Mercedes-Benz adds to its family with the new baby of its coupe family, the CLC Sports Coupe. While retaining a fast-back wedge shape like the previous generation Sports Coupe, the CLC’s design has obvious styling cues from the new C-Class, and is notably more aggressive.

This is an important car for Mercedes-Benz as it’s targeted at younger car-buyers who might not have owned a Mercedes before. As with the Sports Coupe before it, the CLC, with all its impressive features, will seek to impress its owners to convert them into life-long customers of the German marque.

Mercedes says it has developed or enhanced over 1100 components for this new car, and the car features a new direct-steer system for sharper handling, as well as a choice of six engines (four petrol and two turbo-diesel). The highest end of the range, the CLC 350, pumps out 272 hp, powering the car to 100km/h in 6.3 seconds. Fully dressed to impress, the optional sports package also includes 18 inch wheels and lowered suspension and a sporty interior with dark brushed aluminium trim elements.