OMG that is eye candy.

 

Freaking Clean.. test drove the E63 AMG today .. OMG.. that car flies... No wonder the M5 isnt doing that well in sales.. I rather pay less and buy the E63.... BUt the coupe black edition... is sweet.. Should I sell the TT??? haha

 

I believe M5 sales have dropped is due to the styling, many people may not find the style to be appealing, the new 5 series look very Japanese looking. I think there is more then enough power for the average driver (500 horsepower, 100 horsepower per liter).

 

Care to articulate how the new 5 series is "Japanese looking"?

I see nothing from Japan that looks remotely close to the new 5... in fact, I see nothing from Japan or anywhere else in the world with headlights that copied Mother Nature's owl eyes.

It's interesting how there's this prevailing negative innuendo when something is of Japanese styling v. German/Italian. It's bordering the absurd. I've seen goods and bads from both sides of the pond.

 

I was talking in regards to the the lines of the vehicle, the lights in the front strike me as being Japanese, you may not agree with me.

 

You catch me drift?

 

That's too funny. I think the same thing when I see either going down the road. TWIN'S....

Has anyone put much thought into the production number of 350 on the CLK BLACK. I went to three dealers today and all said that only 100 or 150(can't remember which number) are coming to the US. Out of the 3 I did find one that said they don't believe they have received a deposit yet. If that's the case, I will put a deposit on it tomorrow when they call me. I never put much thought into the production number. I just assumed it was 350 for the US, but my dealer said they got a memo and it stated the 100 or so. That will make it far more difficult to get

 

It said on the site that the car needs 98 octane, basically jet fuel. how the hell you get that in the U.S without paying $8 a gallon?

 

The new BMWs have quite a bit of Japanese styling, MBZ is not far behind. It's funny because just a few short years ago, the Japanese were copying the european styling (Lexus LS430 look liked the mid-'90s S-class) to boost the image of their cars, now that they have found an identity for themselves, the "big 3" (Audi, BMW, MBZ) are hovering toward Japanese styling. It's too bad you can't see it, maybe you need to visit your optometrist. The most glaring example, apart from the "asianed" 5er is the brand new CL, whose headlights share an uncanny similarity to the Scion tC's.

I don't see any negative innuendo, but you can't expect people to sympathize when something loses its own identity in hopes of copying a competitor, especially a high-end European car manufacturer.

That's 98 RON, roughly equivalent to US 91 pump fuel.

 

Has anyone else heard of the 63 AMG powerplants not making propsed HP/TQ numbers? I've been reading that everywhere and haven't seen any updates on whats the latest news. I'd hate to spend 135k and only get 380whp as others have been getting????

 

that car is delicious. and i'm not one to really like mercedes... but wow.

 

Care to begin to define what "Japanese styling" is and how the pointed up headlights is "Japanese styling" and not German or Italian or Korean or Swedish, etc? If anything it's "Mother Nature" styling based on the eagle or owl.

This one will be interesting. Get your BS monitor checked because it's outta control.

 

Not a big fan of mercedes... but. man.. that car looks awesome!!! I decide to stop for BMW and favor Mercedes more... Since that GM guy took over BMW; their cars haven't been the same...

 

Did the CLK thing back in '99...for that kinda money I'd rather go Italian.

 

That's like saying you had a 308GTS back in 85 so you have no interest in an F 430.