Will this be the new C5 ?

[crapday69]

The touchscreen, buttons below and seats all look like it been copied from Mercedes. If they changed the gear-lever consul it would look 100x better.

[EDC5]

Stupid WIDE center console......you cannot rest your leg at an angle, ergonomic madness.....just like the DS5.

I didn't think of that! Good point. As a long legged fellow myself that would really impinge on my comfort!
Unless they made the Chinese C5 afoot wider

[GiveMeABreak]

I didn't think of that! Good point. As a long legged fellow myself that would really impinge on my comfort!
Unless they made the Chinese C5 afoot wider

This is China....

[Xantippa]

That Chinese "new" C5 is just cheap facelift of C5 X7. Changed lights and bumpers outside and altered old dash a bit. As you can see for instance glove box and upper part of dash are 1:1 with old one.

[GiveMeABreak]

Yes the inside looks like a kids Mecanno set - everything just bolted on - like that screen and the transmission console - square pegs in a round hole. Nothing fits and nothing flows, terrible.

[daviemck2006]

Theres not a new car on the market that I particularly like the design of. They all look very similar, as if they are designed and construced by one corporate computer. Actually the only new cars I would consider are citroens, the new c3 or a cactus.

[CitroJim]

Theres not a new car on the market that I particularly like the design of. They all look very similar, as if they are designed and construced by one corporate computer. Actually the only new cars I would consider are citroens, the new c3 or a cactus.

Totally agreed in all respects Davie... I too quite like the looks of the new C3 but not so much the Cactus now it's lost its airbumps...

[demag]

The C3 is smart not sure of anything else. I've always liked Kia Souls because they're different.

[CitroJim]

I've always liked Kia Souls because they're different.

Same here, refreshingly different...

It's what we need...

[white exec]

Yes, something a tad different, and designed around function, rather than a "me too, play safe" styling exercise. There just doesn't seem to be much really innovative styling around at the moment. Cars have become a bit like mobile phones: just there, do their stuff (by-and-large), and don't warrant much attention (apart from badge-buying).

Three which I like the look of are
- Skoda Yeti
- Kia Soul
- the new Honda Urban prototype (see another post).
Have something refreshing to them, like the first appearance of David Bache's Range Rover, the original Renault Espace, the Jensen Interceptor, or - of course - CX, BX and XM.

I think the industry is just afraid of failure, and so lacks courage. But, in an age of 3-D CAD and digital prototyping, where's the excuse?

[crapday69]

The new C1 is a smart little car.

[falling-out-with-my-car]

I think it will be an electric vehicle this time around.

[wurlycorner]

I agree with you on the touchscreen but then again all of the modern Mercedes have stupid tablet like touchscreens tacked onto the dash...

I was going to say exactly that!

Ref the chinese C5 - that is blatently just an X7 with a different nose and interior. Otherwise exactly the same body.

[crapday69]

I agree with you on the touchscreen but then again all of the modern Mercedes have stupid tablet like touchscreens tacked onto the dash...

I was going to say exactly that!

Ref the chinese C5 - that is blatently just an X7 with a different nose and interior. Otherwise exactly the same body.

I did say that at the top of the page lol

[Michel]

Theres not a new car on the market that I particularly like the design of. They all look very similar, as if they are designed and construced by one corporate computer. Actually the only new cars I would consider are citroens, the new c3 or a cactus.

The only new cars I like the look of are the Focus RS, which looks fantastic, kind of like something you'd have drawn as a car-mad 8 year old, or curiously, the Kia Soul. I "quite" like the Skoda Yeti, but it's really a VW Tiguan in cheap clothes.