Image: http://a332.g.akamai.net/f/332/936/.../news/2008/0618/mercedes.benz.b.class.500.jpg "Mercedes-Benz Chairman Dieter Zetsche has officially confirmed plans that will see the company's entry-level A- and B-Class models relaunched in 2011 with a range of four body styles.. The new models have been thoroughly re-engineered with new four-cylinder gasoline and diesel engines and a new front-wheel-drive platform." "Other driveline developments include plans to equip each of the new models with fuel- and emission-saving features such as start/stop and brake regeneration. Internal documents viewed by Inside Line suggest Mercedes-Benz is already well advanced on plans to provide its new small cars with a hybrid drive option using the lithium-ion battery technology to be launched in the S400 hybrid next year." Mercedes-Benz To Alter and Extend Its A- and B-Class
what?.. so they'll take them from their versatile 5 door design and make them into sadans so they can try to "keep up" with BMW in a market that has yet to exist in the U.S.? how odd there goes versatility... yet another reason to not get a mercedes. when i saw the pics.. they look like a prius. Nice useful design. since the last thing i need is a sedan.
Uh, how did you get that from the article or the pictures? They're going to offer it in four body styles, and the pictures look to be more like a Matrix in design.
