These W210s look so doofy

"If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent" (essextee) 10/29/2019 at 09:18 • Filed to: Hot take

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I don’t know why the designers thought it needed the lower valance off a Japanese tuner car but it does not mesh with the rest of the car’s shape  at all.

fintail > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 10/29/2019 at 09:30

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It was the year 2000 (facelift model), that’s how things were, rounded for the sake of rounded .

The pre-facelift:

And sport/AMG cars were a bit better:

Textured Soy Protein > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 10/29/2019 at 09:33

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The whole front end doesn’t mesh with the rest of the shape of the car.

My dad had an early-production W210 E420 and while there were many things that were actually nice about that car, the front end styling was always a bit incongruous.

But, with a bit of tweaking, that lighting graphic theme works pretty well on the C208 CLK55.

Tripper > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 10/29/2019 at 09:39

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Agree, never liked the modern round light Mercs.

Svend > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 10/29/2019 at 10:04

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I’m the opposite. I think these were the last of the good looking MBs.

A MB to me was always a little ‘statesmanlike ’, now, they are ‘footballery’ looking, chasing the cash .

RallyWrench > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 10/29/2019 at 12:26

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That’s part of why they’re cheap, which makes it easier for me to buy a good 320 wagon eventually.