"Describing the development of the new 2007 Mercedes-Benz CL550 coupe, Lead Designer Holger Hutzenlaub does something people from Mercedes rarely do. He admits a mistake.
"We may have been a little too timid with the design of the previous-generation CL," he said. "This time around we wanted to make the car look more assured, more powerful, more...well...uh...." We can tell he wants to say something like "badass," but he settles on "confident" and moves on.
Hutzenlaub is right about the previous-generation CL500. Its exterior design was understated to the point of being forgettable. The fact that it was an otherwise flawless coupe wasn't always enough. Now that Hutzenlaub's team has given the new CL550 a more memorable shape, all the engineers had to do was keep up."
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