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04-02-2010, 08:03 PM
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http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/05/001_eclasscoupe_fd_opt.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/gallery/first-drive-2010-mercedes-benz-e-class-coupe) 2010 Mercedes-Benz E-Class Coupe - Click above for high-res image gallery
Mercedes Benz (http://www.autoblog.com/make/mercedes-benz/) has made it official: the 2011 C-Class (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/c-class) Coupe is on its way (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/01/18/mercedes-c-class-cabrio-to-follow-c-class-coupe/). The German luxury automaker has announced it will build the two-door C-Class at its massive Bremen plant, with production scheduled to begin in 2011. The addition of the Coupe gives Mercedes Benz three different variants of the C-Class, with a convertible almost certainly to follow. The impressively flexible Bremen plant, which employs 12,600 workers, also makes the C-Class sedan, wagon, GLK (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/glk-class), two E-Class variants, the SL (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/sl-class) and SLK (http://www.autoblog.com/model/slk-class).
With the C-Class Coupe officially on its way to production, we're more than a bit curious as to how Mercedes will differentiate the smaller Benz two-door from the larger, more expensive E-Class Coupe (http://www.autoblog.com/model/e-class+coupe). See, the bi-door E-Class already utilizes (http://www.autoblog.com/2009/05/19/2010-mercedes-benz-e-class-coupe-a-c-class-underneath/) the C-Class platform, and the more expensive E Coupe is almost identical in every dimension (http://autos.aol.com/cars-compare?cur_page=details&v1=USC00MBC683A0&v2=USC00MBC721A0&v3=&v4=&v5=) to the C-Class Saloon. But the E-Class coupe commands a price premium of $9,000 compared to a C-Class sedan with the same 3.5-liter V6 engine.
We suspect Mercedes will shorten the C-Class platform to better differentiate the C Coupe from the larger, more expensive E Coupe. But unlike the larger E Coupe, which is virtually the same price as sedan with the same name, the C Coupe may receive a bit of a price bump compared to its sedan brethren. It's a good bet that we'll know a lot of these answers by the time the Paris Motor Show (http://www.autoblog.com/category/Paris-Motor-Show/) opens its doors to the media in September. Hit the jump (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/04/02/mercedes-benz-confirms-2011-c-class-coupe/) to read over the official press release.
[Source: Mercedes-Benz]Continue reading Mercedes-Benz confirms 2011 C-Class Coupe (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/04/02/mercedes-benz-confirms-2011-c-class-coupe/)
Mercedes-Benz confirms 2011 C-Class Coupe (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/04/02/mercedes-benz-confirms-2011-c-class-coupe/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Fri, 02 Apr 2010 15:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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Mercedes Benz (http://www.autoblog.com/make/mercedes-benz/) has made it official: the 2011 C-Class (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/c-class) Coupe is on its way (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/01/18/mercedes-c-class-cabrio-to-follow-c-class-coupe/). The German luxury automaker has announced it will build the two-door C-Class at its massive Bremen plant, with production scheduled to begin in 2011. The addition of the Coupe gives Mercedes Benz three different variants of the C-Class, with a convertible almost certainly to follow. The impressively flexible Bremen plant, which employs 12,600 workers, also makes the C-Class sedan, wagon, GLK (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/glk-class), two E-Class variants, the SL (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/sl-class) and SLK (http://www.autoblog.com/model/slk-class).
With the C-Class Coupe officially on its way to production, we're more than a bit curious as to how Mercedes will differentiate the smaller Benz two-door from the larger, more expensive E-Class Coupe (http://www.autoblog.com/model/e-class+coupe). See, the bi-door E-Class already utilizes (http://www.autoblog.com/2009/05/19/2010-mercedes-benz-e-class-coupe-a-c-class-underneath/) the C-Class platform, and the more expensive E Coupe is almost identical in every dimension (http://autos.aol.com/cars-compare?cur_page=details&v1=USC00MBC683A0&v2=USC00MBC721A0&v3=&v4=&v5=) to the C-Class Saloon. But the E-Class coupe commands a price premium of $9,000 compared to a C-Class sedan with the same 3.5-liter V6 engine.
We suspect Mercedes will shorten the C-Class platform to better differentiate the C Coupe from the larger, more expensive E Coupe. But unlike the larger E Coupe, which is virtually the same price as sedan with the same name, the C Coupe may receive a bit of a price bump compared to its sedan brethren. It's a good bet that we'll know a lot of these answers by the time the Paris Motor Show (http://www.autoblog.com/category/Paris-Motor-Show/) opens its doors to the media in September. Hit the jump (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/04/02/mercedes-benz-confirms-2011-c-class-coupe/) to read over the official press release.
[Source: Mercedes-Benz]Continue reading Mercedes-Benz confirms 2011 C-Class Coupe (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/04/02/mercedes-benz-confirms-2011-c-class-coupe/)
Mercedes-Benz confirms 2011 C-Class Coupe (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/04/02/mercedes-benz-confirms-2011-c-class-coupe/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Fri, 02 Apr 2010 15:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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