[Image Source: Mercedes-Benz via CAR]

By Gunnar Heinrich

Mercedes-Benz is riding high on the wave of popularity that has greeted this year's all-new C-Class sedan. So to add to the current, Stuttgart is releasing pictures of next year's all-new C-Class stationwagon (does anyone call them that anymore?).

Promising to have an engine range as much as 12% more fuel efficient than the current C-Class wagon, the new Benz will feature such useful options such as a self-leveling suspension and an electronic open/close tailgate.

Classic and sport trim options will also carry over from the sedan; meaning that the traditional grille with the tri-star hood emblem or the sport package grille with the large tri-star embedded into the radiator will cater to both cadres.

Expect to see the new wagon on the streets by next summer.

[Sources: CAR and Autocar]