You know all that stuff we were saying about the Mercedes-Benz F800 and how it was an early look at the next CLS sedan? Forget it; we were wrong. When Mercedes rolled the new concept today in Geneva it was clearly too small to be a CLS. In fact, it looked too small to be an E-Class-based vehicle at all.
When we asked some insiders at Mercedes, they admitted it was no CLS replacement and after some prying they admitted it was more than just a concept. They said Mercedes was looking at all sorts of ways to utilize the MFA platform, as it's known internally.
You'll remember that we reported months ago that a C-Class coupe and convertible are in the works. Now it looks like a "four-door coupe" model could be added to the range, too, possibly under the CLC nameplate. Also worthy of note is something that Volker Mornhinweg, head of AMG, mentioned to us the day before. He said that AMG is looking to get into the compact performance segment in the future and an AMG-powered CLC would fit that nicely, no?
IL News: Mercedes-Benz F800 Style concept
ed124c says:
08:40 AM, 03/ 2/10
Gee, I wonder how the KIA people feel about all those folks with their backs to the KIA display.
breif says:
09:05 AM, 03/ 2/10
The whole four-door-coupe barely looks right on a midsize car; that compact looks all kinds of wrong from the side. The front, when in production styling, wouldn't be bad.
stovt001 says:
09:27 AM, 03/ 2/10
Oh good. Mercedes main problem was that it didn't have nearly enough different models out there.
cr_driver says:
09:29 AM, 03/ 2/10
Whatever
adb4 says:
03:01 PM, 03/ 2/10
Ummm... What? It LOOKS too small? Anybody out there run the numbers? The F800 is 474cm long and 194cm wide. The Mercedes E Class is 485cm long and 193cm wide. Clearly, the F800--at this point, with unrealistic overhangs and bumpers--is within spitting distance of an E Class, and considerably larger than the 458x177cm C-Class. Who says the F800 is too small to be a C-Class? And, equally importantly, who fits a 300hp V6 rwd hybrid drivetrain into a Jetta-class vehicle, even as a concept. Methinks you were fed some misinformation by M-B, and fell for it hook, line, and sinker...
tenta20 says:
03:22 PM, 03/ 2/10
An excellent concept by Mercedes-Benz. The true benchmark of luxury the world over.
estreka says:
12:17 AM, 03/ 3/10
That snoz looks hideous.