Mercedes-Benz new Nomenclature makes way more sense than before.

"Zohaibman72" (zohaibman72)
11/16/2014 at 22:03 • Filed to: Mercedes-Benz, Benzoppo, Mercedes, Nomenclature

put in this way, GLK is the compact SUV, and SL is the compact roadster. C-class is the compact sedan. They all share "C" for compact. Same goes for the -S and the -E.

Makes the GLs seem like SUV versions of the cars. I like this way better than before, its easier to explain to people.

DISCUSSION (12)

scoob > Zohaibman72
11/16/2014 at 22:06

Holy crap, now I understand it! IT MAKES SO MUCH SENSE NOW!

CB > Zohaibman72
11/16/2014 at 22:09

The only thing that doesn't make sense is the four door coupé bullshit.

Zohaibman72 > scoob
11/16/2014 at 22:09

It's like BMW. X5 = 5 Series SUV. X6 = 6 Series SUV (coupe-suv thingy). Same goes for X1, X3, the new X4, etc.

Zohaibman72 > CB
11/16/2014 at 22:12

It's just a fancy way of making it look like it has 2 doors, but really 4 doors. I think they look sexy but I wouldn't call them coupes, they need to have their own names. Slantback Sedans or something.

the CLS is the coupe thing of the full size, and the CLA is the coupe thing of the A class. It's like the BMW 6 Series 4 Door to a BMW 5 Series sedan.

They purely exist because they want to tackle every single little niche possible. BMW does this four door coupe thing with SUVs too, like just make it 2 door!

FalconHoon > Zohaibman72
11/16/2014 at 22:17

When I was younger, car magazines used to refer to the E46 M3 Coupe as a two-door sedan.

It was then that I realised that sedan and coupe wasn't a purely door-count description.

Zohaibman72 > FalconHoon
11/16/2014 at 22:19

There needs to be a proper name, Coupe's definition changes. If you google it, "a car with a fixed roof and two doors." comes up.

gamefreak32 > Zohaibman72
11/16/2014 at 22:20

But why did they integrate the coupe back in with the sedan nomenclature? They could have used the SLK, ELK, and CLK for the coupes since they have changed the name for the SLK to SLC.

Zohaibman72 > gamefreak32
11/16/2014 at 22:24

Think of the Sedan as the primary model, and the roadster and SUV being versions of it. The C-Class. They got rid of the -K because there is no sedan K model. They chose renaming GLK and SLK to GLC and SLC over changing the C class to a K class. Probably because the C-Class is a Volume seller compared to the newer GLK and the low-volume selling SLK.

LoremIpsum010101 > Zohaibman72
11/16/2014 at 22:48

Nomenclature I don't understand: Infiniti, Lincoln, Lexus, Acura, Cadillac. Get it together, everybody else. How about Lincoln/Cadillac start with using actual NAMES for their cars?

FalconHoon > Zohaibman72
11/16/2014 at 23:04

It also turns up this; Alternatively, a coupé is often distinguished from a two-door sedan by the lack of a B-pillar to support the roof.

and this:
Four-door coupé

A luxury sedan with classic coupé-like proportions. The low roof design reduces back seat passenger access and headroom. [21] The designation was first applied to a low-roof model of the Rover P5 from 1962 until 1973, [22] but was revived by the 1985 Toyota Carina ED , the 1992 Infiniti J30 and finally by the first model 2005 Mercedes-Benz CLS , which stands in Mercedes hierarchy between the E and S class, and has appearance of a classic coupe and sedan. The term was also used partly from marketing reasons. German press accepted concept of four-door coupe and adopted it to similar models from other manufacturers such as 2009 Jaguar XJ . [23] [24] [25] [26] Also, other manufacturers accepted it, producing recent competing models like Volkswagen Passat CC , BMW F06 and even five-door coupe, Audi A7 . [27] The organization ADAC on its website also adopted this concepts. [28] In Germany the definition of the coupe was finally divided into the classic coupe and 4-door coupe. This definition and concept of four-door coupe (instead of sedan) are evident in Germany, but they are not yet widely known in the rest of the world.
So I'm pretty sure the proper name is; four-door coupe

Bad72AMX > FalconHoon
11/16/2014 at 23:23

In the days of a billion combinations available from each brand, a 2 door with a post was often called a sedan or a post coupe, while one without a post was a hardtop coupe. A 4 door without a post was a 4 door hardtop. A 4 door with a post was just a sedan.

tsar > Zohaibman72
11/17/2014 at 06:28

I don't get why the CLS has S as the suffix when it's based on the E-Class?