GENEVA MOTOR SHOW: STUD or DUD? Embargo Broken Early On Mercedes 'Baby CLS' F800 Style Concept

Here is an advanced look at a concept car that will make its worldwide debut at the Geneva Auto Show. 
The Mercedes-Benz F800 Style showcases the future of premium automobiles by combining highly-efficient drive technologies with unparalleled safety and convenience features.

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One highlight is the all-new "multi-drive" platform, which accommodates an electric drivetrain with fuel cells (enabling ranges of almost 375 miles) or a Plug-inHybrid powertrain that can drive for up to 18 miles solely on electricity.  Other innovations include a new COMAND system interface with a camera-based touchpad (rather than a Control knob), PRE-SAFE 360 which reacts to rear collisions, and DISTRONIC with Traffic Jam Assistant.

The embargo was broken early by CarScoop.

















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Sauceboy01 - 2/19/2010 6:38:17 PM

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I wish regular production cars looking like this from the outside & inside.. :(

Agent001 - 2/19/2010 6:49:41 PM

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I like everything about it except the way the rear door opens.

Diminishes it.

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validus00 - 2/19/2010 7:09:46 PM

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wow... so much flame surfacing to make chris bangle proud!

and that rear quarter view keeps reminding me of the CS concept, minus the obvious hofmeister kink of course.

theoptimisticpessimist - 2/19/2010 7:46:47 PM

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This is what happens when Chris Bangle does acid.

veyron1001 - 2/19/2010 8:45:38 PM

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Exterior stud def. Has the image of a great white.

BondMI6 - 2/19/2010 9:01:27 PM

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Definitely does have a BMWness about it- of course the production CLS will be toned down from this concept.....

IVANURI97 - 2/19/2010 9:04:32 PM

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I wonder if the next C-Class will have a lot of these design cues. Overall it is a nice design, about time MB got a little more daring and aggressive in their designs.

synx - 2/19/2010 9:35:33 PM

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I love the interior centre stack. Just so simple but could easily become a reality

upwards - 2/19/2010 10:11:06 PM

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Looks Korean, did they work with Hyundai on thid?

JustaCar - 2/20/2010 1:57:18 PM

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My thoughts exactly. Looks like a modern Hyundai.
But there's a good reason for it:
http://www.benzinsider.com/2009/01/hyundai-design-chief-joel-piaskowski-joining-mercedes/

BondMI6 - 2/19/2010 10:34:12 PM

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You know, the more I look at it I'm beginning to wonder whether this is a new "baby" CLS class that Merc is working on. It doesn't quite look long enough in the images (especially in pic #3 and #5)to be the next gen CLS....

BondMI6 - 2/20/2010 1:39:08 AM

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Ooops- my bad.........didn't see the word "Baby CLS" in the headline..lol

mpls - 2/20/2010 5:21:43 AM

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Front has Toyota FT-HS on it..

This car looks like it's trying too hard

Willis - 2/20/2010 7:55:28 AM

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Sure, the design team at Mercedes obviously copied Toyota, the world-renowned leader in automobile design...

freeagent - 2/20/2010 9:34:44 AM

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flame surfacing on steriods. the timless grace and impression that their cars were carved out of a single ingot of unobtainum that were once hallmarks of MB design is a distant memory. now MB can be confused with hyundai

fatandsassy - 2/20/2010 10:59:26 AM

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Love the doors!
Yeah my grandmother will not hit the car i park beside now with the passenger door.

mpls - 2/20/2010 1:35:11 PM

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When Toyota was releasing the Supra, mercedes and Audi were playing around with block designs

DogLb - 2/20/2010 1:58:47 PM

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If the 1 series Bimmer and a CLS had a love child...this would be it. Too many lines...has potential but needs improvement

bmwdrvr - 2/20/2010 2:26:17 PM

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On a related note the new RS5 has also broken cover prior to the show looks pretty good heres the link.....


http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2010/02/2011-audi-rs5-coupe-brochure-with.html

keyzi747 - 2/20/2010 3:35:37 PM

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I expect this car to heavily influence the look of the next S- Class that is due in 2013. Definitely a STUD!

Steve - 2/20/2010 3:43:22 PM

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The creases above the wheels remind me of an old Hyundai Tiburon.

irie77 - 2/20/2010 10:51:02 PM

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Based on these photos, the interior and front view works for me.

Yonder7 - 2/20/2010 11:12:15 PM

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Amazing and definitely I love it.....But also, honestly the rear reminds me the new Sonata....But.. every budy knows what happens with BMW and Mercedes when they create good designs....: Nothing. CS is a good example of that...the good part is that Japanese and Koreans and may be Chinese, will bring us those designs, sadly in bad quality copies.

Deutschland - 2/22/2010 1:29:59 PM

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It just doesn't look like a Mercedes to me