This car is too hefty. Give me an S5 any day.

Better looking than the CLK.

give him an S5 and cut the brakes hose, enjoy.

what breaks? he is asking for toy S5, he does not drivers license yet.

BTW, the car next to a skinny broad does not look bad at all. Nor does the broad.

To A4: Yeah, I agree. Definately not about the s5 part, but hefty you betchya. Espectially the retractable version. AMG stay away from the large block V-12 on this one. Waay too much turn-in understeer, stay with the awesome sounding 8! Hell with it, do what you want, I remember the CLK in the 90’s.

Meh

You’re sooo right Osama, “I does not drivers license yet”
Idiot.
P.S. you talk about women like a gay man that hasn’t come out of the closet yet.

I bet I’ve had my license longer than you’ve had your green card.

I was under the impression that Benz was trying to reach a conclusion about whether to build the soft top OR the retractable hard top. Can LLN confirm they’re building both? Or can anyone else? Seems that building both might oversaturate their dealers.

Borat & A4, could the two of you please cease this pissing contest? You both go back a long ways on this forum and I even remember chatting with someone called autonut when I first decided this beat the hell out of watching Coronation Street with the wife every night. There are quite enough morons on this site without two of the more intelligent participants trying to one up each other.

Thanks for listening. I will now resume my search for hooters on the movie channels.

How the hell did they manage to make the rear quarter window so large, yet able to roll down all the way? And why couldn’t they do that on the coupe without the extra pillar?

god mercs are boring…

no… Coronation Street is boring. Why the hell do you think I came here in the first place? Pay attention for f*cks sake!

Mercedes IS boring. I have a general rule when it comes to convertibles though. If a coupe version IS offered, NO HARDTOP. If NO coupe offering, go HARDTOP or softtop if you choose. This confuses both the people and the car when they offer both a coupe and hardtop convertible of the same car.

Cars that go it wrong; Pontiac G6 (RIP), BMW 3-series, and Infiniti G37. Coupe AND HARDTOP convertible offered. Slightly better is the Mazda MX-5 and Chrysler Sebring that offer BOTH a HARDTOP AND SOFTTOP convertible option. In their defense they don’t come in standard coupe so they have that choice.

Cars that got it right; VW Eos, Lexus ISC, MB SL, Volvo C70, Z4 (for now), MB SLK, Lexus SC, Cadi XLR, and Ferrari California. Hardtop convertible and NO coupe offered.

Also, Conversely, who still got it right; Pontiac Solstice (RIP), VW Beetle, Audi TT, Mitsu Eclipse, Nissan 370z, Ford Mustang, Corvette, Audi A/S5, BMW 1 & 6-series, Jag XK, Aston Martin Vantage/DB9/DBS, Maser GranTurismo, Bentley Continental GT, F430/458, Gallardo, Murcielago, Audi R8, Porsche Carrera & Boxster/Cayman. These cars ALL come in coupe and SOFTTOP convertible.

I think that is all of them. You can see there are only 3 cars that screw this up. This is a design nightmare and I think all of the 3 that screwed it up look terrible. There are rules people. This E-Class HAS to be softtop by this rule, just like the CLK was. Also, what is up with the new E-class having 4 fog lights when equipped with the halogen headlights. With the Xenons they get L-shaped daytime running LED’s in their place. Just looks unnatural to me.

I hate the look, but my old CLK Coupe isn’t that much better.

yeah this is gay….. bring back the black series coupe in limited numbers…. too bad the new e coupe is too long and skinny looking, because a new black series would be something to have some interest in.,..

I’ve been saying that for years, Tornado. Totally true. When a hardtop convertible is designed as a hardtop convertible from the outset of development, they look good. When they are derived from an existing coupe platform, they look awkward, and stupid. Eos, SL, C70, all work well. 3-series, G37, E, do not.

i concur Audiguy

well mercedes already confirmed no AMG for the E coupe so i’m assuming no AMG for the convertible either..which officially makes this car super boring and not worth looking at. The A5/S5 looks much better. The G37 convertible isnt horrible… but i agree A4 it doesnt quite flow as well as cars that were designed from the start as a hardtop converitble

Yeah, test drive the car just around the block and then you call it boring, ok. No hard feelings but the reason we are on this websight is for this car and other cars that fills the need.

the thing about these cars are, you have to see it in person, and drive it with the top down., love the front, the back meh, same thing with the coupe o think, BTW didnt see any one mentioning this, isnt that jessica parker in a blue dress.
oh my first post.