Recently, overseas media exposed spy photos of the Mercedes-Benz SUL prototype. SUL (Sport Utility Limousine) is a sports utility vehicle. Simply put, it is a fusion style of a sedan and an SUV. This is a model that Mercedes-Benz plans to develop. A new segment, new cars will be unveiled in 2024.

You can see from the spy photos of the Mercedes-Benz SUL prototype that the new car uses the Mercedes-Benz codename W204 C-class appearance, but if you look closely at the body, you can find that its wheelbase is shorter, especially the rear door size is significantly smaller, the front overhang distance is also shorter, and the overall length of the vehicle is much smaller than that of the W204 Mercedes-Benz C-class.

Mercedes-Benz SUL rendering

According to previous news, if Mercedes-Benz decides to mass-produce SUL crossovers If so, the new car may have the same size as the Mercedes-Benz A-Class sedan, but due to its different positioning, it will have a higher chassis ground clearance. At the same time, according to the body proportions of the latest spy photos, visual inspection shows that the body shape is relatively close to that of the Mercedes-Benz A-Class.

Mercedes-Maybach Vision Ultimate Luxury concept car

In terms of power system, there is currently no More news, but it is suspected that the road test car of Mercedes-Benz SUL also uses internal combustion engine power. It is expected that 1.3T, 1.5T or 2.0T engines will be used as the main engine in future mass production. 48-volt light hybrid technology may be introduced, and plug-in vehicles will be launched. Hybrid model.

Previously, Mercedes-Benz had exhibited the Mercedes-Maybach Vision Ultimate Luxury concept car based on this concept to test the market's reaction, which may have won the The response was good, so we decided to consider testing the waters with a compact crossover that is more acceptable to the public and more affordable.

Editor: Du Yu