Mercedes-Benz’s diversity expansion has been relentless in recent years, to the point that you want a CliffsNotes to identify the new top models.
The automaker now seems ready to reduce the herd a little, judging by comments from its AMERICAN leader Nicholas Speeks at an assembly with dealers last June.
Speeks said at least seven car models would be removed from Mercedes’ U.S. line, Automotive News reported Sunday.
Speeks mentioned express models, but some potentially in the registry are the coupe and convertible versions of classes C, E and S, according to Automotive News sources.
2018 Mercedes-Benz S-Class Coupe
This is no surprise, as sales of two-door sports cars have declined for years as buyers turn to more practical SUVs. The SLC has already disappeared and there have been reports dating back years that the S-Class coupe and convertible models would also be abolished, as the role of wonderful tourism is already being fulfilled through the iconic SL-Class, which will be redesigned shortly. Training
With regard to the C and E class two-door models, the Italian blog site Autoblog.it announced on Friday that Mercedes will introduce a new CLE diversity that will add coupe, convertible and circle of relatives frame styles to update the two lines. It is a strategy similar to that of the Audi A5 and BMW four Series families.
The CLS and Mercedes-AMG’s 4-door GT coupe could also pass after their existing product cycles, to be replaced via the new EQS battery electric sedan to be revealed later this year, the German commercial newspaper Handelsblatt reported in February.
The latest news comes when Mercedes’ parent company, Daimler, is to reduce prices to help finance the progress of electrification and autonomous driving technology, as well as isolate itself from the effects of the ongoing Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. Daimler’s sales at the time of the 2020 quarter fell 34% from the previous year, resulting in a loss for the quarter of 1.91 trillion euros (about $2.21 trillion). The automaker is recently in negotiations to reduce plant capacity and jobs.