Mercedes-Benz previews its curvy sports-car and design future

Suggesting creases are passé for automotive design, Mercedes showed off ideas for its future styling directions this week at a forum in Germany, including previews of upcoming sports cars and sedans.

We see images of a curvy sports car study (the silver car) with huge wheel arches flared out almost like pontoons. There’s also what appears to be a rear-engine hypercar (white car); we’ve been reading reports about it for months. Additionally, there’s a red sporty saloon, as Mercedes calls it, also among the photos. It features prominent rounded fenders and a bold horizontal grille.

Mercedes also previewed its upcoming A-Class, in what it calls the Aesthetics A sculpture, which looks like a car covered in a red sheet. Though Mercedes says this is its next step to a purer design, creases and strong lines are still evident on the sides.

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