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Mercedes honing the next generation C-class

Two years ahead of its planned UK introduction, Mercedes’ engineers have begun rendering the next generation C-class on target for 2007, in a bid to see it better the class benchmark, the new BMW 3-series.

It is borrowing styling cues from the next S-class, due this September, with tauter surfacing, greater flaring of the wheelarches and prominent swage lines. The headlamps switch from today’s double-rounded form to a trapezoidal shape, while the tail lamps take on a more dynamic form.

Along with the four-door saloon, the new car’s platform will be used underneath a five-door estate, the three-door Sports Coupé, CLK coupé and cabriolets, and the X-class, a compact 4×4 rival for the BMW X3.

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