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TOP STORY-New Mercedes S-class uncovered-Part 1








FIRST REAL PICS UP!!!!CLICK HERE TO SEE THEM IN OUR BLOG!!!Since we scooped the world over two years ago, the anticipation has been building and building around the redesigned de facto standard in luxury sedans, the 2007 Mercedes-Benz S-class.

The official intro for the S-class is this Monday, 9AM eastern time.

Keep checking AutoSpies.com because we will be posting the official photos, as soon as they are available.

Until then, here are the first pics with the aggressive wheel wells exposed in plain sight.

Enjoy!


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ChipChip - 6/18/2005 3:03:06 AM
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This "NEW" Benz looks the exact same as the old one except for

the fugly ML wheel bulges. And that Maybach ass ???

You all enjoy this ugly benz.

At least Audi and BMW take chances.

The new 7 and A8 are fantastic designs.

The new S has caddy written all over it. And the Old S-class.

UGLY UGLY UGLY. BORING BORING BORING

Do you people really think this car looks good?

Where is the advance in design???? Nowhere.....



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ChipChip - 6/18/2005 11:08:39 PM
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People bitched and complained about iDrive and its horrible
interface.
Now MB makes it worse. Way worse !!!!!!!
Not a single button in sight. I see some very small switches.
What? Not even temp and radio functions.
All the critics of the "7" take note.
This car better get slammed for this.
BMW was ahead of the curve. iDrive is better than this..
MB really messed up this time. BIG TIME.

BTW- The Steering wheel and dash hump are horribly designed.
Can we say Minivan!!!!!!!!





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dbrebeldbrebel - 6/19/2005 12:19:43 AM
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The photograph is fine, but the subject is anything but. Sadly, I see that the "love handles" weren't part of the test mule's disguise but actually made it to the final design. And what's with the ungainly misshapen cowl over the instruments? It has all the grace and sleekness of a bactrian camel.

It seems that all of the German design houses have seriously lost their way. We have the Banglized BMWs, the gaping bottom-feeder grilles on the Audis, and now Mercedes presents Tokyo by way of Stuttgart. A sad state of affairs.

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ChipChip - 6/19/2005 3:19:40 AM
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Hey Ben- We're all morons.

You like Distronic- Can You Drive?

You like the Back Up Camera- Again, Can You Drive?

You like the Nice little the pad for mouse- Again, are you a driver?

This car is straight ugly. The interior is laughable.

Youre right, the bar has been raised. To stupidity.



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TauronLBTauronLB - 6/19/2005 10:16:52 AM
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I like the pic of the burgunday car. I think that this car will look very good for a long time like the current car. I am personally really troubled by the iDriving of the interior. Am I the only person that was never bothereb by buttons in my interior? The double hump dashboard is even uglier in the S than it is in the 7. I think Audi got it right with the pop out screen. With all that said I think they are gonna sell as many as they can build. This MB instantly aged the 745's and 750's.
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Anim8orAnim8or - 6/19/2005 7:36:28 PM
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After the surprisingly strong design of the new CLS, I would have expected the bold design approach to make it to the new S.

No such luck. Those flat and tall wheel arches belong on an SUV. The head and tail-lights are both outdated and belong on a Japanese econo-car.

And yes, the inside is a complete copy of the BMW 7 series, with the top portion of the Audi A6 instrument hood thrown in for good measure.

This is a dreadful, clumsy, unoriginal, low-grade design.

Not impressed.

I'll still take the Audi A8 any day.


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ra700ra700 - 6/20/2005 11:57:26 AM
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This is really a missed opportunity by Mercedes to stay ahead of the game. The design is too evolutionary: the boot lid and chrome strip at the rear are 7 series like ( not good! ).
The interior has BMW parts in it! I'm almost sure the part numbers match. How sad that after 5 years of looking at the 7 they came up with a poor copy.
There is a lack of coherence is this car which might well rob it its supremacy and this even though it may be a great drive.

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senorgatosenorgato - 6/20/2005 1:03:58 PM
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How many more times can someone say "it ripped off the 7-Series". The rear looks nothing like the 7-Series. Mercedes came out with that trunk-lid look with the Maybach around the same time as the 7-Series was introduced. So, if anything, MB is copying itself.

As far as the overall design, it's nice. Could it have been better? Of course, what car couldn't stand improvements? But MB has never been known to create polarizing designs in their sedans. And why would MB re-create the CLS when it already has the CLS? For the CLS and S-class cars to be successful, they need to be very different cars. If you wanted a frickin' CLS, then go buy a CLS.

