The folks over at the Autocar of UK snagged pics of the next Mercedes C-Class wagon undergoing testing in Germany. According to those UK magaziners, it is going to be a 2008 model (not 2007 as had been speculated). That means the premiere is more likely Geneva 2007, not Paris 2006. The magazine says, European buyers of the new, longer-wheelbase C-Class will get to choose from the width and breadth of Mercedes engines, that is, the 1.8-liter four-cylinder or 2.5, 3.0 or 3.5-liter V6s — or, for the higher-mpg-lower-rpm folks — a choice of a 2.2 and 3.0-liter diesels — and the new, 286bhp bi-turbo C350 CDi. Then, there’s the widowmaker: AMG’s 6.2-liter C63 V8. But other than the styling and wheelbase —  how do you think what the big news is? It’s the hybrids — gas-electric for the US and diesel-electric for Europe. Mercedes: the Burger King of luxury car builders.

Mercedes 2008 C-Class Wagon, Geneva ‘07, Paris ‘06, 2008 model, AMG’s 6.2-liter C63 V8

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