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    Mercedes CLC - class Revealed!

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    Post  Vibhor 17th May 2009, 10:53 am

    Mercedes-Benz has released the first official pictures of the new C Class Sport Coupe, or else, the CLC, the name the company has decided to give to the hatchback version of the C-Class. In fact, if the German manufacturer had kept the same name, it would be no problem, since it has already kept the old architecture.

    The CLC will be produced in Brazil, in the Juiz de Fora plant which Mercedes-Benz built to produce the A-Class. At the end of its production, this facility almost closed its doors before the company managed to find out what to do with it. The solution was the production of the C-Class Sport Coupe, what in part explains why the company has decided to keep the previous platform structure for the CLC. Boot capacity, for example, is the same: 310 liters.

    The new CLC, as the company’s press release states, has only had its front and rear end redesigned, in order to follow the sedan's visual identity, but Mercedes-Benz underlines almost 1,100 components have been newly developed or enhanced. We will only know what it means when we drive the car, but the German automaker says the uprated engines (especially the four-cylinder 1.8-liter that pushes the C200 Kompressor and now delivers 184 bhp) and a direct-steer system will provide a much sportier behavior.

    The direct-steer system consists of a variable rack ratio associated with a speed-sensitive power steering. To sum up, this means that the driver will have to turn the wheel less in corners, what may be interesting at high speeds.

    There will be six powerplant offers for the car: two turbodiesel four-cylinder engines and two four-cylinder and two six-cylinder motors that run on gasoline. They range from 122 bhp to 272 bhp. Fuel economy has been improved by up to 10.8%. A six-speed manual transmition will be standard to all models, with two automatic options, a five-speed for the four cylinder engines and the 7G-TRONIC for the six-cylinder powerplants.

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    http://www.worldcarfans.com/9080127.003/mini19/new-mercedes-benz-clc-class-revealed
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    Post  archit 17th May 2009, 10:59 am

    this is already launched in BKK!
    it looks kind of cool in real!
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    Post  Road Rocket 17th May 2009, 2:04 pm

    Looks cool but rear is ugly and taillamps looks like of prev. gen Accord.

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    Post  Crazy cat 17th May 2009, 3:28 pm

    I didn't like the rear in these pics
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    Post  napster 17th May 2009, 5:43 pm

    front looks cool, but the rear doesnt suite the car
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    Post  abhinavgupta 18th May 2009, 10:13 pm

    Looks uber cool.
    Which when would India be ready for such products :frustration:
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    Post  fly_hard 19th May 2009, 10:25 pm

    Wow great info there buddy, but it's not the first time the Three Point Star is flirting with this concept. They tried it in the previous C Class as well, which was a massive disaster as they could not sell many of them. Here are a few pics


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    The car is not all that bad, but really no comparison to the 3 Series Coupe. The 3 Series Coupe is a far far better looking car and the younger audience just loves it way too much.

    Lets see how this one goes... but personally I dont have very high hopes of it beating the Bimmer...

    As for the Indian market.. well even if it is launched in India... how many people will be willing to spend that much money on a car which cant even seat five people "As per Indian mentality"
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    Post  napster 19th May 2009, 10:45 pm

    this doesnt look like a merc at all, feels like its assembled with various parts
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    Post  fly_hard 20th May 2009, 1:04 am

    Well the front part is exactly the same. It's only the boot that has been chopped off:


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    It also sported the Panoramic Glass Roof which I thought was really sexy:


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    Post  Road Rocket 20th May 2009, 11:54 am

    Nice pics, But what exactly is it? A coupe or a notchback!Lol!


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    Post  Zal 20th May 2009, 12:52 pm

    Actually the two door c class is more of a girls car here in western countries. :shock:
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    Post  fly_hard 20th May 2009, 1:13 pm

    Well as a matter of fact.. not just the C class almost all the Hatch Backs are considered Girls car... I would'nt be driving one that's for sure...

    Am happy with my Twin Turbo 300ZX :car3: for the time beeing... hehehe

    :)
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    Post  Road Rocket 20th May 2009, 3:27 pm

    fly_hard wrote:Am happy with my Twin Turbo 300ZX :car3: for the time beeing... hehehe
    Cool, You own a 300 ZX, So man post its pics someday, With a review. :D

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    Post  fly_hard 20th May 2009, 3:36 pm

    Sure thing... Will do that shortly..

    :)
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    Post  Road Rocket 20th May 2009, 3:44 pm

    fly_hard wrote:Sure thing... Will do that shortly..

    :)
    Will be waiting for it! :winkthumb:

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    Post  fly_hard 20th May 2009, 3:50 pm

    Road Rocket wrote:Nice pics, But what exactly is it? A coupe or a notchback!Lol!


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    Well the Mercedes like to call it a Coupe... so let's just believe it IS a coupe..

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