Comments on: What is This Man Thinking? (photo courtesy autoblog)

By: carsinamerica

carsinamerica — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 08:20:47 +0000

“Years of design work, and our esteemed engineers have been successful…in putting an extra pair of foglights on a Lexus GS 450.”

By: TheRealAutoGuy

TheRealAutoGuy — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 05:08:43 +0000

“If I leave now I can back in Stuttgart for breakfast…”

By: TireGuy

TireGuy — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 00:38:22 +0000

Great Car!

By: golf4me

golf4me — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 19:00:25 +0000

“I like the current one better.”

By: charleywhiskey

charleywhiskey — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 18:08:31 +0000

See his hands? He’s praying.

By: golf4me

golf4me — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 17:17:45 +0000

“Wow, I need a new design team.”

By: DeanMTL

DeanMTL — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 17:15:11 +0000

Black paint makes everything better – the creases will disappear and the car will be reinstated to its MB glory.

As an aside, it’s colossal – has this the E-class gravitated to the conservative version of the S-class?

By: Mirko Reinhardt

Mirko Reinhardt — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 16:19:35 +0000

“So, Herr Buschmann – what are you going to do with THAT?”

(Bodo Buschmann is the head of BRABUS, and Brabus Benzes have had quad foglights for some time. Now they’ll need Octo-foglights to make a statement.)

By: HD1974

HD1974 — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 13:44:46 +0000

*I don’t need drivers blinding me with even more lights!*
Thanks, my thoughts exactly. That’s enough with the bright lights.

*You can get LED DRLs instead of the fogs.*
No please, don’t be giving them any more bad ideas.

By: Michael Karesh

Michael Karesh — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 13:40:57 +0000

Not working as well as the new C and S. Heck, the 2010 Ford Taurus looks better, at least on the outside.

By: jerry weber

jerry weber — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 12:25:33 +0000

he is thinnking, I am the luckiest guy on the planet. Two years ago I gave Chrysler away and left $36 billion on the table in the US. Today, I preside over a traditional luxury brand that is back to where it was ten years ago, making luxury cars. We all can talk of what he didn’t do at Chrysler, but with the overproduction in the World for cars, who could have turned this left over (chrysler) around? If chrysler had such a glorious future, why did Eaton sell it ten years ago? Was he also smart enough to read the tea leaves?

By: slartybarfast

slartybarfast — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 11:06:26 +0000

Screw this, I am going to go get myself a Hyundai Genesis!!

By: V6

V6 — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 09:46:40 +0000

it seems as though the Chrysler merger/takeover is still an ongoing nightmare for M-B.

such a deeply unattractive car that does exude any class/presence

By: empowah

empowah — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 07:55:55 +0000

You can get LED DRLs instead of the fogs. They look much better and mimic the exterior mirror side indicator design.

By: Flashpoint

Flashpoint — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 07:31:11 +0000

I’m planning to buy the next E class – AMG.

But the Fog lights GOTTA GO.

i can deal with the ugly – Hyundai rear end, but THOSE FOG LIGHTS GOTTA GO

By: Jeff Puthuff

Jeff Puthuff — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 06:50:14 +0000

“How did this Chinese-designed car end up on my stage?”

By: Lynchenstein

Lynchenstein — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 06:42:06 +0000

So, Lexus and Hyundai copy us, and we copy them right back. See how THEY like it! HAH!

By: dougfixit

dougfixit — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 05:55:13 +0000

“Zose Amerikaners vill never suspect that zis car is a Sebring with a Mercedes badge, and zay vill gladly pay top dollar for it too.”

By: thoots

thoots — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 04:47:33 +0000

Dang — quad foglights!

Gotta get me some of them — double up the pair I’ve got now.

Cool!

By: maniceightball

maniceightball — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 04:22:45 +0000

n’thing the face exhausts. I liked the design initially, and I still like the overall shape, but now I’m with snafu: it’s way too busy. Too many add-ons and tidbits that betray this car’s committee design. And the back is boring and entirely forgettable. I’ve had to look at the images a few times just to remind myself what it looks like.

Damon — Farago does this sometimes. I think he posts hastily just to throw it out there, because he usually adds credits later. Although, actually, it seems like some of the images haven’t been that clearly attributed, even in the title/tooltip tag… I’ll have to dig up some examples.

Edit: Looks like attribution is now there. A full URL would be nice on all these posts (maybe have it show up in the comments section to keep the front page from getting cluttered?)

By: mtypex

mtypex — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 04:20:57 +0000

Dieter is back in Detroit? He must love coney dogs.

By: Rev Junkie

Rev Junkie — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 03:45:24 +0000

It looks like quad exhaust tips are coming out the front!

By: carguy622

carguy622 — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 03:45:21 +0000

C’mon Mercedes is preserving resources. They are longer running the tailpipes all the way out the back of the car, now they exhaust through the front fascia. Plus it should cut down on road rage, the exhaust fumes are guaranteed to lead to subdued drivers.

Seriously though… what is up with those fog lights? I don’t need drivers blinding me with even more lights!

By: snafu

snafu — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 03:44:47 +0000

It is a little busy in the front.

The same thought was running through my head when he was responsible for the Chrysler group.

By: like.a.kite

like.a.kite — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 03:43:19 +0000

Only the tuners can do that with the foglights.

For some reason I can’t edit my comment. Fix it, Farago!