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New Delhi: Mercedes-Benz have given a first glimpse of their upcoming C Class sedan at the Munich motor show in Germany. It is scheduled to make its debut in 2026, the Mercedes C Class EV will be competing with the likes of BMW i3, also coming next year.
The new C-Class teaser image was revealed alongside the GLC EV reveal. The entirety exterior of the Mercedes sedan is hidden, and the most that was visible was the new illumination bit that has been new in the Mercedes family that debuted with the electric GLC and comes with a multitude of illuminated dots placed close to each other.
Even the centrally placed three-point star is illuminated, and it also comes in the headlight units in DRL form. The C-Class EV’s sealed-off grille comes with four horizontal slats, which the S Class flagship features in the carmaker’s sedan portfolio. There also appears to be something below this and on each side.
The teaser also gave a glimpse of the car’s back, coming with a triangular back quarter glass section, which is now softer and much more rounded in the lower corner than the sharper, more angular treatment in the current C Class.
Mercedes CEO Ola Kallenius has said that the Mercedes-Benz electric (MB.EA) for the core segment can have the C Class, GLC and E Class. He added that in future, the electric C Class is being looked for potentially having an 880 km range.
The new C Class will share the MB.EA architecture with the GLC EV, the sedan is going to have a similar set of powertrains. It means it will have a 374 bhp single motor and 489 bhp dual-motor (AWD) setups. The sedan may also go on to borrow the GLC’s 94 kWh 800V battery pack, which supports 330 kW. GLC's NMC battery takes around 24 per cent to go from 10 to 80 per cent.
