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Although there is a small possibility that Mercedes-Benz is merely toying with us and these pre-production prototypes are actually mules, we're kind of sure that the 2018 C-Class W205 facelift won't change its appearance too much.
A little nip and tuck concerning the front and rear bumpers, slightly redesigned headlight graphics for the LED headlamps – which are not present on these prototypes, by the way – a few new paint colors and different alloy wheels.
Since this is the first time we've seen its interior we can say that Mercedes won't change that much inside the car either, although you can notice a brand new steering wheel, while the bezel around the polarizing “free-standing infotainment display” seems quite a bit darker. Again, we could be looking at a mule with new and old parts mixed together.
Either way, there is a distinct possibility that the real changes will happen under the hood, where the refreshed C-Class will get to play with an entirely new generation of modular engines, one of which is already present on the latest E-Class.
Based on a common architecture and a cylinder size of around 500 ccs, both diesel and gasoline mills will resort to exhaust particle filters, while the larger six-cylinders will be of the inline variety instead of V6s, like in the present.
For example, you can expect the 2019 Mercedes-AMG C43's engine to be replaced by a turbocharged 3.0-liter, inline-six with a 48-Volt mild-hybrid system to augment its output while improving fuel consumption.
We will probably know more about the engine lineup after the 2018 Mercedes-Benz S-Class W222 facelift is unveiled since that is the model where most of those powerplants will debut on.
Speaking of debuts, the 2018 C-Class is expected to be unveiled either in the second half of 2017 or in early 2018, to be followed shortly by the T-Modell, which is how the station wagon version of the car is called in Germany. Meanwhile, let's hope that when the traditional camouflage stripping procedure starts, we'll get to see more than just a couple of nips and tucks.
Since this is the first time we've seen its interior we can say that Mercedes won't change that much inside the car either, although you can notice a brand new steering wheel, while the bezel around the polarizing “free-standing infotainment display” seems quite a bit darker. Again, we could be looking at a mule with new and old parts mixed together.
Either way, there is a distinct possibility that the real changes will happen under the hood, where the refreshed C-Class will get to play with an entirely new generation of modular engines, one of which is already present on the latest E-Class.
Based on a common architecture and a cylinder size of around 500 ccs, both diesel and gasoline mills will resort to exhaust particle filters, while the larger six-cylinders will be of the inline variety instead of V6s, like in the present.
For example, you can expect the 2019 Mercedes-AMG C43's engine to be replaced by a turbocharged 3.0-liter, inline-six with a 48-Volt mild-hybrid system to augment its output while improving fuel consumption.
We will probably know more about the engine lineup after the 2018 Mercedes-Benz S-Class W222 facelift is unveiled since that is the model where most of those powerplants will debut on.
Speaking of debuts, the 2018 C-Class is expected to be unveiled either in the second half of 2017 or in early 2018, to be followed shortly by the T-Modell, which is how the station wagon version of the car is called in Germany. Meanwhile, let's hope that when the traditional camouflage stripping procedure starts, we'll get to see more than just a couple of nips and tucks.
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