Merc X3 Fighter

[mphmag]

Spied. Based on new C class. I'm guessing it will have CLS lines and kind of resemble the Infiniti FX.

http://www.mph-online.com/web/spyphotos/0034

[sciguy_0504]

I doubt that is the real front end but it has a new Hyundai Sante Fe-look to it.

[91z4me]

So this is a mule of a car body on the running gear of the SUV?

[Flybrian]

The MLK. Nice. It has its own holiday already.

[Variance]

Even if the front end isn't a camoed production one, anything in this class should be better-looking than the homely X3.

[evok]

This is way out in future world. Won't be over here until the start of the next decade.

[mphmag]

I wouldn't say "way in the future" remember how much quicker development time is these days.

yes it is a car body on the 4x4 suspension. Expect it to look like a cross between a CLS and Infiniti FX.

I'd say they get it out before 2010. C series should be next year this should be year after that.

[RBB]

AMC Eagle Redux?

-RBB

[njtex]

Looks like another R-Class fiasco in the making. BMW has permanent leasing support on the X3 and now MB wants to jump into the same market?

[pow]

Even if the front end isn't a camoed production one, anything in this class should be better-looking than the homely X3.

I wouldn't say the X3 is homely... maybe eccentric?

[njtex]

"Heh, there is no way they are going to call it "MLK""

SL & SLK, ML & MLK, seems to make sense. It's the kurtz (short} version of the ML.

Remember, this is the same company that introduced the Active Sound System and Pnuematische Motoren Stuerungen! (I'm not certain of the German spelling but you get the idea.)

[NOS2006]

That thing looks rad as ever!

[regfootball]

hope its not a poseur complete piece of sht like the x3

[evok]

I wouldn't say "way in the future" remember how much quicker development time is these days.

I trust my sources better than your opinion.

2010 MY for NA.

Edited February 15, 2006 by evok

[evok]

Oh I know it fits the naming scheme. That said, still no way its going to be "MLK"

Too Late! Someone got lucky!

Typed Drawing

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Word Mark MLK 230

Goods and Services IC 012. US 019 021 023 031 035 044. G & S: automobiles and structural parts therefore

Mark Drawing Code (1) TYPED DRAWING

Design Search Code

Serial Number 75260205

Filing Date March 19, 1997

Current Filing Basis 44E

Original Filing Basis 1B;44D

Published for Opposition April 13, 1999

Registration Number 2258458

Registration Date July 6, 1999

Owner (REGISTRANT) MERCEDES-BENZ AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT CORPORATION FED REP GERMANY 70327 Stuttgart FED REP GERMANY

Assignment Recorded ASSIGNMENT RECORDED

Attorney of Record V T GIORDANO

Priority Date September 26, 1996

Disclaimer NO CLAIM IS MADE TO THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO USE "230" APART FROM THE MARK AS SHOWN

Type of Mark TRADEMARK

Register PRINCIPAL

Live/Dead Indicator LIVE

Edited February 15, 2006 by evok

[Flybrian]

I wonder if the King estate will sue. Seriously, they're pretty letigious over those use of the late MLK's image, likeness, speeches, etc.

[PurdueGuy]

I wonder if the King estate will sue. Seriously, they're pretty letigious over those use of the late MLK's image, likeness, speeches, etc.

They'd (the King estate) probably lose a suit over an acronym. Do they even claim any rights to MLK? Seems more like something people have gotten used to using rather than an official acronym for Martin Luther King. Besides, they're not in "competition". It's like how 2 businesses can have very simmilar names if they aren't in competition.

[Sixty8panther]

I remember back in the early-to mid 90s when BMW was running X5-mechanical prototypes that were nothing more than old-style 5-series wagons on top of waht looked like K5 Blazer frames.

That swooping-yet-chunky rear quarter panel makes me think '99 Charger concept-meets-Celica.

Edited February 15, 2006 by Sixty8panther

[MyerShift]

Hmm, let's sum it up:

"The future is now. And it stinks"

[Flybrian]

I want to first commercial to say, "I have a dream that one day my four little children will one day take the corners with confidence and aggression in all weather" with a voiceover at the end announcing "Thank God Almightly, 2.9% APR to qualified buyers at last!"