As far as the interior, yes, it is similar to the 7-Series, but MB did a much better job with it. The 7's dash/console is just a melee of buttons and confusion, even with the iDrive. MB's design is worlds ahead of it in terms of simplicity of design. But, the real question is who was truly first with this design/function? Based on the ridiculousness of the confusion of the 7's iDrive, it's very possible that both MB and BMW were working on the same technology at the same time and BMW rushed its product out to market way too soon. MB appears to have done the smart thing and refined its iDrive system to erradicate the glitches.

and for those who want to buy an A8, go right ahead. The car looks bulbous and ungainly and the interior, as high quality as it is, is plain boring.

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TheDonIITheDonII - 6/20/2005 3:05:36 PM
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To me the closeup head lights looks more like the Nissan Altima's.
Again I like the design on the outside but not the interior.

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fuzionfuzion - 6/21/2005 12:19:54 AM
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You're the reason everyone thinks gay guys are flaming queens :(

You're giving us a bad name.

Beautiful vehicle, nice lines, not quite as conservative as MB usually is, but its sharp and it looks fresh, interior is nice, layout may be kind of "iffy" but overall it looks great.

Everyone who is bitching about the "iDrive" deal.. It's not a bad thing, Audi may have executed it better w/ there MMI interface, but regardless, with the two other major German competitors using a system, MB had to do something to compete with it..

I don't know why everyone is so confused about it, it just takes a little practice to learn it, perhaps if you can't type or turn the computer on you shouldn't purchase a car w/ that system..

Anywho, if these are the real pics, it looks a lot better.. bolder styling is what people are after now, it's certainly not as edgy as a 7 series but it has a good flow..

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Homer008Homer008 - 6/21/2005 5:23:26 AM
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I think the car is gorgeous. The line flows in harmony from the front to the rear and it connects graciously...(line beginning from the front of the headlight to the rear brake lights).

The rear slopes gently with a grace also. The car has clean look and very modest in style saying "I'm a luxury car"! I especially like the front air scoop design (blue colored pic).

Interior of the car is nice too. The reason for 2nd hump which looks kinda odd is to shade LCD display from the sunlight obviously and its fine. The NEW idrive is much improved and simpler to operate also.


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Homer008Homer008 - 6/21/2005 5:23:26 AM
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I think the car is gorgeous. The line flows in harmony from the front to the rear and it connects graciously...(line beginning from the front of the headlight to the rear brake lights).

The rear slopes gently with a grace also. The car has clean look and very modest in style saying "I'm a luxury car"! I especially like the front air scoop design (blue colored pic).

Interior of the car is nice too. The reason for 2nd hump which looks kinda odd is to shade LCD display from the sunlight obviously and its fine. The NEW idrive is much improved and simpler to operate also.


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senorgatosenorgato - 6/23/2005 1:32:55 AM
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the problem here is that there are just haters of MB here, no matter what they do, no matter how good their product is.

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Homer008Homer008 - 6/23/2005 1:53:01 AM
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I think the car is gorgeous. The line flows in harmony from the front to the rear and it connects graciously...(line beginning from the front of the headlight to the rear brake lights).

The rear slopes gently with a grace also. The car has clean look and very modest in style saying "I'm a luxury car"! I especially like the front air scoop design (blue colored pic).

Interior of the car is nice too. The reason for 2nd hump which looks kinda odd is to shade LCD display from the sunlight obviously and its fine.


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Homer008Homer008 - 6/23/2005 1:53:01 AM
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I think the car is gorgeous. The line flows in harmony from the front to the rear and it connects graciously...(line beginning from the front of the headlight to the rear brake lights).

The rear slopes gently with a grace also. The car has clean look and very modest in style saying "I'm a luxury car"! I especially like the front air scoop design (blue colored pic).

Interior of the car is nice too. The reason for 2nd hump which looks kinda odd is to shade LCD display from the sunlight obviously and its fine.


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Homer008Homer008 - 6/23/2005 2:27:22 AM
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Thing is its an S class. It'll usually sell like mad. The S and SL are those rare cars that when the new one comes out, some of the loyal owners have to have them no matter what the cost.

So here it is. With all these new changes..well it effect the previous loyal customers? Is it going to favor the changes or no? We'll see!


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Homer008Homer008 - 6/23/2005 2:27:22 AM
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Thing is its an S class. It'll usually sell like mad. The S and SL are those rare cars that when the new one comes out, some of the loyal owners have to have them no matter what the cost.

So here it is. With all these new changes..well it effect the previous loyal customers? Is it going to favor the changes or no? We'll see!


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sedainesedaine - 6/24/2005 2:50:53 PM
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When did Bangle start at MB?




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Bimmer4meBimmer4me - 6/24/2005 8:03:31 PM
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People keep critisizing how the BMW idrive system suck now all the car manufacture are trying to do the same. In fact i have pics of the new S class the interior look exacly like the bmw execpt the bmw looks nice. S classs sucks. BMW lives on.

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