Mercedes Benz Style Coupe concept is amazing
The Mercedes Concept Style Coupé (CSC) will receive its debut at next week’s Beijing motor show. The model will preview the forthcoming Mercedes CLA compact saloon.
Pictured here officially for the first time, the heavily sculptured four-door reveals the dramatic appearance of the new Mercedes CLS-inspired junior saloon, which is due go on sale next year with a base price of about £19,000.
A hot batch of photos and a detailed video of the Mercedes-Benz Concept Style Coupe (CSC) didn’t take long to surface after the initial images leaked .
Mercedes briefly flashed some of the car’s interior last week in a video talking about style and craftsmanship. Now we have a full video and a host of pictures to show you what the car looks like. More importantly, it gives us a strong indication of what the CLC or the CLA will look like at the 2013 debut.
The car is a sleeker, more elongated version of the new A-Class we first saw in Geneva last month, based heavily on the F800 style concept we saw in 2010. Just as in the A-Class, a 2.0-liter turbocharged inline four cylinder with 211 hp will power the front wheels.
Among the CLA’s four-door rivals will be a saloon version of the new Audi A3, also due next year, and a secret four-door version of the BMW 1-series, which is currently undergoing conceptual development with a view to introduction in 2015.
The CLA also has in its sights the Volkswagen Jetta – a car officials suggest they will target heavily in North America and China, markets considered crucial to the CLA’s success.
Long billed as a junior CLS, the CLA will sit below the Mercedes C-class saloon on price and features in the marques line-up. However, this CSC show car hints that Mercedes’ new entry-level saloon will be 47mm longer, a considerable 121mm wider and 47mm lower than the C-class saloon. The CSC is 4637mm long, 1891mm wide and 1398mm tall.
These official measurements also make it 345mm longer, the same width and 35mm lower than the new Mercedes A-class – a car with which the CLA shares its platform, chassis and driveline architecture.
