MB F700 concept

[carstar]

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Mercedes-Benz F700

Dubbed the F700, the large luxury sedan plots a direct path to the next-generation S-Class due in 2012, with state-of-the-art engine and suspension technology, as well as an advanced avatar-based controller system and radical new styling developed by the German automaker’s U.S.-based design studio in California.

WTF is with the front doors!?

[Oracle of Delphi]

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Edited September 12, 2007 by Pontiac Custom-S

[Sixty8panther]

20% poorly drawn Japanime circa 1994

30% my sketch books full of cars from High Shcool Study Hall (1993-7)

50% Mitsubishi Eclipse

[the_yellow_dart]

autoweek

[K.C.]

Sort of looks like a big R-class with the wagon cut off it. I am not a big fan. In fact, :puke:

[AAS]

Interesting, but overdone.

[pow]

It's more about the technology than styling.

http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/Autos...rticleId=122549

1.8l DiesOtto twin-turbo DI engine with hybrid assist

laser road surface scanning suspension

Edited September 12, 2007 by empowah

[ocnblu]

This is another genius Mr. Detroit Metal creation... right?

[DetroitNut90]

That 1.8L engine sounds like a technological marvel...shame it's wrapped in something so ugly.

[MyerShift]

Puke after gagging me with a spoon.

I dont' care if it is principally for the technology, there is such a thing as overkill.

[titan]

[titan]

Very cool. A true concept, instead of a car that's 99% production ready with a few extra touches. Cutting edge design; an experimental drivetrain... I love it.

[FAPTurbo]

Shame I just ate before seeing the pictures.

[cire]

As an eye catching design exercise to showcase the company's new technology, it succeeds. This thing sure does attract attention (good or bad).

As a signal of future design direction for Mercedes, it fails. I hope this thing remains a design exercise and nothing more; it looks like they left an S-Class sedan in the sun too long.

[RBB]

I don't think there's an attractive angle on that car. And aren't concept cars supposed to have better materials and panel gaps on the interior than production cars? That dash is n-a-s-t-y.

-RBB

[cletus8269]

reminds me of the old rivieras how they swooped up past the doors.

[donpella]

Looks like a snail!

[thegriffon]

S 220

[keyzi747]

I like it for the fact that Mercedes has truly and obviously given their designers and engineers the freedom to dream very well beyond production to a concept that is almost out of this world! It suceeds be it good or bad, but I'm sure a lot of this concept will be far more tastefully engineered into the final production piece. I actually like it a lot, and in the process they've earned a lot more of my respect!

[ToniCipriani]

From the side, there's a lot of RX-8 in it.

[G. David Felt]

I love it!!! This car stand out from the crowd and that is what a luxury car should do. Cadillac keep the unique A&R going.

[escaladephantom]

Even cooler than ever before.

[Casket Demon]

What the hell was that awful yellow car a few posts back?.

[balthazar]

OMG: it has fender skirts !!! Shades of 1975 (except that they're plexiglas !)

> FAR too radical for a production mercedes.

> The profile is absolutely, intolerably hideous.

> How is 238 hp (+20 with electric assist) "competitive" in a car that weighs 4500 lbs??? (Not to mention going from 382 hp to 238 ??)

> Is MPG really important to those paying nearly $90K?

> Is something amiss with the current s-class that M-B is showing a finished replacement not due out for 4 years? Backlash over the mazda fenders??

[sciguy_0504]

That grille is really out of place.