Carscoop reports
that a guy riding his bicycle along
the road, chanced upon a fleet of Mercedes-Benz personnel, apparently lining up
for a shoot of the brand new 2012
A-Class hatchback. The guy proceeded to take a video of the thing and
posted it online. We have a still
shot from that video.
This happened at the Canary
Islands where presumably the car is starring in its first photo shoot. Mercedes-Benz will launch the new A-Class later this year, but
probably first at the 2012 Geneva
International Motor Show. It will be very interesting, since Audi is launching
its A3 this year also, while BMW introduced the 1 Series only a few months ago.
We first saw A-Class direction when the concept car broke cover last year. Boy were we impressed! Besides the fact that it’s such a radical change compared to the outgoing mama model, just on its own, the car is pretty damn good-looking. Whether the pictured car is
an actual AMG variant or just one kitted
out in AMG garb is unclear. But of course we know an AMG will be built to
compete with the likes of BMW 1 M Coupe
and Audi RS 3. Therefore expect
something around 260kW from Merc.
* Also pictured is the A-Class 3-door Concept
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