2012 Mercedes-Benz B-Class - Spy Shots

[KillerHERTZ]

2012 Mercedes-Benz B-Class - Spy Shots
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The next B-Class will be built on a new front-wheel drive platform, dubbed the MFA, and will be made of a conventional unibody frame, making its production less expensive than the current model's sandwich structure engineering.

For the MFA platform, Mercedes-Benz will source its front-drive power plants from Renault. The platform will also spawn the next A-Class, as well as other derivatives including a compact SUV and a small sedan model.

As for the next B-Class itself, it will feature a series of power plants supplied by Renault as well as in-house engines for the upper range output offerings. Those smaller plants will come to include 1.2 liter, 1.4 liter and 1.8 liter turbocharged engines as well as a 1.6 liter diesel, also supplied by Renault. Mercedes-Benz will use its own 2.2 liter diesel for the top diesel variant.

Mercedes will start sales of the next-generation B-Class by focusing on larger power outputs and then later introduce the smaller engines as well as a plug-in hybrid (E-Cell Plus), an all-electric (E-Cell) and a fuel cell (F-Cell) variant.

A 6-speed manual and 6-speed dual-clutch will be the gearboxes available on the next B-Class, with stop/start technology on both, as Mercedes-Benz is dropping the CVT.

New will also be more cabin room due to a lower floor and LED head- and taillights.

 

[Smatt]

New will also be more cabin room due to a lower floor

Our B class is already incredibly roomy- will be a surprise to have even more room!

LED head- and taillights

-about time! It's embarassing that every day/cheaper marques have leds as standard & it is not even an option on some Mercedes......

The car has a much longer bonnet than the current B- obviously to make room for the engine, however it must make the car significantly longer

How do these 'spy' shot takers know what marque the car is underneath with nothing identifiable?

 

[KillerHERTZ]

How do these 'spy' shot takers know what marque the car is underneath with nothing identifiable?

The simplest way the know is they wait for them to leave the MB R&D department. otherwise there's subtle clues on Mercedes, for example all have the centre of the front grill blanked out, all have similar door handles and wing mirrors.

 

[johnsons63]

The next B-Class will be built on a new front-wheel drive platform, dubbed the MFA, and will be made of a conventional unibody frame, making its production less expensive than the current model's sandwich structure engineering.

For the MFA platform, Mercedes-Benz will source its front-drive power plants from Renault. The platform will also spawn the next A-Class, as well as other derivatives including a compact SUV and a small sedan model.

As for the next B-Class itself, it will feature a series of power plants supplied by Renault as well as in-house engines for the upper range output offerings. Those smaller plants will come to include 1.2 liter, 1.4 liter and 1.8 liter turbocharged engines as well as a 1.6 liter diesel, also supplied by Renault. Mercedes-Benz will use its own 2.2 liter diesel for the top diesel variant.

Mercedes will start sales of the next-generation B-Class by focusing on larger power outputs and then later introduce the smaller engines as well as a plug-in hybrid (E-Cell Plus), an all-electric (E-Cell) and a fuel cell (F-Cell) variant.

A 6-speed manual and 6-speed dual-clutch will be the gearboxes available on the next B-Class, with stop/start technology on both, as Mercedes-Benz is dropping the CVT.

New will also be more cabin room due to a lower floor and LED head- and tail light.

B class is slightly larger than A class right? and i heard that its almost as roomy as the S class.

 

[V12]

When i was living in Stuttgart we occasionally saw prototype cars and one just assumed they were future mercedes because of the close proximity to the factory in Bad Cannstatt. One did turn out to be the GLK and another was e-class shape and size but this was at the end of 07, so i'm not sure if it would have been in such stages of testing by then.