Comments on: CLS fighter: Is this BMW’s four-door coupe?

By: Tumbleweed

Tumbleweed — Sat, 22 Jul 2006 07:33:50 +0000

Oh, oh. Look at the front lights. They look weird. Straighten those out. Simplify the look.

By: Mlevit

Mlevit — Sun, 25 Jun 2006 13:04:14 +0000

Hmm 4 dour coupe ay? Looks like 2 doors to me.

Since we are all making weird names lets just call Lamborghini Murcielago a 5 door hatch back.

Car looks pretty good, like a 6-Series from the front. Wouldn’t this compete with their 3-Series coupe? or is this their next 3-Series coupe?

None the less, looks good.

By: 1c3d0g

1c3d0g — Sat, 24 Jun 2006 14:40:05 +0000

#35: what’s your problem? Your reply makes no sense whatsoever on what I responded to. Did mommy forget to give you your meds today?

By: JohnnyBlazE

JohnnyBlazE — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 11:27:24 +0000

looks like a ford iosis with a bmw face

By: Sean

Sean — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 00:09:55 +0000

Id still buy the CLS, this is a very plain concept of a BMW, not exciting

By: jj

jj — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 23:04:48 +0000

if its got 4 doors it aint no coupe. no matter how hot it is

By: swe

swe — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 22:27:57 +0000

precis..men ja tror (lr snarare hoppas på) att den riktiga blir mycket finare

By: _X

_X — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 21:26:24 +0000

ful som en överkörd peter siepen…

By: swe

swe — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 21:19:57 +0000

i seriously doubt the real car (if there will be any) will be like the one on the picture

By: Bush

Bush — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 20:41:40 +0000

Looks de-banglized. For the better, a less fragmented design.

By: Dav

Dav — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 19:46:58 +0000

i said this earlier on another topic, but japan, stop. anyway. the car just isnt competition for the merc cosmetically, at least the rendering isnt. too squinty and constipated look to it.

By: Cole

Cole — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 19:27:17 +0000

#33, you’re not supposed to just drop it. These are comments on a thread. And also, it’s just a rendering. Although I have no idea what the final product will look like (if there is one), but i doubt it will be like this.

By: Anonoymous

Anonoymous — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 19:13:23 +0000

JAPAN sucks duck

By: 1c3d0g

1c3d0g — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 19:09:41 +0000

Agreed. Enough of your bullshit.

By: BAMF

BAMF — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 18:50:05 +0000

Alright JAPAN, thats enough with the asswipe dimwits thing. Its a bit played out now.

By: JAPAN

JAPAN — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 18:45:43 +0000

YOU ARE ALL IMPOSTERS. I LOVE CHEVROLET! ASSWIPE DIMWITS!!!

By: BMW’s Answer To Mercedes’ CL Coupe | Doocie Autoblog

BMW’s Answer To Mercedes’ CL Coupe | Doocie Autoblog — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 18:37:48 +0000

[...] [...]

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 18:36:18 +0000

PREPARE FOR THE RETURN OF THE 8-SERIES

By: JAPON

JAPON — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 18:17:07 +0000

Que puta! Ahora estoy hablando Espanol y no se por que. Que diablos me paso?

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 17:40:13 +0000

I like it! BMW might actually be putting some passion behind their new set of designs now.

By: Sandman

Sandman — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 17:36:22 +0000

Drop this. It’s not THAT good-looking, even the front, and it says nothihg about the engine… My favourites are the Aston Rapide if it comes out (will eat THIS and the CLS alike) and the Audi 5-class (will eat BMW 6-class); true, no proper competition for CLS by Audi ‘cos the A7 concept is just plain fugly. Porsche should scrap the Panamera or whatever they want to call it – and the Cayenne too. Anything other than a 2-dr coupe by Porsche is just not right. JAPAN: you don’t need to call me an “asswipe dimwit”, i’ll do that for you; Cadillac was a good car like 50 years ago. Since the day they scrapped the 1959 model they just plain suck. True, there is excuse for some later models, e.g. the 1976 Brougham but that’s it. Now it’s just for “asswipe dimwits” like various sizes and shapes of rappers and our beloved George W. “the Ape” Bush

By: ss

ss — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 17:23:58 +0000

I think its just become a marketing tool. I will say a 4dr car is a Sedan and a 2dr is a Coupe. I also think a “coupe” sounds sportier. they even call them “4dr coupes” the company knows a coupe traditionaly has 2drs but to make the car unique instead of calling it a “sedan with a coupe like roofline” they say “4dr coupe”. I mean really its a made up segment and you can argue all you want, but its really just a sedan that the marketing ppl are trying to shine up a little bit.

By: Madcapp

Madcapp — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 17:16:20 +0000

I see you read the wikipedia writeup too bob, but I said it before and I’ll say it for the rest of time, if ya got 4 doors…ya got a sedan.

By: JAPAN

JAPAN — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 17:15:22 +0000

“^^^that Asswipe dimwit is an imposter I wouldn’t be seen dead in a GM vehicle!!!!!”

I want to retract that last comment…i did infact have a date last night and he drove a 1989 S10 Blazer. Let me just say the headroom in the back seat is amazing! i was able to get on all fours with no prob and “Big Jim” as he likes to be called during sex had no problem kneeling behind. Way to go GM!

