Spy Shots: Mercedes-Benz E-class coupe caught in the buff
by Jonathon Ramsey on Jan 26th 2009 at 10:01AM 
The 2010 Mercedes-Benz E-Class Coupe has been caught in the clear -- almost nude -- with just a little tape around the lights and decklid at a company presentation in Mallorca. We'll have to spend some time with that sculpted flank in person just to make sure, but in pictures, the former E-Class and CLK have successfully come together in the new E-Class sedan and E-Class Coupe. It could also be the third best translation of the design language that began with the S-Class (the C-Class is second), leaving the CL-Class a distinctive-yet-distant fourth. We'd imagine the E-Class Coupe is set for a New York or Geneva Auto Show unveiling, where we can inspect it thoroughly.
[Source: MotorPasion]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Adam 10:06AM (1/26/2009)
Is that a Honda Accord?
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garlinski 10:13AM (1/26/2009)
i couldn't type that fast enough. Good call. unimaginative camo eitehr. Rims look cheap for a $50k+ German Coupe. What's the sense?
Yaroukh 10:28AM (1/26/2009)
Yes. And according to number of wheels it is also Ford Fusion, Skoda Fabia and NSU Prinz...
JF 10:32AM (1/26/2009)
Adam, I was thinking the exact same thing. Even the wheels don't look better than the Accord's.
kingtaz0 12:33PM (1/26/2009)
Price it starting at 25,999 and it's beautiful.
Price it at 50,000+ and it looks like ass.
They designed better looking cars when they were part of Chrysler. (sad sad day)
Jared 12:38PM (1/26/2009)
The wheels probably don't look good because um.... IT'S NOT A PRODUCTION CAR!
It's a decamo'd test car. Which means they probably just put some wheels on it they had laying around.
As far as styling. That rear quarter looks the same as the new Hyundai that's been toting around. It looks ok, but I hope it looks better in person.
Andrew 1:07PM (1/26/2009)
No, it's a Solara.
WeatherMan 3:55PM (1/26/2009)
My wife and I saw one of these in black last week, same camo tape on lights/lid, and thought the same thing; new Accord coupe?!?!
big J 7:29PM (1/26/2009)
it's an E-ccord
Crackberry Addict 10:11AM (1/26/2009)
The current gen is classic and elegant, and this one is much more masculine and in your face. I like both for different reasons. Nice job MB!
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jv2k 10:17AM (1/26/2009)
I'm not liking it. It looks more like a coupe version of a 20k midsized sedan than it does an expensive luxury vehicle.
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casey 10:18AM (1/26/2009)
the best MBs have always been tasteful and elegant-eschewing fads for lasting quality and beauty-Savile Row and Brooks Bros, not Sean John or Lacroix. Bring back Bruno Sacco please. he got it, their current designers don't.
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no. 10:18AM (1/26/2009)
It feels like the current generation of MBs don't look "stately" anymore. They took the aggression a little bit too far and now they all look like Lexus designs on steroids. What happened to the conservative elegance that Mercedes Benz used to represent?
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Serge 10:18AM (1/26/2009)
While I don't agree with the Accord comments... the CTS Coupe does look WAY better than this. The current CLK is elegant, a little feminine but still elegant. And if the interior will resemble the one in the new E, it'll be too angular for such a luxury car.
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BillyBob 10:29AM (1/26/2009)
It may just be me, but I find Mercedes' new styling, led by the CLS and spreading to the rest of their lineup, to be hideous. I agree with the previous comment that Mercedes are getting too "aggressive" looking. A MB dealer near me always has a bunch of cars lined up near the highway for effect and they look like they are lined up ready to attack. While MB will never go back to their gorgeous cars of yesteryear, I thought the outgoing E and previous S were pretty good looking.
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thomas 2:14PM (1/26/2009)
*yawn*
that design phillosophy did wonders for jaguar.
Smegley 10:29AM (1/26/2009)
The E is for Equus .... as in Hyundai Equus.
MB designers have to be on drugs to produce the garbage they do.
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jeff 10:30AM (1/26/2009)
so many recent MBs lately have had that downward slope to the character lines towards the back of the car. I really don't like that, and it's persisted through so many designs ever since the CLS.
Otherwise this is a nice design, but that downward curve bothers me a lot.
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Geekengineer 10:31AM (1/26/2009)
I am not digging that rear fender... thing. Bentley did it much better on the Continental GT.
As for the wheels, well, I just hope those shown are just to get this car from A to B during testing.
Wow... that rear end is really, uh, boring. I almost mistook it for a Hyundai Elantra...
http://www.motorpasion.com/gallerias/fotos-espia-del-mercedes-benz-clase-e-coupe-en-mallorca/6
http://www.carwale.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/2006_hyundai_elantra_rear.jpg
Oh well... I can't afford one of these huge cars anyway.
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Rick 2:28PM (1/26/2009)
I don't like the box look either. I prefer rounded and flared arch fenders.
Funny tho, it does kind of look like an Accord.