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This looks nothing like the beautiful SLS. The SLS at least looks homogeneous in design.
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Great job here Southlight. Thanks for taking the time to put this nice comparison...
I am sorry Mercedes, you still got a lot to do on your roadster to be anywhere close to the new Z4... And hey MB not to demotivate you, but the time you figure it out, look again at the than new Z and get to work again.... |
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01-14-2011, 12:16 AM | #72 | |
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I'm pretty sure the current z4 was designed by women both inside and out.. Also.. just thought i'd add since we are on a bmw forum it's not a surprise that most votes go to the z4... but IMHO the slk is so much nicer. |
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01-14-2011, 12:47 AM | #73 |
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Unbiased opinion? Z4 rocks!
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10 to 15 years from now people will reminisce about the Z4, wish they still owned one if they had, or wish they had owned one if they hadn't, and someone will have one safely tucked away in their garage waiting to hand it down to their kid.
5 years from now no one even remember the current model SLK.
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SLK is nice, but the Z4 takes it, hands down, no contest.
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01-14-2011, 01:26 AM | #76 |
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I'm not trying to sound like an asshole, I just really want to know why people think this new SLK looks good. Is there anything in particular that you like about it? I just don't see it.
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01-14-2011, 01:30 AM | #77 |
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Come on guys, look carefully at the lines, curves and their intersections, they are close to perfection in the Z4 while on the MB it's a mess. in the movie editing language I would describe the MB design as having lots of "Jump Cuts"
don't know about the actual dimensions of the MB but the silhouette of the Z looks much more elongated and the bonnet longer thanks to the Z4 ingenious design. one more thing I like about the Z over the MB is the windshield frame, it's black and it's frameless, reminds me of the iPhone and apple new LCDs design which does not interfere with the eyes while on the MB it's a painted metal frame that looks awful. Ah, and the steering wheel, don't you see that MB just copy-pasted Z4's? in my humble opinion Z4 wins
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01-14-2011, 09:16 AM | #80 |
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The Z4 looks better but just read the EVO article and u will see something that makes your heart cry.
Z4 TURBO. SLK 350 is NA!!!! and the amg will be NA!!!!! Do you know what that means?????????? HIGH REVING MACHINES and what is BMW doing instead............1M.........Z4is............. i want the Z4 chassis but the MB engines. BMW is loosing it. sadly |
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I have seen the new SLK in person allready and it looks mean. YES it is not my type of car i prefer the Z4 but it look mean and trust me the AMG is going to be on my list
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01-14-2011, 09:33 AM | #82 |
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The bias for the Z4 is overwhelming.
CLK hands down! Sharper angles. More masculine styling. Superior placement of navi screen. NA engine. Snap out of it, fanboys. Merc has this one down.
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What I can't quite get a handle on is whether the handful of you that favor the SLK are just playing devils advocate (which i can appreciate) or do you really just have no sense of aesthetic? Regardless of whether or not we are on a BMW forum or that I own one, that SLK is a hideous hodgepodge of various ideas that don't work in concert. If it looked more like a mini SLS I'd be singing a different tune and questioning my recent choice in 70K cars.
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I have to agree.. the z4 has better overall flow to the car. The slk isn't terrible but it has cues from other vehicles in the lineup that do not give it a complete feel the way z4 does. I think the slk will still sell fairly well this design though. And that promo video is hideous, it's enough to turn me off Benz's for a while. |
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I'm probably one of the most objective people out there, if the car is better looking than my Z4, I would say so, but it doesn't. That thing is simply not very good, it looks odd and squarish w/o purpose; the lines just don't flow. Like I said earlier, if they only improved on the profile and back of the old SLK, then they'd have a looker. The front of the old AMG SLK was great. I guess Merc is trying to make it look meaner, beefier and more aggressive now because of the supposed stigma of the old car being a girl car, whatever silliness that meant.
(Btw, I can't stand it when someone says "it's a chick car". Females stereotypically have better aesthetic taste than males, so whatever.) |
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