September11
[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.
Official images
Live shots
This is gonna look bad!
So far it looks overdone
take it off! yeah, baby..
WOW!
Can someone say Cadillac? I guess Mercedes is feeling some pressure from the new Cadi's
I agree, Acura. I thought Caddy when I saw this. Benz is trying to play in the big leagues now.
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.
Last thing that's gonna sell me a car is its CO2 emissions
Cool, very cool. Build it Mercedes. I want to see all of it first, though
So far so good.
It looks like a caddy V16 concept.
EGGcellent. HCCI-based engines are the way to go for now, since it'll take quite some time for the inevitable switch to Hydrogen.
I bet you that headlight is going to be on the new E Class.
Alot of people here mentioned it, and now I can see it. It IS indeed VERY Cadillac sixteen.
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.
That front shows OBVIOUS similarities to Cadillac Sixteen, which btw pwns this pos!
It's just like Mercedes to cave to the wacko tree huggers. Who cares about the emissions of a luxury car anyways?
LMFAO, HAHAHAH^^^^
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
^^^ I wasnt attacking you at all, i was attacking that little pussy named "Deanster".
Illwill - If mercedes is overrated then what is a good car manufactirer is your book?
^^^ 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
man guys this always makes my immature ass laugh.
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.
ROFL!
You guys make me smile ear to ear! Some of the comments in here…hahahaha… 
I'm glad to see that we are all really mature. Doesn't this site have forum rules?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
No one cares about the love in except your cumswilling skankmother !
I like "fudge felching," that's a good one……..
Got handling?-
I know one person who "got" some really nice "handling"… your moms! She handled my cock 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!
^^^^^ holy crap thats funny stuff above, its always nice to get to work on monday and read this stuff.
I love the comments
The car sucks in my opinion
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.
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.
LMAO at this car.
I do like the front end, the rest of it not so much. Cadillac is now setting the design benchmarks!
The car is tacky and this forum is emo.
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.
….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)
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.
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.
Truth be told sometimes I read the lame stories hoping for a a good bash session from Deanster. Rofl
Deanster + (no gay jokes pls) = confusion???
"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"! Shit, 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.
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.
best day ever on lln, i`m going to pdf this page and squirt a load into it.
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????
This car was inspired by the Queen Family Truckster from National Lampoon's (Wally World) Vacation. Just needs to come in Pea Green.
Yeah, the interior is total fucking 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….
I've always loved Mercedes' F cars, but . . . Well the Interior is pretty damned ugly…
Lol @ the interior.
Hmm… A square wheel… I guess theres no translation for "oxymoron" in pig latin.
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.
CTS_DRIVER,
Do us a favor and mail that "brutally defiled page" to Daimler headquarters.
damn its ugly
This should be the new A-class for Abortion.
i think im gonna puke!! Horrid just horrid and disgusting!
love the originality!!!!!!
it looks similar to cadillac bcoz caddy stole the benz grill long time ago!!!!!!
it looks like a fucking hearse
overall gesture of the car is nice… needs facelift on front asap
UGLY! Enough said!
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.
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.
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.
Its a CLS gone badly wrong. Very badly wrong.
OMFG THIS PIECE OF SHIT IS HILARIOUS ROFL!! Its uglier than i thought!!
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.
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.
The Cadillac Sixteen has nothing to worry about here (from an aesthetic perspective)…
This thing is almost comical looking.
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!
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!
WELL THERE IS ALWAY MOTOR TREND FORUMS IF THE MAN TALK IS TOO MUCH FOR SOME PEOPLE.
the word fugly was coined for this car…
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, queercock?*
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.
*queercock: guy incapable of an erection in the presence of a woman
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!
Looks like a Caddy Sixteen humps a Mazda2 and they aborted the fetus.
Totally amaze! Great mileage, extreme design but still powerfull engine…. Hope Porsche will follow its footstep. Not just producing another "Posh" Porsche
THIS IS A VERY VERY INTERESTING CONCEPT FROM MERCEDES-BENZ….IT WILL HELP PAVE THE WAY FOR A VERY BRIGHT FUTURE.
SUPREME TECHNOLOGY FROM MERCEDES-BENZ WITH GREAT ATTRIBUTES.
THIS CAR MAKER WILL ASTONISH THE UNIVERSE GREATLY….THE TIME IS COMING.