gavriil

Source: Autocar via carspyshots.tk

gavriil

fahoumh

another SUV for the mass of yuppies.....hooray

Red-CL

I looks like all the other MB SUV's.

Zapata

too many cars aheaheae go back to like 5 models per manufacturer hard to remember every single one.....

cusdaddy

Oh gee... Another SUV

charliemike

If it's car-based, it's just a tall station wagon.

No need to jump off bridges

1SICKLEX

Smaller than a M? Rav-4 size? Gay. Benz needs to really stick to the upmarket and to hell with the masses.

sdho

not feeling it...pretty ugly

Python2121

oooh snap merc has sooo many models

Zoot

This is going to be the next segment in SUV's: luxury cute ute's.....we have the X3 and Freelander, soon the Acura RDX, the X-class (if true), Volvo XC50 and probably more....I wouldn't suprised to see Lexus bring a rebadged Rav4 and maybe a Lincoln escape

chungkopi

sh!t is ugly

Chaptorial

:thumbsdn:

Anyone actually see the new X3 in person?

titan

Way to many SUVs from Merc... and two to many doors on that CLS.

ItalianStallion

it looks fine, but with a name like the X class it needs to be huge. any word on the R class?

heyitsme

I dunno, look like a crappy version of their current crappy suv that is bringing them down in reliability and x sounds like lawsuit.

Black CL-S 4-Life

Great another worthless SUV.

1killercls

I am so excited!!!

titan

What's crazy is, this thing will sell. It'll basically be a fight between this thing and the X3 for a small, premium SUV with a luxo name.

titan

Personally, I'm getting tired of ALL these damn suvs.

95gt

cool another mercedes minivan. Nice styling MB.

charliemike

I'll take this tall wagon over a minivan or a C-wagon

pimpscls

its like an ml, but id take it over an X3, the x3 is nasty

titan

Ditto. The X3 looks like ass.

ball4lyfe

Same here, even Honda CRV looks better than that X3 crap.

gavriil

Source: Autobild.de

gavriil

Source: carpassion.com

Infamous425

looks like a toyota echo hatchback. ill take an x3 over that

Zoot

How the fuck can u make a decision like that? it's covered up! The X3 is gross

Infamous425

im talkin bout that middle pic that isnt covered up bish

Zoot

That is a PHOTOSHOP of a toyota Matrix

gavriil

Mercedes-Benz is planning its response to the BMWX3. Running under the working title MLK-Class, the new smaller than M class (ML500, et al.) sport.utility will be built on Mercede's next-generation C-Class beginning in the 2007 calendar year. Like the MLK, the next generation midsize M-Class will be on a unibody platform ( the M-Class switches ofom the current truck's body on frame platform.) The compact MLK will be built only in Europe, where Mercedes expects to find more buyers because of the new SUV's tidy size. Small, elegant SUVs look like the Next Big Thing in the Old World. Because of its C-Class roots, we can expect the MLK to come with the new four valve 3.0 liter and 3.5 liter V-6's in the U.S. as well as a supercharged four and turbodiesel for the home market. If Mercedes continues its rampant proliferation of AMG marketing, an MLK55 AMG isn't out of the question. As for the name, it makes sense in Europe, with the connection to SLK-Class and CLK-Class. But here, those initials are the same as those of the late civil-rights leader, Martin Luther King Jr. Another rumored name, X-Class is out because of the BMW X3 and X5.

-Illustration by Mark Stehrenberger

Source: Motortrend

Rod

:whocares: What difference does that make?

bl^5

^ It's called respect.

Python2121

how is that disrepectful?

Zoot

It's not disrespect, but they don't want to be associated w/ a person so buyers aren't confused (they might think it's a tribute or something...wheter it is or it isn't.)

Rod

Yeah, I guess you're right, but that's the stupidest shit I've ever heard. I would've never associated the two unless it was pointed out...and I couldn't care less about the issue. Sad that this is what society has come to.

gavriil

phile

The pic ^ looks more like a wagon than an SUV.

Time For Sleeep

Reminds me of a Rav 4