MERCEDES B-CLASS REVEALED
Mercedes B-Class appear Mercedes has apparent its next-generation bunched MPV avant-garde of a Frankfurt debut
The wraps are off the new Mercedes B-Class – and as these official pictures reveal, the bunched MPV is aiming for the top.
It looks abundant sleeker than the archetypal it replaces, acknowledgment to the ample architectonics accent alien on the latest CLS four-door coupe.
The aciculate bulge and ‘tick’ on the flanks are recognisable Mercedes traits, as is the adventurous three-bar grille. A added steeply raked roofline gives the B-Class a sportier attitude than before.
Inside, the across-the-board birr incorporates big SLS-style metal air vents, and can be accomplished in a best of chic copse or metal trim. A ample affectation sitting aloft the centre animate has been shaped to actor an Apple iPad. Driver and cartage can use this to cross the brand’s COMAND media interface. The colour awning is accessible in 15cm or 17cm sizes, and gives cartage Internet admission via a 3G buzz connection.
The affluence feel is aces of far added big-ticket models, acknowledgment to an all-encompassing account of accessories taken from the blow of Mercedes’ range. This includes DISTRONIC radar-guided cruise ascendancy and fatigue sensors. Plus, the avant-garde braking arrangement helps accomplish emergency stops if it senses an approaching collision. High-spec models get acrimonious covering seats as standard.
Under the skin, engineers accept concentrated on convalescent clarification and agility, so the new model’s centre of force is 30mm lower than in the aboriginal B-Class. This has been fabricated accessible by ditching the old car’s ‘sandwich’ architectonics in favour of a added acceptable construction. There’s aswell a able multi-link rear abeyance start-up that will advice advance administration and ride comfort. In addition, buyers can specify a Sport package, which will lower the abeyance and accelerate up the council for a added agreeable drive.
The engines affiance to be a part of the a lot of able in the class, with Mercedes claiming that the accepted diesels will “offer the aforementioned ammunition abridgement as a VW Golf BlueMotion”. The close is a lot of acceptable apropos to the 1.8-litre CDI, which is accessible with 107bhp or 134bhp. This should bear sub-100g/km CO2 emissions and acknowledgment ammunition abridgement of about 70mpg.
A 2.1-litre agent – currently offered in the C and E-Class – will aswell be available, with 168bhp or 201bhp. And an all-new 1.6-litre petrol turbo with 123bhp or 154bhp is on the cards, too.
Mercedes has engineered an ‘Energy Space’ below the commuter compartment. This can be acclimated to abundance batteries or even a ammunition corpuscle for approaching all-electric or hydrogen-powered cars, accepted to admission in 2014. On top of that, the next B-Class’s anatomy will anatomy the base for a ambit of new models, including a four-door coupé and a baby SUV.
The newcomer will admission in the beef at next month’s Frankfurt Motor Show. But it won’t go on auction actuality until next spring, if it will aim to trump rivals such as the Ford C-MAX. While that archetypal starts from about £15,000, the added comfortable Mercedes will amount nearer to £20,000.
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