It has not been an easy life for the smallest Mercedes in the United States. It certainly hasn’t been as tough as the European A-Class, but the road to success for the C-Class has been paved with hardship and tough competition.
In that very segment, buyers will find one the best vehicles ever produced, the BMW 3-Series. Here is a vehicle that has dominated the German sports saloon segment with strong sales and a driving experience that is second to none. If that wasn’t enough to damn the C-Class, Audi has brought along the A4, a strong 3-Series rival that offers up a brilliant interior and build quality that has stood the test of time.
On top of all this, Mercedes has fallen behind in other areas as well. BMW offers their 3-Series in coupe form and Audi has the A5, but what does Mercedes offer? Well, until now, nothing, but that is all scheduled to change with the new C-Class Coupe.
Update 01/07/2010: The first official images for the 2012 Mercedes C-Class Coupe have been leaked! Check them out in the gallery provided. Also a bit of interesting news; the Mercedes C-Class Black Series will use a 5.5-liter twin-turbo V8 engine with 570 HP and 900 Nm (664 lb-ft) of torque!
Update 02/14/2011: Mercedes has finally revealed the official specs and details on the new C-Class Coupe that will make its world debut at the Geneva Motor Show. Hit the jump to read all about it and see the picture gallery for high res images.
Updated 02/18/2011: After the first images and details were revealed just the other day, Mercedes has unveiled the first video of the new C-Class Coupe. The video shows the car both inside and out, illustrating its dynamic design, sporty appearance, and efficient engines. Enjoy!
Updated 05/05/2011: Mercedes has unveiled a 10-minute movie in which the main star is the new C-Class Coupe. But noticing the car might be a challenge considering it is surrounded by beautiful young girls. Hit the jump to watch the video.
UPDATE 09/21/11: We hardly thought of the Mercedes C-Class Coupe as a car being shackled by its own company, but the latest commercial featuring the aforementioned Merc seems to point in that direction. "More power, more style, less doors" was the overall theme of the ad. Certainly, we couldn’t argue with any of those claims, except that the car was already awesome to begin with. But if Mercedes felt the need to point it out, then more power to them. Check out the new C-Class Coupe commercial by clicking on the photo above.
Hit the jump to read more about the Mercedes-Benz C-Class Coupe.
Tecnocraft has one of the most impressive tuning packages: at the end of 2010 they tuned the Lamborghini Gallardo and a few months earlier the Bentley Continental Supersports. And now is time for the Mercedes C63 AMG. While there are no details on the engine’s update, the exterior and the interior changes are impressive.
For the exterior Tecnocraft added new front fenders and added a splitter under the custom front bumper. Painted in an impressive gray exterior color, the C63 sits on new ADV.1 Wheels. The interior looks as impressive as the exterior: the seats are entirely made in carbon fiber, and any fabric or leather has been removed.
We do not know if the engine has also been updated, but from standard the V8 delivers a total of 487 HP and this is more than enough for any sports sedan. Either way this is a very impressive tuning package!
In its 125 years of history, 2011 will be the first year when Mercedes will be unveiling their first Super Bowl commercial. And the first 60 seconds sports reveals great things: the SLS AMG Roadster and the C-Class Coupe. But the two models aren’t at all the only great things presented in the commercial. In fact just by watching it you will fee like in a Mercedes heaven with lots of cool models.
The Mercedes SLS AMG roadster version will be powered by a 6.3-liter V8 engine with 563 hp and 479 lb-ft of torque. However, being a much heavier model, it will rocket from 0 to 60mph in 4.0 seconds before topping out at approximately 192 mph. The C-Class coupe will be offered with the same engine line-up as its sedan brother and will go on sale later this year.
While Mercedes was busy revealing the official details on the C63 AMG sedan, its testing engineers were pretty busy working on the C55 AMG Coupe, the most powerful version of the recently launched C-Class coupe.
Besides the fact that it will be a coupe model, the first thing we noticed about the future AMG model was the name: 55. This means that, unlike its sedan brother, the C55 AMG Coupe will use the same twin-turbo 5.5-liter V8 engine that has been used for the CLS63 AMG. As for the output, expect to see something near 420 HP.
The jury’s still out on when this new model will be launched, but since the C-Class Coupe version will be making its world debut in March 2011 at the Geneva Motor Show, we expect to see the AMG version sometime next year.
Hit the jump to read more about the Mercedes C55 AMG Coupe.
Mercedes has already released the first official details for the 2012 C-Class model, so it seems fitting that the first details and images of the new AMG version have popped up on the web. The new model is expected to go on sale by the summer of 2011. Like with the standard C-Class, the AMG version has also received an updated exterior and interior, but the engine will remain faithful to the C63 AMG packaging.
The exterior gets redesigned bumpers, slimmer headlights with LED lights, revised mirrors, and a new grille with one horizontal bar instead of two, as found in the SLS AMG. There is also a new set of sportier wheels, chrome elements, and an AMG logo in order to differentiate it from the standard C-Class. A sporty exhaust system with four end pipes has also been added to the back oft he vehicle.
Update 02/01/2011: Official details for the Mercedes have finally been revealed, but since they were leaked on the internet a few days ago, we already have most of them. What we didn’t have though are the images and the European prices! In Europe, the new C63 AMG is priced at 71,340 euro ($97,841 at the current rates) for the sedan and at 73,899 euro ($101,351 at the current rates) for the station wagon version. The AMG Performance package adds an extra 7166 euro (9,828 at the current rates). Check out the new images in the gallery provided.
Hit the jump to read more about the 2012 Mercedes C63 AMG.
