{"id":49167,"date":"2012-04-18T10:51:36","date_gmt":"2012-04-18T14:51:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedetroitbureau.com\/?p=49167"},"modified":"2012-04-18T10:51:36","modified_gmt":"2012-04-18T14:51:36","slug":"first-look-mercedes-downsized-coupe-like-csc-sedan-concept","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/2012\/04\/first-look-mercedes-downsized-coupe-like-csc-sedan-concept\/","title":{"rendered":"First Look: Mercedes\u2019 Downsized Coupe-Like CSC Sedan Concept"},"content":{"rendered":"
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We'll get a closer look at the CLA Concept next week in Beijing.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Can we buy a vowel, Vanna?\u00a0 Okay, so that means the CSC Concept will soon reappear as the CLA.\u00a0 Got that straight?\u00a0 No?<\/p>\n

We\u2019re not surprised.\u00a0 The once easy to remember Mercedes-Benz alphanumeric line-up has grown increasingly complex, over the years, as the maker keeps filling more and more luxury niches.\u00a0 And it will become yet more confusing come the press days at next week\u2019s Beijing Motor Show, when we get our first look at what is being referred to as the Mercedes Concept Style Coupe, or CSC.<\/p>\n

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Be In the Know!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In fact, the images here will herald the coming of what will be dubbed the CLA when it actually rolls into showrooms in the very near future.<\/p>\n

Clear yet?\u00a0 Okay, here\u2019s more: The German automaker scored an absolute out-of-the-park home run with the launch of the original CLS, it\u2019s \u201cCoupe-Like Sedan.\u201d The sweeping shape has influenced virtually everyone in the auto industry, from rivals like BMW, with the new 6-Series Gran Coupe, to Hyundai, with its coupe-like Sonata.<\/p>\n

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The CSC will reappear as the production CLA.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

But Mercedes knows that the global luxury market \u2013 like the rest of the auto industry \u2013 is downsizing.\u00a0 It\u2019s got an all-new platform, best-known as the MFA, in the ready.\u00a0 And it will use that \u201carchitecture\u201d as the foundation for a variety of new models.\u00a0 We got a look at one of the first during last month\u2019s Geneva Motor Show when the Teutonic maker introduced the all-new A-Class.\u00a0 There will be at least four A-Class models based off the MFA.\u00a0 But we\u2019ll also see some new B-Class entries.\u00a0 And the new CLA.<\/p>\n

Any resemblance between the CSC prototype coming to Beijing and the latest-generation CLS production model is purely intentional, though you\u2019ll likely also pick up hints of the Mercedes-Benz F800 Style concept from 2010.<\/p>\n

Word leaking out \u2013 along with these images \u2013 has it that the Chinese Concept Style Coupe will feature a 208-horsepower turbocharged 2.0-liter engine.<\/p>\n

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A look inside the CSC concept.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

And our friends at Autoblog are reporting that yet another concept related to the CSC could appear at the Transmission LA: AV Club music festival in Los Angeles around April 20.<\/p>\n

The new MFA architecture is a big venture for Mercedes.\u00a0 Not only will it provide the foundation for models like the A-, B- and CLA, but it will also provide a base for the German marque\u2019s new alliance partner, Infiniti.<\/p>\n

Since 2010, Mercedes\u2019 parent Daimler AG has been rapidly expanding its partnership with the Euro-Asian Renault-Nissan Alliance.\u00a0 Among the quid-pro-quos: Renault is leading development of a microcar that it will market as the next Twingo, while it will also replace the struggling Smart brand\u2019s fortwo model.\u00a0 Nissan, meanwhile, will build engines in Tennessee for the Mercedes C-Class being produced in Alabama.<\/p>\n

And the MFA platform will be used in a production version of the Infiniti Etherea \u2013 and, we\u2019ve been hearing, as the foundation for Infiniti\u2019s next-generation G- line-up.<\/p>\n

How\u2019s that for alphabet soup?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mercedes-Benz will introduce a downsized version of its popular CLS “coupe-like sedan” at next week’s Beijing Motor Show. The Concept Sport Coupe will soon reappear in showrooms as the CLA, reports TheDetroitBureau.com, which offers a first close look.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":49168,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"make":[],"post-state":[],"category_old":[151],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49167"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49167"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49167\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49167"},{"taxonomy":"make","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/make?post=49167"},{"taxonomy":"post-state","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post-state?post=49167"},{"taxonomy":"category_old","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/category_old?post=49167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}