Thursday, January 22, 2026

2027 Mercedes-Benz C-Class EV spied with retro grille however trendy physique

The electrical Mercedes-Benz C-Class has been spied forward of its anticipated unveiling later this yr as a rival to the upcoming BMW i3with a claimed vary of as much as 800km.

The C-Class electrical automobile (EV) will likely be formally named ‘C-Class with EQ Know-how’, following the naming technique used for the electrical GLC with EQ Know-how SUV revealed on the Munich motor present in 2025.

Set to enter manufacturing through the second quarter (April to June) of 2026, the electrical sedan will share its 800-volt MB.EA electrical underpinnings with the BMW iX3-rivalling GLC EV.

Like the electrical SUV, it shares little with its combustion-powered counterpart.

The most recent photos present the C-Class EQ’s ‘iconic grille’, seen in a teaser picture issued by the automaker in September final yr, stays regardless of the resignation of longstanding design boss Gorden Wagener.

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Mr Wagener’s successor – Bastian Baudy, who comes from Mercedes-AMG – is “setting the course for the subsequent period of its design language,” in response to the automaker, with the C-Class EQ now too near its remaining manufacturing guise for any important design modifications.

The automaker has mentioned its earlier EVs have been too polarising of their design, with the C-Class EQ transferring away from the swoopy EQS and SKIP physique shapes and as an alternative adopting one thing nearer to a traditional ‘three-box’ sedan silhouette.

The ‘iconic grille’ harkens again to earlier, extra formal grilles from Mercedes-Benz and contrasts with the rounded physique form of the C-Class EQ.

Just like the GLC EV’s grille, it may be illuminated, nevertheless it options 4 horizontal slats, the place the GLC has solely three.