2012 Mercedes SLK revealed

boblaw · 01-12-2011, 08:08 PM

http://www.motorauthority.com/blog/1...nz-slk-preview

Looks hot! Better than the Z4 even...

bavarian19 · 01-12-2011, 08:15 PM

eh

pmeloche · 01-12-2011, 08:18 PM

I really liked the front of the previous SLK.

koreez88 · 01-12-2011, 08:43 PM

I think this looks amazing. Too bad that a car that small weights as much as a 328i. It has potential to be a crazy ass rocket.

johanness · 01-12-2011, 09:50 PM

still a chicks car

nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn · 01-12-2011, 10:02 PM

Like nobody saw this design coming...

Year's_End · 01-12-2011, 10:40 PM

Ugly. Disproportionate. Boring. Predictable. I could go on.

It's amazing how Benz managed to cram all of their styling cues from their bigger cars into a little car like this...actually no it's not. It looks like it's a ramming tool to take down barricades or something.

Also, are they trying to de-value the SLS by making this <50k car have a nearly identical interior?

Year's_End · 01-12-2011, 10:42 PM

Man I hate how all Benz droptops have such tall hood lines running from the A-pillar forward. It looks like the rear shoulders were jammed into a different car with the halfway point being the front edge of the doors.

UltimateBMW · 01-12-2011, 10:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Nikkahtropolis

Ugly. Disproportionate. Boring. Predictable. I could go on.

It's amazing how Benz managed to cram all of their styling cues from their bigger cars into a little car like this...actually no it's not. It looks like it's a ramming tool to take down barricades or something.

Also, are they trying to de-value the SLS by making this <50k car have a nearly identical interior?

I also see SLS. Only all the worst lines of the SLS.

They could have done better.

Memphis1 · 01-12-2011, 11:15 PM

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BMW F22 · 01-12-2011, 11:21 PM

SLS, C-class, SL mix.

all8up · 01-13-2011, 08:36 AM

I never liked the previous SLK but this one is pretty nice.

Garduna · 01-13-2011, 09:20 AM

yep, it's a poor man's sls. terrible

wakeboarder109 · 01-13-2011, 09:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ferrari355fi

Like nobody saw this design coming...

yea no shit. I can't say I've ever been a fan of the SLK

footie · 01-13-2011, 10:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nikkahtropolis

Ugly. Disproportionate. Boring. Predictable. I could go on.

It's amazing how Benz managed to cram all of their styling cues from their bigger cars into a little car like this...actually no it's not. It looks like it's a ramming tool to take down barricades or something.

Also, are they trying to de-value the SLS by making this <50k car have a nearly identical interior?

+1 on everything.

DM1 · 01-13-2011, 02:11 PM

SO UGLY!! Design wise this is kinda like the Aztec,... it might have looked good on the renders and sketches, but My God it's ugly, disproportioned, no flow lines, bad cuts and edges, nose too wide, lights too short, rear is terrible,... like said before, I could go on but it's just that it is really bad. Previous generation was 100000000 better, even the first gen is better than this one.

JoosyJoos · 01-13-2011, 02:15 PM

Ya thats pretty hideous. The older generation was girly but at least it had a comprehensive design that flowed well. This just seems like there were too many designers tacking on extra bits and styling cues to a clay model before production.

Wraith. · 01-13-2011, 03:26 PM

Just as ugly as it was when I posted it a month ago:

http://e89.zpost.com/forums/showthread.php?t=463700

Boost Gomez · 01-13-2011, 05:11 PM

There's something very wrong about the proportions of this car.

chenx15 · 01-14-2011, 09:03 AM

yuck, what's going with the MB designers??? they should hire the guy from Audi

skim · 01-14-2011, 12:34 PM

i dig it.. this to me looks a lot more "manly" than the last 2 gen where the z4 got feminine with the new one.

majin ssj eric · 01-14-2011, 12:37 PM

It looks like every other Mercedes, really. Not great, not bad, just kinda ehhh....

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