Mercedes-Benz Concept Style Coupé to debut in Beijing

Mercedes-Benz Concept Style Coupé to debut in Beijing

Another Beijing debutant comes in the form of Mercedes-Benz’s Concept Style Coupé. The four-door coupé study is, as the company says, nonconformist, provocative and masculine – it features frameless side windows, and has no B-pillar.

The car, finished in an Alubeam exterior shade, is powered by a 2.0 litre four-cylinder turbocharged petrol unit with direct injection, good for 211 hp. The mill is combined with a 7G-DCT dual clutch transmission and a 4MATIC all-wheel drive system.

Plenty of novel cues, aside from that of the exterior lines, and this includes a striking headlamp design featuring innovative indicators. In standby mode, the headlamps shine red, like – as MB puts it – the wary, intimidating eyes of a predatory animal. As for the indicators, individual points of light light up in succession, rather like a piano keyboard.

Mercedes-Benz Concept Style Coupé to debut in Beijing

The Concept Style Coupé – which rides on 21-inch five-spoke turbine design wheels – seats four, with integral seats and integrated head restraints, the last already seen in the Sports version of the new A-Class. There’s an electroplated insert in the upper part of the seat, which is illuminated and adds to the impression of lightness.

The rest of the light grey and anthracite-coloured cabin features a mix of materials and lines. The instrument panel is upholstered in white nubuck leather, contrasting with the anthracite-coloured Alcantara on the upper section of the panel, and the steering wheel is wrapped with suede leather.

Neon green piping and topstitching, which appear on the instrument panel, steering wheel, seat and door centre panels, provides further contrast. The air vents, like that on the Concept A-Class, are backlit and change colour according to the temperature.

Mercedes-Benz Concept Style Coupé to debut in Beijing

When cool, fresh air is being brought into the car, they are blue, but light up in red when the airflow is warm. At a mid-range temperature setting, the vents light up in fluorescent yellow, matching the colour of the piping perfectly.

Meanwhile, the chrome trim elements and control panels are done in a black anodised finish, as seen on top-of-the-range limited Sports Edition chronograph watches, and black anodised aluminium adorns the surfaces around the HMI control panel.

Elsewhere, there’s a carbon-fibre trim panel spanning the full width of the dashboard fascia, and the centre console flows back in a long, continuous wave from the instrument panel, with an intricately designed fan module for the two rear seats neatly embedded in it.

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Comments

  • very edgy!

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    • WJJ-4555 on Apr 20, 2012 at 12:28 pm

      feels like a samurai !! DISLIKE!

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      • Vader on Apr 20, 2012 at 2:12 pm

        is quite subjective.. for me, it look great!!!
        feel that the benzs design become more and more aggressive and the BMW design more and more defensive..

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  • kabal on Apr 20, 2012 at 12:21 pm

    WOW!!!

    Why Malaysian car manufacturers always has the wheel ratio screwed up?

    big car small rims….

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    • Ekspresi Ruang on Apr 20, 2012 at 2:30 pm

      maybe you can ask this question to JKR.
      they got the answers regarding all the bumpy roads and so loop holes on every federal roads.

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  • silver on Apr 20, 2012 at 2:11 pm

    oh nice.. seems lke merc has been coming out with real nice design laely… like the a-class looks amazing… likes the direction they are going now

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  • Jaybond on Apr 20, 2012 at 3:02 pm

    This is the younger brother to the current CLS.And judging by its design, it’s actually stay true to the design cues of the 1st gen CLS, with it’s banana side profile and has better flows , which is a lot nicer than the current CLS.

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  • Seriously on Apr 20, 2012 at 3:13 pm

    that’s like having a Mercedes CLS Coupe or the Mercedes CLS CLS. Pun and irony intended.

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  • shawal on Apr 20, 2012 at 4:15 pm

    awesomeness in abundance

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  • To Prevé on Apr 20, 2012 at 7:22 pm

    This is what i call a Car!

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  • kereta_lembu on Apr 20, 2012 at 8:15 pm

    Sweet…looks very edgy. Guess gone are the days where Mercs are more for rich old men. Hope the real thing will be as good as the concept here.

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  • beautiful. that 3 air-cond vent reminds me of F430.

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  • Whynot on Apr 21, 2012 at 2:53 pm

    Superb styling. This is the design we are talking about. Sharp, slicks and full or curvature profiles all over the body. Just brilliants!

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  • KimJongIll on Apr 23, 2012 at 3:26 pm

    Pls Mercs dont try to copy hyundai’s design !

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