View Full Version : convertible S class !!!
shaht
11-08-2006, 04:08 PM
I can't believe they'll dare to produce it
check this out :
http://www.caranddriver.com/carnews/11788/2008-mercedes-benz-s-class-convertible.html
I don't think this kind of cars is made to have a convertible version :confused:
man 430gt
11-08-2006, 04:12 PM
Yuk..:(
:Exige:
11-08-2006, 04:13 PM
Well Bentley haven't done badly with the Arnage Convertible (sp?). Some people like wind in their hair ... it's a great car and I think people will actually lap it up, even if it's not your typical car for taking the top off of.
Kooper
11-08-2006, 04:15 PM
Makes about as much sense as the CLS
Cotterik
11-08-2006, 04:24 PM
how far back does that guy have his seat?
zeppelin
11-08-2006, 04:47 PM
Why wouldn't they make the CL into a convertible? Seeing as it's essentially a coupe version of the S class, it'd make so much more sense. And I can't imagine that thing having very good body rigidity
Vindesh17
11-08-2006, 04:56 PM
how far back does that guy have his seat?
About as far back as I have mine.
Birdman
11-08-2006, 05:15 PM
Isn't the SL meant to cover this area of the market?
IWantAnAudiRS6
11-08-2006, 05:21 PM
Isn't the SL meant to cover this area of the market?
Does the SL have 4 doors and 4 seats? :p
NSXType-R
11-08-2006, 05:21 PM
Isn't the SL meant to cover this area of the market?
You're two seats short. Actually, the CL is supposed to do that, a four seater with cabriolet roof.
Kooper
11-08-2006, 05:24 PM
What next? A convertible E500 Estate?
ADDED: Or is that E550 these days?
Birdman
11-08-2006, 05:25 PM
Thanks for the correction guys!:o ;)
Why wouldn't they make the CL into a convertible? Seeing as it's essentially a coupe version of the S class, it'd make so much more sense. And I can't imagine that thing having very good body rigidity
Look closer and you'll see the illustrated convertible has four doors. So essentially it's a decapitated S-class sedan, and not from the CL two-door
Mercedes hasn't offered that bodystyle in a long time - IIRC their last drop-top sedan was the big 600 Laundelet (spl?)
IWantAnAudiRS6
11-08-2006, 05:32 PM
Mercedes hasn't offered that bodystyle in a long time - IIRC their last drop-top sedan was the big 600 Laundelet (spl?)
Picsorban :D
Picsorban :D
Four-doors or six .. take your pick :p
http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Speedway/5350/pullw100.htm
http://www.foro.pieldetoro.net/foro/viewtopic.php?p=566568&sid=927d0e69881cd56293c15682c8010d37
The attached Bob Jane Landaulet in the 2nd link is a local car, now owned by Lindsay Fox. When near new it was on the cover & mini-tested by Modern Motor magazine. Check the quality of the interior woodwork on these cars, its just spectacular!
Sauc3
11-08-2006, 06:48 PM
Picsorban :D
Mr Lindsay Fox's example as seen early this year.
IWantAnAudiRS6
11-08-2006, 06:49 PM
Four-doors or six .. take your pick :p
http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Speedway/5350/pullw100.htm
http://www.foro.pieldetoro.net/foro/viewtopic.php?p=566568&sid=927d0e69881cd56293c15682c8010d37
The attached Bob Jane Landaulet in the 2nd link is a local car, now owned by Lindsay Fox. When near new it was on the cover & mini-tested by Modern Motor magazine. Check the quality of the interior woodwork on these cars, its just spectacular!
Well bugger me sideways with a backwards broomstick, that is one incongruous looking car! Badass all the same :D
Well bugger me sideways with a backwards broomstick, that is one incongruous looking car! Badass all the same :D
LOL! :D
That geocities site has pics of all M-B W100 variants and is worth a look when its download limit permits :)
Merrill
11-08-2006, 07:48 PM
Thats a first…
092326001
11-08-2006, 08:36 PM
hey it looks much better than the Cadillac Deville Convertible I saw the other day.
Hope they come out with a CLS coupe and convertible too. And a wagon for sure.
Quiggs
11-08-2006, 11:18 PM
Dude is rollin' with the gangsta lean.
go.pawel
11-09-2006, 02:28 AM
Well Bentley haven't done badly with the Arnage Convertible (sp?).
There was never such a car :D If you meant the Arnage Drophead Coupe, than it was only a prototype of the Azure, which is a 2-door, so no reason to compare it to ans S-class convertible.
A few pics that may be of interest here:
W140 S-class Landaulet
Von Genaddi Maybach 57 Convertible
Von Genaddi R-R Phantom Tarragon
ASC Helios
jorismo
11-09-2006, 02:37 AM
Well Bentley is comming with their Flying Spur Convertible next year so this could be a good competitor. Now wait for BMW to come with a 7-series Convertible :p
go.pawel
11-09-2006, 02:57 AM
Well Bentley is comming with their Flying Spur Convertible next year so this could be a good competitor.
