2012 Mercedes B-Class spied at Nurburgring

From what I know the B-class is still coming to the US...

I thought the new B-Class was to be a smaller version of the C-Class? Or is that only the AMG version?

The current B-Class is an excellet small family car. Marketing positioning in South Africa was a disaster though, positioning it as a hatchback in competition with Golf, AudiA3 and BMW 1 series... This influenced their marketing strategy so much that even the features that distinguished the B-Class making it stand out, without equal were not available even as options (e.g. integrated child seats). Looking at the proportions of this 2nd generation I think they are keeping to the same small MPV class, but the current model is certainly an MPV and not a hatchback (in the Golf tradition).

sure hope the engines will have more grunt. the currunt 2.0L petrol is rubbish and please don't have CVT transmissions!