By: bob

bob — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 16:57:02 +0000

A coupé is distinguished from a sedan primarily by interior volume; SAE standard J1100 defines a coupé as a fixed-roof automobile with less than 33 ft³ (0.93 m³, 934.6 L) of rear interior volume. A car with a greater interior volume is technically a two-door sedan, not a coupé, even if it has only two doors. Some car manufacturers may nonetheless choose to use the word coupé to describe such a model, e.g., the Cadillac Coupe de Ville.

By: JAPAN

JAPAN — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 16:52:35 +0000

Cadillac is THE Standard of the World and the only Standard that y’all should be lusting after

By: bob

bob — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 16:49:05 +0000

A coupé (from the French for cut) or coupe is a car body style with a close-coupled interior offering either two seats or 2+2 seating (space for two passengers up front and for two occasional passengers in the rear). Through the 1950s convertible models were sometimes called convertible coupés, but since the 1960s the term coupé has generally been applied exclusively to fixed-roof models. Coupés generally, but not necessarily, have two doors, although automobile makers have offered four-door coupés and three- and five-door hatchback coupés, as well.

via wikipedia

By: stuart

stuart — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 16:35:55 +0000

Smart idea have a 6 series and 8 series competing directly against each other. Lets call it friendly fire retarded pricks. Makes the 6 series useless.

BMW – Always making cars people don’t want and never the ones they do want

By: JAPAN

JAPAN — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 16:32:52 +0000

No, i cant simply make me point and move on. I need to insult everyones ignorance becasue my testicles are really small and i need to make myself feel better. I tired buying a H2 Hummer but it wasnt enough. I tried put 38in tires and a 6in lift on the Hummer, STILL not enough. so i have gotten to the point where the only thing that makes me feel better is to pretend i know everything there is to know about cars and argue with ppl about it over the internet.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 16:31:45 +0000

This thing is going to be worthless pile of shit once you see the latest lineup at your local GM dealer. I’d suggest for your own good that you go down to your nearest GM dealer and buy one of our fantastic offerings.

RUN, don’t walk to your nearest General Motors center if you know what’s good for ya

By: charlie

charlie — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 16:29:21 +0000

Japan, I do not doubt the origin of the word and its literal translation, however it’s adoptation in the automobile industry is synonymous with a 2-door vehicle., and has been generally accepted.
I wonder why you keep using “asswipe dimwits”, can’t you simply make your point and move on.

By: JAPAN

JAPAN — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 16:21:05 +0000

Tow words, Cadillac DTS

By: JAPAN

JAPAN — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 16:20:42 +0000

junk

By: mossy

mossy — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 16:05:45 +0000

MB started this 4 door coupe thing rite? i think they are still the better lookin one. but this one would be cool with suicide doors. porsche and aston are nice

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 15:59:35 +0000

not just BMW and Audi. Aston Martin, Maserati and Porsche also! and i wouldnt be surpsied to see ferrari and or lamborghini jump in. so far my favorite is the Audi and Porsche.

By: JAPAN

JAPAN — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 15:57:24 +0000

Asswipe dimwits!!

By: Toy Yoda

Toy Yoda — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 15:45:48 +0000

Look almost exactly like the 6 series coupe. If the dimensions are the same, then we can expect the back seats to be a joke. I have a 6 series, you can fit adults in the back seats but only for about 30 minutes tops before they want to get out and stretch.

The car needs to be a foot longer to make the back seats useable, and keep the basic form of the 6 series. If they do make the car a foot longer, it’s gonna look unwieldy. The 6 series is already a very big coupe.

By: Cole

Cole — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 15:44:59 +0000

BMW has said that all models with an odd number in them (3, 5, etc) will have four doors, and those with an even number (6, z4) will have two. The old 8 series had two doors, so I think it would be illogical to name it that.

I find it interesting that both BMW and Audi see the CLS as such a threat. What Mercedes has done with the CLS, as with the R-class, is basically invented a new segment. I still don’t like how they’re completely flooding the market with models though.

Perhaps this will be the new model that BMW introduces at the British auto show, but I doubt it.

By: Evan

Evan — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 15:27:37 +0000

Looks far too much like the 6 series. I’m reading this from the comfort of my 2 bedroom studio apartment.

By: JD

JD — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 15:26:30 +0000

That’s sexy. I’m in your camp on that one, #8.

By: ZenDriver

ZenDriver — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 15:19:46 +0000

As a previously outed BMW fanboy, even I know well enough to reserve my judgement until we see this (prospective) vehicle’s rear.

From the front, the 6 series is just stunning, but it all goes wrong in the Bangeltastic ass end. If this is as hot in the back as it is in the front, I’ll sell a kidney for one. A BMW with suicide doors? ::drool::

By: Renton

Renton — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 15:12:04 +0000

#5 Oui.

This will be sweet.

BMW just gets it. Cars, motorcycles, design, and sailboats. Did you know BMW designed and built the Oracle boat for the America’s Cup?

By: ss

ss — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 15:01:00 +0000

what ever you want to call it, thats actaully a good looking car. though the headlights should be alittle bigger.

and i guess before they get to say there piece ill do it for them.
JAPAN: My mercedes is nicer
Anal-omous: GM owns you!

By: charlie

charlie — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 14:58:46 +0000

A coupe is a 2-door vehicle. So a 4-door coupe sounds a bit oxymoronic.

By: Madcapp

Madcapp — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 14:47:30 +0000

Auto marketing is so funny, I’m tired of hearing about 4 door coupes (I do understand the definition of a coupe is a little vague and may not indicate 2 door only, although that’s what it has traditionally been)…but you know what, if ya got 4 doors, ya got a sedan…I don’t care what the marketing guys say.