2007 S-Class: what do you think of the design?

[imageWIS]

Originally Posted by matadorpoeta

i didn't realize brian and lamo were british.

I have no idea if they are, I merely mention the information in passing.

Jon.

 

[Arethusa]

I've never seen merc mean anything but mercenary.

 

[imageWIS]

Originally Posted by Arethusa

I've never seen merc mean anything but mercenary.

Do mercenaries use Mercedes....?

Jon.

 

[A Y]

Whatever you call an M-B, it's got to be better than the British shorthand for BMWs: B-M.

--Andre

 

[Lamo]

Originally Posted by matadorpoeta

i didn't realize brian and lamo were british.

i'm not. just used to reading british mag. i don't call sedans 'saloons' though

 

[imageWIS]

Originally Posted by Lamo

i'm not. just used to reading british mag. i don't call sedans 'saloons' though

Do you call wagons "˜estates' or a hood a "˜bonnet'?

Jon.

 

[Huntsman]

Funny, I use merc for mercenary, Mercury and Mercedes fairly interchangeably. The context is usually a sufficient condition for determining which one is meant.

Wagons are wagons to me unless they're stretched versions of a normal model, in which case they're brakes. My car has a boot, a bonnet, and rides on tyres -- some components are even fabricated from al-you-min-i-um.

~ Huntsman

 

[imageWIS]

Originally Posted by Huntsman

Funny, I use merc for mercenary, Mercury and Mercedes fairly interchangeably. The context is usually a sufficient condition for determining which one is meant.

Wagons are wagons to me unless they're stretched versions of a normal model, in which case they're brakes. My car has a boot, a bonnet, and rides on tyres -- some components are even fabricated from al-you-min-i-um.

~ Huntsman

Some cars have parts made from Tit-aI-ni-um.

Jon.

 

[briancl]

Originally Posted by matadorpoeta

i didn't realize brian and lamo were british.

i get a lot of my auto industry news from uk sources. i can't help it.

 

[briancl]

Originally Posted by matadorpoeta

in car circles, "merc" is short for mercury, a division of the ford motor company.

i don't know what car circles you hang in.. but in mine, no one has any reason to refer to a mercury.

 

[imageWIS]

Originally Posted by briancl

i don't know what car circles you hang in.. but in mine, no one has any reason to refer to a mercury.

Indeed, I can't remember last time anyone mentioned a Mercury, IRL.

Jon.

 

[zjpj83]

The first time I saw the new S-class was in NYC on the UWS. I looked inside and George Clooney was in the driver's seat. Then I realized it was all hooked up to a truck and cameras and that they were going to be filming a movie.

 

[Lamo]

Originally Posted by imageWIS

Do you call wagons "˜estates' or a hood a "˜bonnet'?

Jon.

thankfully i don't

 

[GQgeek]

I think it's ugly. I much prefer the old one. Seems like both merc and bmw have taken a step back in exterior design recently.

 

[matadorpoeta]

Originally Posted by briancl

i don't know what car circles you hang in.. but in mine, no one has any reason to refer to a mercury.
the mercurys from the late '40s/early '50s. check them out.