Who in the inner city has room to park a full sized SUV? Have you lived in a city before? If you live in the “inner city” driving is a luxury, and only well-off folks can afford the parking. Are you sure you weren’t trying to say “black”?

“Urban poor”? Explain.

Second this. It amazes me how aged a car looks when it’s headlights and taillights are scratched and fogged over.

I agree that it could have looked better (although i’m admittedly not sure how, other than the tailights) and that it is a pretty clear combo of first gen CLS/current e class/ current s class coupe. I just don’t think that it’s a bad thing, and I think jalops are overreacting. Plus, the negativity towards contemporary…

“Hodgepodge”? That doesn’t even make sense. Just like every brand, there are specific design themes that they follow for specific models. After the S-class was introduced, did you say the C- and E- classes were just “phoned in” since they are virtually smaller-scale models of the the S? It’s what brands do for…

Jalopnik loves to complain about every new car. Especially ones that look good to most people. I guarantee you if you ask random people on the street, 9/10 will think this looks good. Jalops want cars that look like 2 rectangular boxes stacked on top of each other with 4 wheel tacked on.