[15 photos Added]
Official images give us our first full look at the Mercedes-Benz F 700 Concept, which is currently on display at the Frankfurt auto show. Designed to be a low-consumption, low-emissions luxury sedan, the F 700 concept utilizes Mercedes’ DiesOtto and hybrid technologies.
DiesOtto is a technology similar to GM’s HCCI.
The result of the combined powertrain — consisting of a 238 horsepower 1.8 liter gasoline four-cylinder and a 20 horsepower electric motor — is a reported 44 mpg with CO2 emissions of just 127g/km, both figures being extremely low for a car of F 700’s size. In comparison, the Lexus GS450h has CO2 emissions of 186 g/km. The F 700 also uses a transparent cover over the rear-wheels to enhance aerodynamics. Mercedes claims the F 700 can accelerate from 0-100km/h in 7.5 seconds.
An all-new active suspension technology is also featured on the F 700, dubbed PRE-SCAN. The new system uses two laser to scan the road in front of the car and automatically adjusts the suspension to suit conditions. The F 700 also features SERVO-HMI (Human Machine Interface), a virtual operating assistant that the driver can converse with.
The concept was designed at Mercedes’ Advanced Design Studio in Irvine, California.
The round of unofficial images and video follows a teaser shot released by Mercedes earlier this month. The images were captured by CWW from Germany’s ZDF television.



09/06, 3:35 PM
posted by:
Malhaar
This is gonna look bad!
09/06, 3:40 PM
posted by:
Commodore
So far it looks overdone
09/06, 3:41 PM
posted by:
maximus
take it off! yeah, baby..
09/06, 3:41 PM
posted by:
mbgg099
WOW!
09/06, 3:55 PM
posted by:
acura_el2000
Can someone say Cadillac? I guess Mercedes is feeling some pressure from the new Cadi’s
09/06, 4:06 PM
posted by:
RicardoHead
I agree, Acura. I thought Caddy when I saw this. Benz is trying to play in the big leagues now.
09/06, 4:35 PM
posted by:
autonut
if engine will make its way into a real car – it will be huge. This level of efficiency, performance and pollution reduction steps on Honda toes.
09/06, 4:44 PM
posted by:
jackjimturkey
Last thing that’s gonna sell me a car is its CO2 emissions
09/06, 5:09 PM
posted by:
Mclaren19p
Cool, very cool. Build it Mercedes. I want to see all of it first, though
09/06, 5:25 PM
posted by:
Deanster
So far so good.
09/06, 5:50 PM
posted by:
GT40
It looks like a caddy V16 concept.
09/06, 6:51 PM
posted by:
1c3d0g
EGGcellent. HCCI-based engines are the way to go for now, since it’ll take quite some time for the inevitable switch to Hydrogen.
09/06, 7:13 PM
posted by:
Veda
I bet you that headlight is going to be on the new E Class.
09/06, 7:40 PM
posted by:
Commodore
Alot of people here mentioned it, and now I can see it. It IS indeed VERY Cadillac sixteen.
09/06, 10:43 PM
posted by:
GMCsyclone#478
As so many others have said, Cadillac was the first thing that came to mind. I guess the retro-round headlights have run their course.
Unfortunately, this car will pander to the wealthy, high profile, eco-elite with money. Finally, they can have their oppulance without technically being hypocritical.
09/07, 4:33 AM
posted by:
illwill
That front shows OBVIOUS similarities to Cadillac Sixteen, which btw pwns this pos!
09/07, 8:04 AM
posted by:
Jaguar XJ-S
It’s just like Mercedes to cave to the wacko tree huggers. Who cares about the emissions of a luxury car anyways?
09/07, 11:34 AM
posted by:
CTS DRIVER
LMFAO, HAHAHAH^^^^
09/07, 11:54 AM
posted by:
illwill
LMFAO how ironic! If my statement makes me sound 12, then what does your statement make you sound? 6, 7? Go back to getting breast fed by your pops and eating paint chips off the floor, you lead-poisoned little crack baby!
btw, i didnt mean to type a p instead of an o it was a typo
MERCEDES ARE OVERRATED
09/07, 3:02 PM
posted by:
illwill
^^^ I wasnt attacking you at all, i was attacking that little pussy named “Deanster”.
09/07, 3:06 PM
posted by:
Stuart
Illwill – If mercedes is overrated then what is a good car manufactirer is your book?
09/07, 4:57 PM
posted by:
CTS DRIVER
^^^ I wasnt attacking you at all, i was attacking that little pussy named “Deanster”.
