Mercedes A-Class revealed in patent filing

I hate be a party pooper, but? ?this is not the new A-Class. It is a very good photoshop attempt to suggest what it will be like. Several ?mistakes? give the game away: 1. The rear lights are wrong. The new CLS previews a new look and feel for rear light design which the A-Class concept also incorporated when it was revealed at the Shanghai Show. These lights have nothing in common with any existing or planned future light styling ? they?re simply a figment of someone?s imagination. 2. The front and rear door treatment has been lifted from the existing C-Class design. The entire shape of the mid-section resembles the current C-Class so closely it can only be the source of the 'design'. There is also an awkward kink in the rear window that looks as if it has been reshaped to fit the body. MB designers would never copy an existing design so shamelessly and if they did they'd do a better job than this 3. The front end and cabin details look as if they are two separate designs that have been joined together. This is often a photoshop giveaway. The engine compartment is too long relative to the passenger compartment. 4. Gorden Wagener (Mercedes-Benz Head of Design) said that the A-Class Concept shown in Shanghai was very close to the production version. The only things that were due to change were the number of doors, depth of the window frames, the front head lights and the grille. Crucially, he said the overall proportions would stay the same. This seems too different and ugly to be the production version. So, nice try, but no cigar.

To be honest lexus CT looks nicer especially from back and have better rear vision than this new a-class (look at that small rear windscreen, nice but make rear view camera is a must)

it?s better agreed, but i would still take a Golf GTI over this.

welcome, same with the F800 concept which was presented as a sneak peak at the new CLS and was much more interesting.

Actually, I was under the impression that the F800 previewed a C-Class sized 'four-door coupe', not the E-Class based 'four-door coupe' CLS.

oh yeh when i read that press i felt positive too. but thinking about it again that design bloke said something like "yeh well, it will be the same. only changes to the lights, front grill and bumpers will be made" they screwed up a really nice car by changing only three things.