Very nice to see that the new car offers even better driving dynamics than the current generation. I can't wait to test drive this new car in the summer. Styling preferences (likes or dislikes) aside I believe that a car should drive well since you would be / should be doing so when you have one. Not just sit and stare at it.

 

New advert

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLC8FniqvhI&feature=feedu

 

If what they say is true and the sport package is standard in the US then the price of the car as I would want it will be quite a bit cheaper than I was guessing.
Informative article especially with what's going to be different in the US models and some new images, too.
Thanks for sharing!

 

I love the looks of interior i have no problem the way the car looks from the rear the front is fine too except that stupid on piece nose. i be shure somebody out there will make a nicer looking nose in the future we have seen some great looking body kits for the R 170/171 i just hope they start soon

 

Tell you want - this one could really piss me off - was chatting with my dealer in Louisiana - who is the first to admit that he's not an SLK guy - and he was aware that start/stop was not coming, that sports pack would be standard on the '350, and - this is the one that really upsets me - that AGAIN - the designo options are not available in the US market?! What **** is that - MB designo interiors - while stupidly expensive - are also glorious - and one of the things that would make me forget the nose.

I hope he's wrong.

 

I like designo, usually the american models come in a package designo rather than individual items like ROW.

 

I had a designo interior in my 171 - read and black and it was glorious.

Why these offerings are country specific is beyond me!

 

Guess I'm fixated, but I still don't get the dash clock. See myself trying to look out the windscreen and watching the clock instead!

 

The dash clock must be old inventory from the old days when Mb owned Chrysler believe it or not i had the same clock in a Freightliner Semi Truck. It must be for people that don,t know the difference between Am/Pm. Or Mb is sitting on so many Analog clocks that they don,t know what do with it. Or could it be that the Analog clock on the dash will be a money maker for Mb. In order to replace the clock we have to remove the dash! Who knows only time will tell

 

Who knows only time will tell

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From other pics it looks like the time will be displaced in binnical anyway so you would really have to want one to fork out extra...

 

Maybe that clock on the dash is easier to see than the one on the screen for the passengers in the backseat ...