Sedan gross sales could also be on the decline, however the scenario is even worse relating to sporty two-door automobiles. Consequently, most automakers have both scaled again the variety of coupes and convertibles they provide or dropped the physique kinds altogether.
Mercedes-Benz is one automaker scaling issues again. For instance, it is getting ready a single nameplate to exchange the present C-Class and E-Class coupe and convertible fashions.
The brand new nameplate is anticipated to be referred to as the CLE-Class, and we have beforehand noticed it testing in convertible type. Now contemporary prototypes for the coupe physique model have been noticed. Each ought to arrive in the marketplace subsequent 12 months, doubtless as 2024 fashions.
The automotive is intently associated to the redesigned 2022 C-Class, although it appears to characteristic a extra muscular stance and barely slimmer headlights. This could end in a sportier look general.
2024 Mercedes-Benz CLE-Class spy pictures = Photograph credit score: S. Baldauf/SB-Medien
Anticipate the inside to be comparable in design to the most recent C-Class, that means consumers needs to be handled to a 12.3-inch digital instrument cluster and a 11.9-inch (with portrait format) infotainment display screen as normal.
Powertrains must also match these of the C-Class. The C-Class is on the market within the U.S. in C300 guise solely at current. Powering the C300 is a 2.0-liter turbo-4 that makes 255 hp and 295 lb-ft of torque; it is teamed with a 48-volt mild-hybrid system that provides one other 20 hp and 148 lb-ft for brief blasts. Extra choices are coming from AMG, together with a not too long ago revealed C 43 with greater than 400 hp and a soon-to-be-revealed C 63 that may ship in extra of 600 hp by a hybridized turbo-4. Each AMG choices needs to be accessible for the CLE-Class. Keep tuned.
