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Originally Posted by supra93
I understand the 6 underpins the 5 and now the 6 coupe is no longer in production. What we were saying is that there is still room for an E class coupe competitor and the cheap way of going at it would be to just give us a 2 door 5 as we have seen with the 3 & 4.
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Yes there is potentially as much room between 4er and 8er as there is between 3er and 7er. However the 2 door coupé market overall is shrinking globally and seems to polarize towards either large luxury / GT coupés (Bentley, Aston Martin...) or smaller, sportier and significantly more affordable coupés from the C and D segments (2er, 4er, C Coupé, A5...). In the middle, that intermediary E segment seems to generate the least demand for coupés and pretty much only has the E Class Coupé remaining. Mercedes can afford staying on this difficult segment because they have the legitimacy of their long and glorious coupé history, Audi never seemed to bother to launch à 2 door A7, and BMW seemingly has plans to drop the 6er = 5er coupé idea and focus on something different instead. Which would be a shame if confirmed, but again there just doesn't seem to exist enough demand at this point.