Salon de TDUCK: New Car Releases

[CarMadMike]

New corvette in the centre, new corvette ZR1/GrandSport on the right and some weird new midengined chevy supercar on the left?

[The Compensator]

The one with the wing appears to be a ZR1 and the other is the mid-engined next-gen Vette.

[CarMadMike]

New 2017 Seat Ibiza pics have been leaked:

 

Images from Auto Express | New and Used Car Reviews, News Advice

 

:drool: Yes please, i'll have the 148bhp petrol with the exact exterior above, though I'd probably change that interior panel to something else depending on the options. Why would you want a VW Polo over this? :shrug: The difference in brand reputation isn't that huge, in the UK at least.

[Loek]

Can't love it. It's a good upgrade from the previous Ibiza, however it's just a shrinked Leon, I mean, side profile and front, and largely the interior are the same. This Audi way of designing different models shouldn't be picked up by too many, imho.

[The Compensator]

mhmm, factory rice :drool:

 

[CarMadMike]

mhmm, factory rice on a car three times the price..... :drool:

 

[The Compensator]

:nods:

[CarMadMike]

Mercedes E63S 4Matic+ Estate has been revealed:

 

Images from Auto Express | New and Used Car Reviews, News Advice

 

- 604bhp (41 more than the non-S variant)

- 850nm torque (100 more than the non-S variant)

- 0-60 in 3.5 seconds, 0.2 quicker than the RS6

- 180mph top speed if you spec the AMG drivers package.

[TIMELESS]

That is stupid quick. It is also an ugly brute. Even though Audi's design is a bit... done to death... I think I'd rather the RS6.

[Loek]

604 bhp.... Looks like AMG, even without the 6.2L, is pushing out their menacing powers again.

[TIMELESS]

Interestingly enough that's about the same torque that you'd get in Audi's 4.2 V8 TDI. In a petrol. Jeeeezus.

[CarMadMike]

That is stupid quick. It is also an ugly brute. Even though Audi's design is a bit... done to death... I think I'd rather the RS6.

 

I don't mind the front, but the rear reminds me of:

[The Compensator]

I don't mind the front, but the rear reminds me of:

http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/simpsons/images/6/66/Gerald_looking_at_Maggie.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20120402171312

 

Exactly, lol.

 

Car needs to be black and have the chrome line blacked out.

[Milli]

Car needs a redesign on that rear. :lol:

[The Compensator]

Car needs a redesign on that rear. :lol:

 

Yeah, but let's be real: they're not gonna do it so you gotta work with what is available.

 

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Here's the new 5 Series Touring, btw.

 

 

 

 

 

M5 not coming, but M550i is. :cool:

[TIMELESS]

From one extreme to another... blaaaaand. And for some reason the rear quarter window looks... wrong.

[The Compensator]

How is it bland? :hmmm: What wagon is not as bland?

[TIMELESS]

It just has that generic some-sort-of-BMW-from-the-past-decade look to it. :shrug: A6 Avant is much nicer looking, the Merc ugly as it is is at least more interesting. Why Lexus have not made an estate from the IS or GS yet I don't know. :(

[The Compensator]

Corporate identity - kidney grille, hofmeister kink, two-piece tail lights, short-ish overhangs typical for RWD vehicles, etc. Continuous development of the company's design language. Totally normal thing to do.

 

Merc's wagons used to be boxy in the past, Volvos too, they all kinda looked like their predecessors but they got rid of their trademark wagon design for whatever stupid reason.

 

C7 A6 is a very nice thing, indeed. I'd have thought that people would call that a bland thing, but not the newest 5 series which has more lines and creases than ever before (and for the worse, imho).

 

[TIMELESS]

Yup I'm well aware of corporate identity, pretty much every car company has one, but for some reason the German marques seem to think this means Ctrl+C + Ctrl+P. But the similarities between each model of BMW has got nothing to do with the fact that I think it looks bland. It's just utterly boring to look at. Even Audi's famously boring designs are more interesting.

[Rassva]

That 5 series is meh, look at that front, the hood so long, seems like some shooting brake which went wrong. The back is meh too, looking at the E too, this is the year of meh backs probably.

[CarMadMike]

I quite like the new 5 tbh, yes it's not the most exciting design but I think the changes they've made have resulted in a more mature and better design. Do all models now have exhausts on the left and right? From the press shots i've seen I haven't seen any asymmetrical exhausts yet, which is a huge positive for me, I hate the :P or :b looking rear ends.

[Milli]

I think that the 5 series wagon is the best, if you compare with A6 and E class. Imo.

[CLR-GTR]

If only...:

 

 

Also, Mercedes-Benz Vans UK’s Managing Director Steve Bridge has said demand for the Nissan-Benz pickup truck was so intense in the UK, that they've opened up the order books already to those who pay 1000 pounds in advance. They have said it's refundable though in case a customer decides to drop out.

[CarMadMike]

If only...:

 

http://icdn-6.motor1.com/images/mgl/b7eWm/s4/mercedes-amg-project-one-rendering.jpg

 

Also, Mercedes-Benz Vans UK’s Managing Director Steve Bridge has said demand for the Nissan-Benz pickup truck was so intense in the UK, that they've opened up the order books already to those who pay 1000 pounds in advance. They have said it's refundable though in case a customer decides to drop out.

 

Oh wow, I've always been quite meh about the Project One until that rendering. Though i'd have made the rear fin a bit bigger, more LMP1 size. Amazing front though, I doubt the real thing will be as good as that but still, very good looking super-hypercar, uber-car? :huh:

 

As for the X-Class, yeah, we do tend to have a lot of commercial vehicles and Mitsubishi L200s/Nissan Navaros type pickups in the UK, so it's no surprise that they're getting a lot of interest. I'd have one and I don't need one.