Where do you have this info from? Cause I must admit, I've never heard of such plans :confused:
IWantAnAudiRS6
11-09-2006, 03:24 AM
Where do you have this info from? Cause I must admit, I've never heard of such plans :confused:
You've not seen the GTC? :confused: It might only be the 2-door version... but it's nice.
http://www.caradisiac.com/media/images/le_mag/mag276/bentley-gtc-1.jpg
And by the way- with those '65 AMG wheels and no roof, that Maybach looks awesome!! A shame it would literally cost the Earth to buy... :rolleyes:
McReis
11-09-2006, 03:33 AM
Makes about as much sense as the CLS
The CLS is the most beautiful Mercedes of the last decade.
IWantAnAudiRS6
11-09-2006, 03:34 AM
The CLS is the most beautiful Mercedes of the last decade.
Even over the SL? Hmmm... opinion, I guess :)
However, it is also the most pointless... worked for Mercedes though.
McReis
11-09-2006, 03:37 AM
Even over the SL? Hmmm... opinion, I guess :)
Absolutely. I find the SL a too extravagant design. The previous generation of the SL was more classy and timeless. But this are only personal opinions. Though mine is worth much more than yours, obviously! :D
IWantAnAudiRS6
11-09-2006, 03:39 AM
Absolutely. I find the SL a too extravagant design. The previous generation of the SL was more classy and timeless. But this are only personal opinions. Though mine is worth much more than yours, obviously! :D
Waitwaitwait.
You find the SL, a delicate piece of beautiful design, preferable to some jumped-up E-Class which looks like a banana split + chrome?
I knew you Portuguese were odd... but... dude :D
McReis
11-09-2006, 03:43 AM
I knew you Portuguese were odd... but... dude :D
Yes. You're the normal ones. That's why you eat greasy bacon at breakfast and have tea at 5. :D
IWantAnAudiRS6
11-09-2006, 04:04 AM
Yes. You're the normal ones. That's why you eat greasy bacon at breakfast and have tea at 5. :D
I want to say right now that I totally don't agree with that trend :p
People who eat tea at 5 are generally little Englanders. I can say right now that I don't- 8:30-10:00 are my normal dining hours!
As for the bacon... well... mine isn't greasy, it's just amazing ;)
McReis
11-09-2006, 04:07 AM
As for the bacon... well... mine isn't greasy, it's just amazing ;)
That explains your fat! :D
IWantAnAudiRS6
11-09-2006, 04:14 AM
That explains your fat! :D
Not quite. I'm shifting it at a rate of 50 metric tonnes a day.
Thank you, sex gods.
Delboy
11-09-2006, 07:53 AM
SEXY... I think it looks awesome!
Sauc3
11-09-2006, 08:09 AM
And by the way- with those '65 AMG wheels and no roof, that Maybach looks awesome!! A shame it would literally cost the Earth to buy... :rolleyes:
Also a pity that they used a crappy photochop for their "proffesional" picture, where the idiot left THE TOP OF THE ORIGINAL ROOF IN THE PICTURE. I can't believe they use pictures of such low standards...
go.pawel
11-09-2006, 09:49 AM
You've not seen the GTC? :confused: It might only be the 2-door version... but it's nice.
He was talking about Flying Spur Convertible, not Continental GTC. :cool:
LotusLocost
11-09-2006, 11:00 AM
I want to say right now that I totally don't agree with that trend :p
People who eat tea at 5 are generally little Englanders. I can say right now that I don't- 8:30-10:00 are my normal dining hours!
As for the bacon... well... mine isn't greasy, it's just amazing ;)
Hey bacon boy...
How do you eat your tea?
<3
Viper007
11-09-2006, 11:30 AM
Am I the only one who likes it? I would probably have another Merc over it though, but I do like the looks of it.
kingofthering
11-09-2006, 01:18 PM
hmmm... doesn't kim Jong il own 2 of those convertible S-Classes? (the old ones not the 90's one) I saw them on some discovery channel show.
Piacki_117
11-09-2006, 01:33 PM
I saw a pink S-Class once in Paris. Yeah, I know, it has nothing to do with this S-Class convertible.
Kooper
11-09-2006, 02:04 PM
The CLS is the most beautiful Mercedes of the last decade.
I'd say that's arguable, but just my opinion.
jorismo
11-09-2006, 02:21 PM
I saw a pink S-Class once in Paris. Yeah, I know, it has nothing to do with this S-Class convertible.
That's why you got that horrible avatar?
Piacki_117
11-09-2006, 02:32 PM
That's why you got that horrible avatar?
Hmm no that's not the reason why I got this new avatar, which is not horrible at all. the pink S-Class had arabic plates, btw. Don't think french people are that tasteless. :p (Yeah, I know, my avatar....)