Mercedes-Benz has published a teaser sketch that previews the first-ever C-Class Cabriolet. Mercedes’ smallest ragtop is scheduled to make its public debut next month at the Geneva Auto Show.
The Cabriolet is nearly identical to the 2017 C-Class Coupe that bowed in Frankfurt last September from the rocker panels up to the belt line. Beyond that, it gains a cloth soft top that quickly opens or closes at the push of a button. The sketch shows the Cabriolet with the top down, but earlier spy shots that show the car with the top up reveal that its roof line isn’t nearly as rakish as the coupe’s.
Mechanically, the Cabriolet will be almost identical to the coupe. It will launch with a 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine tuned to send 241 horsepower and 273 lb-ft. of torque to the rear wheels via a seven-speed automatic transmission. All-wheel drive will be offered at an extra cost, and a six-cylinder engine — possibly a brand new straight-six sourced from the 2017 E-Class — will be added to the lineup a few months into the production run.
A hot-rodded Cabriolet massaged by Mercedes-AMG will take on the topless BMW M4. Like its coupe and sedan siblings, it will be powered by a 4.0-liter twin-turbocharged V8 engine rated at 469 horsepower and 479 lb-ft. of torque in its most basic configuration. The C63 will be capable of hitting 60 mph from a stop in roughly four seconds before going on to an electronically-limited top speed of 155 mph.
The 2017 Mercedes C-Class Cabriolet will be introduced online in the next few weeks. It’s scheduled to land in showrooms nationwide this fall as a 2017 model.
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