2017 Detroit Auto Show - NAIAS

yanky said:

Me neither, I still wouldn't buy a new one though considering the depreciation on them is next level

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WorldBreaker said:

 
E-Class coupe don't look to hot to me.

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Mercedes-Maybach SUV confirmed in Detroit

A Maybach SUV is on its way, with electrification also coming to the Mercedes luxury brand

A Mercedes-Maybach SUV has been confirmed for production following years of speculation. Dr. Dieter Zetsche, Mercedes-Benz CEO, made the announcement at the 2017 Detroit Motor Show, telling the press: “I’d like to say you will be seeing it, but I’ll leave it at that.”

Mercedes’ chief designer Gorden Wagoner had previously told Auto Express that Maybach, like AMG, could have its own signature models rather than base them on existing cars. A new SUV would lend itself ideally to that, allowing Wagoner and his team to produce a vehicle that he describes as epitomising “modern luxury”.

“Mercedes Maybach stands very much for modern luxury,” Wagoner told us, “where other super-luxury competitors take a more traditional approach. The difference is that modern luxury is a bit more tasteful.”

In a separate interview with Mercedes’ Vice President for Marketing, Dr. Jens Thiemer, he told Auto Express that electrification would also make its way into the Maybach brand. “Our strategy for our sub-brand with Maybach is exactly on spot, it’s going perfectly well. Its much more than 10,000 cars we already sold with the derivatives of the S-Class - so the product portfolio will be extended.

“We will, I call it, begin ‘EQ-ing’ our cars,” Theimer added. “We will also see electric cars from Mercedes-AMG and Mercedes-Maybach, so that’s what we are thinking.

“Electrification will of course hit every car and we have to be prepared. There will come a point in time where the complete portfolio will become electrified – whether its plug-in hybrid or pure electric engines.”

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RFX45 said:

2018 BMW 530e & M550i XDrive

The 2018 530e iPerformance will be available in both rear- and all-wheel drive configurations, with prices kicking off at $52,395 for the former and $54,695 for the latter, including destination and handling fees. That's just $1,200 more than the base version of the previous-gen, non-hybrid, 528i with a 2.0L turbo.

The plug-in hybrid powertrain of the new 530e teams up an electric motor with a four-cylinder 2.0-litre turbo petrol with a combined output of 248hp and 310lb-ft. 0-60mph comes in 6.0 seconds, with all-wheel drive models scoring 5.8 seconds.

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sooperhooper said:

That 5 isn't bad but it's so bland.

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Supermanblue79 said:

It looks like the majority of the nonluxury automakers have caught up/surpassed BMW and Audi in design.

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KEVLAR said:

I'm all for maintaining a design language and a brand's history through out the years but BMW looking stagnant

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ninjahood said:

yeah, these new bimmers aren't even eclipsing da early 2000's models...

these hood dudes gonna be flossing 12 year bimmers feeling clean

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Supermanblue79 said:

It looks like the majority of the nonluxury automakers have caught up/surpassed BMW and Mercedes in design.

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Tigron said:

Fixed. Audi been having the best looking lineup for a while now.

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Picasso Swerve said:

That Stinger is fire. Maybe my new vehicle...

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Tigron said:

And Mercedes does?
Must be talmbout benz of yesteryear
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