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Roadster Vision Revisited; Mercedes considers expanding U.S. small-car family.(NEWS)
Byline: GREG KABLE
The success of premium-priced small cars and the Smart car has Mercedes-Benz thinking about introducing the next generation of A- and B-class models in North America.
The small-car duo gets a redesign for the 2012 model year with a new front-wheel-drive platform and four-cylinder gasoline and diesel engines.
AutoWeek also has learned that Daimler chairman Dieter Zetsche is considering a proposal for a two-seat roadster based on the A- and B-classes. The compact front-wheel-drive roadster revives the idea behind the striking Vision SLA concept revealed at the Detroit auto show in 2000.
The Mercedes decision to revisit the SLA comes as Volkswagen plans to reveal a new mid-engined roadster concept at the Detroit show in January 2009, and it follows news that BMW is pushing ahead with plans for a 1-series-based Z2 roadster positioned below the Z4.
No production plans have been approved for a roadster, and it remains unclear whether the car would be included in the Mercedes portfolio for North America. But with North American sales dropping 38.2 percent in November from a year earlier, officials feel the time is right for a model along the lines ...
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