Comment by illwill, posted on September7 at 3:02 pm
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whoops sorry bro
09/07, 4:58 PM
posted by:
CTS DRIVER
man guys this always makes my immature ass laugh.
09/07, 6:41 PM
posted by:
jackjimturkey
CTS: Ol’ dean sure can come up with good ones. “Ass-spelunker” damn near got me fired. And now, he’s come back with D.E.R.
illwill: take it easy.
09/07, 7:36 PM
posted by:
1c3d0g
ROFL!
You guys make me smile ear to ear! Some of the comments in here…hahahaha…
09/08, 8:36 AM
posted by:
Jaguar XJ-S
I’m glad to see that we are all really mature. Doesn’t this site have forum rules?
09/08, 11:08 AM
posted by:
Hugh Jass
Just combine http://www.leftlanenews.com/asma-gives-new-s-class-the-huge-grille-treatment.html with some vertical headlights and you’ve amped the bling and appealed to the tree huggers in one shot.
09/08, 11:40 AM
posted by:
Deanster
illwill: Truce. I’m just kidding around, I obviously don’t know you from a hole in the wall. If we met in a bar and told me you were illwill I would buy you a drink. Hell, I would buy all of you a drink.
In fact, we should all meetup somewhere! A LLN gathering at a bar somewhere. Where does everyone live? I’m in NorthEast quadrant of North America.
09/08, 1:07 PM
posted by:
Driven
I would have a hard time looking past the Cadillac headlights on this MB. Not a fan of what I have seen so far. If I want a car that looks like a Caddy I will spend half the money of a Merc and buy a Caddy.
09/08, 3:57 PM
posted by:
illwill
Deanster- I never intended to diss you as a person i just diss the “alter ego” (i use alter ego very loosely), which is “deanster” ofcourse. I’m pretty sure everyone disses (not me) my “alter ego”, illwill, which according to jimjackturkey, is a “faithul practicing Italian Catholic”, ROFL.
Frankly, i think youre correct, no body in real life would ever say that kind of stuff to each other (except for homeboy234, who would get his ass kicked). Infact, we’re all pretty much the same except that some of us have a different taste in cars. Anyway, its been good speaking to your non “alter ego”, take care.
09/09, 1:17 AM
posted by:
Got Handling?
Aww, boys, I’m getting all teary, lets have a group hug and cry it out. Is it nice to find somebody who understands you at last? Did Daddy never show you how much he really loved you? Does everyone at work laugh at your he-breasts behind your back? Man up you fudge felching pile piercers, nobody cares for your little love-in.
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Yes the headlights look like a Cadillac. No Ricardo-Gives-Head, Benz is not trying to play in the big leagues, they are the big league.
09/09, 11:26 AM
posted by:
Deanster
No one cares about the love in except your cumswilling skankmother !
09/09, 11:26 AM
posted by:
Deanster
I like “fudge felching,” that’s a good one……..
09/09, 12:40 PM
posted by:
illwill
Got handling?-
I know one person who “got” some really nice “handling”… your moms! She handled my **** with European precision, and i ended up nutting in her mouth… The same mouth she kisses you with after she reads you your bed time story and tucks you in every night!
09/10, 11:51 AM
posted by:
CTS DRIVER
^^^^^ holy crap thats funny stuff above, its always nice to get to work on monday and read this stuff.
09/10, 12:46 PM
posted by:
Commodore
I love the comments
The car sucks in my opinion
09/10, 1:18 PM
posted by:
meanpants555
Wow. The conversation really sounds ‘gay’ and not in the good way, but like some sort of porno way where the pizza delivery guy enters the locker room and things go awry.
09/10, 1:23 PM
posted by:
meanpants555
The bigger picture here is that Mercedes-Benz is listening to the performance set and adjusting their products accordingly.
All of their new cars handle well, look aggressive and will soon have BMW sweating. The new C-Class will be offered with a six speed manual: all of that is unheard of stuff for mighty Merc.
09/10, 1:23 PM
posted by:
RicardoHead
LMAO at this car.
09/10, 1:59 PM
posted by:
cookie4me
I do like the front end, the rest of it not so much. Cadillac is now setting the design benchmarks!
09/10, 2:12 PM
posted by:
Wickedated
The car is tacky and this forum is emo.
09/10, 2:21 PM
posted by:
RicardoHead
Got Handling, going by the pics above Benz has stepped way out of the Big Leagues and into a Big Joke.
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This POS car can’t be for real. If it said Hyundai up there everyone would be laughing at it.
