New Mercedes Concept Style Coupe Appears on Video and in a New Set of Photos

Like they say, when it leaks it pours. Only hours after the first images of the Mercedes-Benz Concept Style Coupe (CSC) landed on the web, a video as well as a new wave of pictures of the junior CLS study surfaced online.

In the same way that last year's A-Class Concept previewed the production model that was shown in Geneva this March, the CSC gives us an idea of what the four-door coupe model will look like when it arrives in the market sometime in 2013 as the CLC or CLA.

The study is based on an elongated version of the A-Class' MFA platform sharing the same running gear as the hatchback, including the 208hp (211PS) 2.0-liter boosted four-cylinder engine that drives all four wheels.

The exterior styling of the CSC is an evolution of the F800 Concept from 2010, which also inspired the design of the larger CLS. Suffice to say, the production model will sport a less aggressive shape and design details.

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Mercedes-Benz Concept Style Coupe: First Photos of Sexy Looking Baby CLS Sports Sedan hit the Web

We recently reported that Mercedes-Benz will build a new compact sports sedan named either CLC or CLA at its passenger car plant in Hungary and that we'll get a preview of the baby CLS via a concept model in April.

The time has come to see the design study as the first official photographs of the Mercedes-Benz Concept Style Coupe (CSC) landed on the web today, courtesy of the Germancarforums, in advance of its world premiere at next week's Beijing Auto Show.

The CSC looks like a development of the F 800 Style Concept displayed at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show with plenty of styling elements borrowed from the newer A-Class Concept shown in New York last year.

Mercedes-Benz's new MFA platform, which debuted on the production A-Class, underpins the CSC. The German brand's Audi A3 Sedan rival reportedly measures 4,637mm (182.6 inches) long making it 46mm (1.8 inches) longer than the current C-Class sedan.

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Mercedes Officially Confirms 'Baby' CLS Sports Sedan, will be Built Alongside B-Class in Hungary

Even though most of our readers will be aware of Mercedes' plans to launch a small "four-door coupe" thanks to a series of scoops we've brought you over the past year, the German automaker made it official on Thursday during the opening ceremony of its new passenger car plant in Kecskemét, Hungary, which began series production of the new B-Class.

The place and time were not selected by chance as the compact sports sedan will become the second product for the new Kecskemét factory.

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