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2012 Mercedes-Benz C-Clas Black Edition 

Mercedes-Benz presented the 2012 Class C this year, AOS North American International Auto Show. A face-lift of the current C-Class, which carries most of the body panels for the new model year cars, AS. It is speculated that a coupe is to be unveiled in Geneva in March.


As a direct competitor to the BMW 3, Class C has three offers engines for the U.S. market. A four-cylinder turbo engine with gasoline direct injection of energy will be the C250. There C300
powered by a 3.0L V6 engine, available as a luxury model or Sport or 4Matic (Mercedes-Benz, AT all-wheel drive). The C300 models will compete against the 328i and the equivalent new C350 V6 with direct injection will
roughly equivalent to the 335i. A C-Class AMG tweaked to go head-to-head against the M3, possibly using the Black Label Series (not to be confused with the Black Label, which comes from a Scottish company).