09/10, 2:58 PM
posted by:
Deanster
….not sure about the styling, although everything can b e made to look great when painted black with a good set of rims and a good waxjob (no gay jokes pls)
09/10, 3:08 PM
posted by:
Aston Martin
I love the LLN swearing sessions. We’re letting out our inner 14- year old.
About the car, its supposed to be a luxury hybrid. Surely the S with a hybrid powertrain would cater for that?
Mercs of the future may well look like this, as the Ocean Drive concept has a similar face, as does the new C-class. The door handles should make it into production, they’re great.
09/10, 4:13 PM
posted by:
Jazz
Wierd sunroof thingy- is it a limo? Can’t get ecxited about a car that’s not driver oriented.
Deanster you should write a book. “The Best of Deanster”.
I swear I had my bottled water coming through my nose when I read your post.
09/10, 4:15 PM
posted by:
Jazz
Truth be told sometimes I read the lame stories hoping for a a good bash session from Deanster. Rofl
09/10, 4:36 PM
posted by:
RicardoHead
Deanster + (no gay jokes pls) = confusion???
09/10, 5:04 PM
posted by:
illwill
“Wow. The conversation really sounds ‘gay’ and not in the good way, but like some sort of porno way where the pizza delivery guy enters the locker room and things go awry.”
^^^ This coming from a someone name “meanpants555″! ****, your name alone sounds like the actual telephone number of the gay pizza parlor that employs the delivery guy youre talking about. “Just dial meanpants555 and ask for our ’special’ dipping sauce”, rofl.
09/10, 6:04 PM
posted by:
autonutt
illwill.. not only does it steal from the Sixteen, but several luxury details have been lifted straight from Daimler’s own Maybach brand.. makes you wonder why M-B is highlighting a super-luxury long wheelbase hybrid luxury sedan under their own umbrella while the aging Maybach is lagging behind with 2-generations-old S-class styling. I’m guessing there won’t be a next Maybach.
09/10, 6:06 PM
posted by:
CTS DRIVER
best day ever on lln, i`m going to pdf this page and squirt a load into it.
09/10, 6:15 PM
posted by:
5280
What is with the SQUARE STEERING WHEEL????
What is with the SQUARE STEERING WHEEL????
What is with the SQUARE STEERING WHEEL????
What is with the SQUARE STEERING WHEEL????
What is with the SQUARE STEERING WHEEL????
What is with the SQUARE STEERING WHEEL????
09/10, 6:16 PM
posted by:
5280
This car was inspired by the Queen Family Truckster from National Lampoon’s (Wally World) Vacation. Just needs to come in Pea Green.
09/10, 11:47 PM
posted by:
Deanster
Yeah, the interior is total ****ing crap. Doesn’t belong on a Benz of that caliber.
I like the rest…Need to get me a Benz as my next ride, maybe the C63 if I can find it….
09/11, 12:29 AM
posted by:
MurcieMe
I’ve always loved Mercedes’ F cars, but . . . Well the Interior is pretty damned ugly…
09/11, 12:43 AM
posted by:
AgmLauncher
Lol @ the interior.
09/11, 1:01 AM
posted by:
illwill
Hmm… A square wheel… I guess theres no translation for “oxymoron” in pig latin.
09/11, 3:18 AM
posted by:
Got Handling?
Pretty grotesque, looks like they let the R-class designer have his crayons back. The stance is good though, nice to see a wheel at each corner even on a car of this size.
09/11, 3:54 AM
posted by:
illwill
CTS_DRIVER,
Do us a favor and mail that “brutally defiled page” to Daimler headquarters.
09/11, 6:43 AM
posted by:
55amg
damn its ugly
09/11, 9:05 AM
posted by:
RicardoHead
This should be the new A-class for Abortion.
09/11, 9:29 AM
posted by:
Malhaar
i think im gonna puke!! Horrid just horrid and disgusting!
09/11, 9:51 AM
posted by:
alfa_Romeo
love the originality!!!!!!
it looks similar to cadillac bcoz caddy stole the benz grill long time ago!!!!!!
09/11, 10:15 AM
posted by:
55amg
it looks like a ****ing hearse
09/11, 10:53 AM
posted by:
e46Ne90
overall gesture of the car is nice… needs facelift on front asap
09/11, 11:03 AM
posted by:
ml350pc
UGLY! Enough said!
09/11, 11:04 AM
posted by:
sunshine1810
This car looks very strange. The interior looks like an afterthought. I am not impressed with this car and hope that this isn’t the future direction of Mercedes-Benz.
09/11, 11:12 AM
posted by:
LamborghiniZ
uhhhhhhhhh…hmmmm…not sure what to say about this car. well i have one thing..thats a HIDEOUS side profile shot. good GOD what the hell is going on with the rear doors/roof line. UGH. the front end is…polarizing, however.
