Here are the most compelling all-new Mercedes C-Class pictures out there and we’d love to share them with you. Sure, there’s still a fair amount of tape left on the front and rear fascias. However, this prototype isn’t wearing anything else and its overall shape and design lines are fully visible.
The latest S-Class has larger and sleeker
headlights, while the doors feature different lines too, not to mention
completely different door handles –
pop-up style for the S-Class and traditional for the new C-Class. By the looks
of it, the C-Class front fascia will resemble the updated E-Class more than it
will the flagship model.
Moving on, we arrive at the horizontal
teardrop taillights, which are positioned higher towards the boot lid than on
the S or even E-Class. They might actually work really well this time with
Mercedes‘ latest design language. The whole car looks a bit more dynamic than
its two bigger siblings and that might just work in its favor. We can also tell
that this model is wearing an AMG Line exterior kit, giving it chunkier bumpers
and sporty-looking side skirts, to go with the double five-spoke AMG wheels,
whose design is very familiar.
Then there’s the interior, which actually
does borrow heavily from the 2021 S-Class. It’s not very visible in these
images, but we’ve seen the layout before in previous spy images – it has the
same free-standing digital gauge cluster as the S and the same angled
portrait-style infotainment screen. On the engine front, expect 48-volt EQ
Boost mild hybrid and plug-in hybrid models, while AMG variants might still get
a 4.0-liter twin-turbo V8 if they’re lucky. Some reports suggest the V8 could
be replaced by a really powerful 2.0-liter unit with more than 500 HP, but
nothing’s so far official.
Mercedes should unveil the all-new C-Class
before the end of this year, with a sales debut for the U.S. slated for 2021 –
as a MY2022 car.
