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This affordable new coupé and a junior four-wheel drive will spearhead additions to Mercedes-Benz’s entry-level line-up as the German giant revamps the A-class and B-class.
Mercedes-Benz boss Dieter Zetsche has given the go-ahead for a new product plan that will expand the A-class range to include a BMW 1-series-rivalling coupé when the third-generation model arrives in 2011.
The secret dossier of upcoming models also includes a heavily reworked B-class. That car will create a BMW X1-chal...Read the full article

Great! So i guess it will switch the CLC to FWD now then? So much for tradional Merc values.

Looks good - better resolved than a 1-Series coupe anyway!

It's just an Autocar guestimate image.

I love the use of the word "affordable".  Do you mean "affordable" like a Hyundai i10 is affordable?

I'm not too fond of that image. The wheelarches are little too squared off and it looks like it's trying to be more mini4x4 than a coupe. Reminds of the dreadfull Rover Streetwise somehow!

If Merc want to target the 1-Series and A3, they need something lower, sleeker and with no gimmicky styling touches (like those square arches) in my opinion.