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Old 02-24-2007, 05:04 AM   #1
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Default The Next E-series Merc

http://www.autobild.de/erlkoenige/ne...tikel_id=13407

How about 6.8liter V10 and 680hp, stock. The other engines arenīt that bad neither, a few twinturbo engines and so on.
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Old 02-24-2007, 05:17 AM   #2
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If there's any truth in this the engine lineup is insane.
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Old 02-24-2007, 05:18 AM   #3
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I like it, and those rims are nice too actually. Weren't they on the Ocean Drive conceptcar?
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Old 02-24-2007, 05:39 AM   #4
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Originally Posted by Stoopie
I like it, and those rims are nice too actually. Weren't they on the Ocean Drive conceptcar?
No they weren't
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Old 02-24-2007, 05:47 AM   #5
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They look a lot like it

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Old 02-24-2007, 05:50 AM   #6
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Originally Posted by Stoopie
They look a lot like it

Look closer..

Tip; Try counting spokes..
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Old 02-24-2007, 06:00 AM   #7
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don't act so hard on me, mistakes are human aren't they?
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Old 02-24-2007, 06:03 AM   #8
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Ewww, I think the current one looks a lot better.

A lot more executive looking.
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Old 02-24-2007, 06:13 AM   #9
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Originally Posted by Stoopie
don't act so hard on me, mistakes are human aren't they?
Sorry, that wasn't my intention.. I just tried to point out that they aren't the same..
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Old 02-24-2007, 06:21 AM   #10
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Yeah and they are in fact pretty much all different Only thing I remembered was that the rims had lots of spokes
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Old 02-24-2007, 06:27 AM   #11
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Originally Posted by Stoopie
Yeah and they are in fact pretty much all different Only thing I remembered was that the rims had lots of spokes
I actually think the dude that made the PS-pictures hade the the rims from the Ocean Drive concept in mind.
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Old 02-24-2007, 08:50 AM   #12
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Mercedes lost their imagination?

Anyway its not bad, its just dissapointing for Mercedes..
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Old 02-24-2007, 11:12 AM   #13
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These photos are YEARS old. Autobild did that PS probably a good 3-4 years ago. Except they were in blue.
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Old 02-24-2007, 11:38 AM   #14
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The first thing that crossed my mind when i saw the pics is that the car looks japanese
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Old 02-24-2007, 02:19 PM   #15
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Originally Posted by bmw06m6
Originally Posted by jorge
The first thing that crossed my mind when i saw the pics is that the car looks japanese
No the Japanese look german.
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