2000 Mercedes-Benz Vision SLA
To Mercedes-Benz, the SL defines the roadster. For this reason, the brand has a hard time with the idea once it’s too far removed from the SL’s grand proportions. This difficulty is painfully clear with the Vision SLA. Luckily, most of what we see here – the exposed shock towers, the mesh hood sections, the side-view mirrors that are connected to the fender tops – has never made it to production. Although, the same nose did adorn later versions of the SL, the SLK, and the Mercedes SLR McLaren.
2000 Mercedes Benz Vision SLA
2001 BMW X Coupe
Even before its execution, the idea of basing a two-door coupe on the X5 chassis is a terrible one. The X coupe does nothing to help matters, either. All it does is slather awkwardly in its weird proportions in BMW’s signature flame surfacing. This never makes anything look good, that’s for sure. In all honesty, we should all take a moment to be grateful that the X6 didn’t end up turning out this way.
2001 BMW X Coupe