09/11, 11:49 AM
posted by:
Stuart
People understand, the car design is a future derection for all cars to take to be more efficient with aero dynamics. The main attraction of the cra is the engine because that is the only thing that will make it to production.
Personally i think it is not a bad design just need to put the prevoius generation CL roofline on there and take away those horrid wheel arches and you may have a good design.
09/11, 11:54 AM
posted by:
Aston Martin
Its a CLS gone badly wrong. Very badly wrong.
09/11, 12:04 PM
posted by:
illwill
OMFG THIS PIECE OF **** IS HILARIOUS ROFL!! Its uglier than i thought!!
09/11, 1:30 PM
posted by:
CTS DRIVER
CTS_DRIVER,
Do us a favor and mail that “brutally defiled page” to Daimler headquarters.
Comment by illwill, posted on September11 at 3:54 am
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oh damn illwill that caught me off guard, god damn dude that was funny….still laughing hahahah.
09/11, 1:38 PM
posted by:
CTS DRIVER
is it just me or is a luxury hybrid an oxymoron.
the cars are supposed to be enviornmentally friendly using real leather and real rare wood.
anyways i wouldnt mind giving that tramp in the back seat some wood in her backseat. id nut in her hair and wipe my dick with her panties and leave her on the side of the road naked and sticky.
09/11, 1:56 PM
posted by:
DaHarder
The Cadillac Sixteen has nothing to worry about here (from an aesthetic perspective)…
This thing is almost comical looking.
09/11, 2:32 PM
posted by:
Mclaren19p
Idiots, what they are focusing on mostly is the engines and the technology, not necessarily the looks. Europe has brought down a law which states that car companies have to get their car emissions to a very low point average, so the engine is essential. Luxury was always part of Mercedes so luxury and hybrid will no longer be an oxymoron.
Some styling cues will be used, granted. But look more at the technology, fools, and stop talking about how crap it looks and get rid of this gay,stupid, 4th grader on crack conversation in here. Grow up!
09/11, 2:41 PM
posted by:
Cire
I guess they needed to showcase their new technology with an eye-catching design. I hope this stays a design exercise and not a preview of the next generation of Mercedes sedans. I know they sometimes are accused of playing it safe, but this is going too much in the other direction. It sort of looks like they left an S-Class sedan in the sun too long. If it is meant to attract attention, job well done. If it is supposed to make me want to buy a Mercedes, WRONG!
09/11, 3:08 PM
posted by:
CTS DRIVER
WELL THERE IS ALWAY MOTOR TREND FORUMS IF THE MAN TALK IS TOO MUCH FOR SOME PEOPLE.
09/11, 4:14 PM
posted by:
obhatti
the word fugly was coined for this car…
09/11, 4:16 PM
posted by:
jackjimturkey
illwill: the practicing italian Catholic comment was another way of me saying I Reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeally want a Ferrari!
Got handling: nyou trying to give dean a run for his money, queer****?*
Meanpants: The women’s locker room? I hope for real football (soccer) or field hockey, not softball or Ice hockey
I think they were going for some sort of “gazelle” look. didn’t happen.
*queer****: guy incapable of an erection in the presence of a woman
09/11, 5:20 PM
posted by:
maddawg0
I’m a HUGE mercedes benz fan. and this one im having a hard time getting used to… the interior is crazy! if this thing were to come into production, i bet alot of what u see would be the production model, not concept… one thing i do hope, is that alot of the exterior is just the concept version, i hope they do something a lil less, um, BIG on the front end…
Inless this is the GL550, make the front end smaller, please!
09/11, 7:27 PM
posted by:
RicardoHead
Looks like a Caddy Sixteen humps a Mazda2 and they aborted the fetus.
09/13, 10:42 PM
posted by:
kool_aje
Totally amaze! Great mileage, extreme design but still powerfull engine…. Hope Porsche will follow its footstep. Not just producing another “Posh” Porsche
09/15, 5:03 PM
posted by:
BLISS
THIS IS A VERY VERY INTERESTING CONCEPT FROM MERCEDES-BENZ….IT WILL HELP PAVE THE WAY FOR A VERY BRIGHT FUTURE.
09/15, 5:04 PM
posted by:
BLISS
SUPREME TECHNOLOGY FROM MERCEDES-BENZ WITH GREAT ATTRIBUTES.
09/15, 5:06 PM
posted by:
BLISS
THIS CAR MAKER WILL ASTONISH THE UNIVERSE GREATLY….THE TIME IS COMING.