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Mercerdes-Benz C-Class convertible on the cards

The new C-Class and S-Class are two of 19 new or refreshed models to be launched by 2020.

The next-generation C-Class, expected on global markets at the end of next year, will include a convertible for the first time. Mercedes-Benz Australia says it’s on the radar. “Considering the popularity of the C-Class range in Australia we would certainly consider any new variant offered to our market,” says spokesman Jerry Stamoulis.

It will be the cheapest Mercedes convertible until the expected 2014 launch of the smaller A-Class convertible, one of five A-Class derivatives announced in 2011 by company CEO Dr Dieter Zetsche.

The C-Class Cabriolet aims to fill the price and size gap under the E-Class Cabriolet (which sells from $107,850) and the future A-Class convertible. The next C-Class will be the second to wear Mercedes' MRA (Modular Rear-wheel Architecture) platform.

This flexible design, similar to the two platforms for the Volkswagen Group's front and rear-drive cars, will be seen first in next year's S-Class. The new C-Class and S-Class are two of 19 new or refreshed models to be launched by 2020. Eleven of the 19 models are new segment entrants.