttons on the console. Clarkson might mention that when they feature this car on Top Gear.