The long-awaited 2017 Mercedes-Benz C-Class Cabriolet is set to debut alongside the renamed C43 AMG at March’s 2016 Geneva Motor Show.
Based around the C-Class Coupe, the Cabriolet will be the fourth body style offered for the W205-generation C-Class and make use of a folding softtop, rather than a retractable hardtop like the BMW 4-Series Convertible.
Beyond its newly designed roof, the C-Class Cabriolet will essentially remain identical to the coupe and be offered with the same range of four-, six- and eight-cylinder petrol and diesel engines. Certainly the most of exciting of them all will be the 4.0-liter twin-turbo V8 of the existing C63 AMG sedan, estate and coupe models.
As for the C43 AMG, it will launch after the German automaker recently decided to ditch its AMG Sport brand and instead incorporate these models into the real AMG model range. With that in mind, GTspirit reports that the C43 AMG will replace the C450 AMG Sport moniker and make use of the same 3.0-liter V6 with 362 hp on tap.
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