2012 Mercedes-Benz A-Class Patent Filing Reveals Exterior

The good people over at the European Patent Office have gone above and beyond their duties and leaked the first photos of the 2012 Mercedes-Benz A-Class.

The Concept Mercedes A-Class was presented in Shanghai and today, the first pictures show the production model as a five-door hatchback with subtle styling. The overall design closely mimics the BMW 1-Series, but the front end is distinguished by a long hood, LED-infused headlights and a two-bar grille.

No one has managed to smuggle out interior photos yet, but according to Mercedes, the car will have a luxurious cabin with a high-tech COMAND system that offers downloadable apps....
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infiniti_G35c - 5/12/2011 2:13:51 AM

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it looks like a Volvo. Weird.

LACMAN - 5/12/2011 9:50:18 AM

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Sure does. What happend to the next A-Class looking like that concept?

JUGNU - 5/12/2011 12:56:32 PM

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Agree front end looks like a Volvo rest like some cheap mass market economy hatches. A fiesta, Golf, new Yaris looks more interesting and athletic than this anonymous design. Nothing in the design says Premium Mercedes.

Willis - 5/12/2011 7:33:11 PM

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"new Yaris looks more interesting and athletic than this anonymous design"

Give me some of that crack you're smoking. The Yaris doesn't look at all athletic and it's definitely not interesting. It looks like a typical Toyota: bland, boring and unimaginative.


There are many styling cues in this A class from that Bionic concept car they showcased a few years ago.

2003TCSignature - 5/13/2011 10:11:24 AM

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Mercedes A class as in Asianification... Swoopy lines on the side look too much like Hyundai had a hand in the design. The flow of the lines doesn't make sense IMO. Looks like someone designed the front quarter intending a certain flow, someone else did the rear and yet another to make up the difference on the doors.

lemmyb2 - 5/21/2011 1:12:05 PM

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Guys, its actually not a bad design. Strange for a Merc, but not bad